Peter RileyMar 16, 2025

Avon Peppermint Gum (eucalyptus)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-16/latrobe-field-eucalypt-avon-peppermint-gum-tree-botanic-gardens/105043568

Avon peppermint is only known from a single population growing in coarse gravel near the #AvonRiver, near #Maffra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_ornans

#AvonPeppermint
#peppermintgum #eucalyptus

Community key to protecting endangered Avon peppermint gum

In a gravel riverbed in East Gippsland, the critically endangered Avon peppermint gum is thriving, despite researchers originally believing there were just 10 left in the wild.

ABC News