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The beauty of bark

Eucalyptus bark, beautifully eye-catching with its myriad textures and colours.

 

I framed this section which to me makes for an appealing natural abstract.

 

Eucalyptus is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. Most of the 700 species are native to this country.

 

All eucalypts add a layer of bark every year and the outermost layer dies. In about half of the species, the dead bark is shed exposing a new layer of fresh, living bark. The dead bark may be shed in large slabs, in ribbons or in small flakes.

 

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Uploaded on December 1, 2023
Taken on November 9, 2023