baumzaehlen - Primeval Forests & Their Trees

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Xanthostemon chrysanthus (golden penda, Myrtaceae)

X. chrysanthus dominates creek banks; the large X. chrysanthus , centre, has epiphytic Schefflera actinophylla (umbrella tree) on its lower trunk. Daintree National Park , Queensland, Australia, at 10 m.
X. chrysanthus , bending over the creek from the right; Syzygium monimioides (satinash), bending over the creek from the left. Monkhouse Timber Reserve , Queensland, Australia.
Musgravea stenostachya (grey silky oak), the pale trunk, right; Acacia celsa (hickory wattle), reddish trunk next left; X. chrysanthus , big dark trunk with foot in water behind big triangular stone. Monkhouse Timber Reserve , Queensland, Australia.
River bank with Archontophoenix alexandrae (Alexandra palm), background, with leaf in foreground; X. chrysanthus , trunk leaning left. Monkhouse Timber Reserve , Queensland, Australia.