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3rd TinT archive – Aug 2024 on
big old wilga in dead box host Gali gurranaa camp - Very old TinT
the wilga guest has outcompeted & killed the box host over time
within 50 yrs or so the wilga will be dead too - not as long lived as eucalypts
old peach bush in dead box Gali gurranaa camp
there were 2 guests in this box originally - one is dead
possibly a dead branch off the Peach bush? Not suckered, planted
another Peach bush in box but lower down the box trunk
the box tree crotch is at the bottom of an old scar I think
the peach bush has possibly suckered in here
this box has been cut down with a chainsaw not steel axe
the guest is this case is spiny fan flower aka Scaevola spinescens
chainsaws were in widespread use in the 1950s & 60s
hollow box trees are unsuitable for fence posts so who cut this?
this box tree host has also been chainsaw lopped
I think the guest may be a peach bush but not 100% sure
This box tree host has broken off at the base but not that long ago
same guest as the last TinT, Im guessing is a goat eaten Peach bush
this box trunk is also not suitable for a fence post and is chainsaw cut
the guest is a budda - Eremophila mitchellii - not too common
Not palatable for livestock so the goats have left it alone
In the same area is this very old dead wilga in a low live box crotch
the wilga guest has probably died of natural causes ie old age
plenty of bark means it hasnt been dead for decades
Unseen & unmissed - the culture behind these trees unprotected
this small wilga guest however is doing just fine thankyou
Its midtree crotch protects it from goats at Galigurranaa
size does not equal age - different growing conditions = different growth rates
same again here - this wilga guest did not come down in the last shower
too much shade in this box crotch restricts the size.
a few mtrs away is the dead twin - live box host but dead wilga guest
these box branches on this TinT have been cut with a stone axe
Peach bush in live box GG camp. Suckered in or planted?
the guest is growing in an old scar which creates a typical crotch
plenty of peach bush TinTs all around Cumborah
this is another peach bush TinT but both the host & guest are dead
the old bimblebox host has a coolamon on the other side
here is the dead peach bush guest. Think this TinT went over in a storm
this is one of those rare TinTs that is also a ringtree - GG camp
this is a very old bimblebox host but unfortunately the guest is dead
hard to tell what the guest was but most are Pimelea microcephelas in ringtrees
another peach bush in dead box host - again hard to know how it got there
close up view doesnt really help - need some research into Peach bush
I dont know about this guest? If its a bimblebox it would be a reshoot
looks more like a coolabah which would make it a TinT
another peach bush in box TinT but I think the guest is dying GG camp
It may just be goat attack - Peach bush is very palatable.
another Peach bush TinT about 50 mtrs away - box host is dead
more likely planted as the guest is in a stone axe cut stump
This is a wild/ native jasmine VinT (Vine in Tree) at GG camp
They are not counted as TinTs but I believe many are cultural plantings
Peach bush suckered into pine stump - not true TinT
the sandhills around the wells are full of suckering peach bush
this is a NEW GUEST SPECIES. Known as Eumong or Cooba
growing in a dead blackbox or coolabah along the Ginghet
The scientific name of this guest tree is Acacia stenophylla
This is a double dead further along the Ginghet - Wilga in Black box
Im assuming the dead host is a black box because its too wet for bimblebox
and wilga doesnt grow in coolabah hosts for whatever reason
the host is also scarred. This wilga guest was killed by artificially high water levels
the 2nd eumong in blackbox or coolabah is also a double dead.
Im not familiar with eumong so it may revive - not the host tho
Eumong are common along the waterways in western NSW
NEW 50:50 tree I found recently in the McDonalds sandhills.
half redgum & half bimblebox - its hard to tell host from guest.
This is the reverse side - 2 trees joined at the base at the camp entrance
Q; why did the old clever people join trees together A; because they could
this is the original 50:50 tree at this camp - about 200 metres away
here is the join/ junction of the 2 species in the original
another strange combo is the wilga in whitewood
this is the 3rd time Ive seen a whitewood act as host rather than well
will be interesting to see if the wilga is still alive next drought
further afield this lovely TinT is found between Gilgandra & Gulargambone
twin kurrajongs in yellow box (I think) along the Castlereagh Hway
Gulargambone is the new TinT hotspot with Sandra Winsor turning them up there
here she is with a big rosewood in huge box at Widgeewoo
We drove past this TinT a month or so ago without noticing it
Sandra & her friend Roger were showing me other CMTs at the time
there's a dead section of wood alongside the rosewood that may have been a 2nd guest?
this stunning old rosewood in box grows in the garden at Gulargambone station
Sandra lived here for years & never noticed there were 2 trees in 1
settlers built their houses at Aboriginal camps years ago
& the Aboriginal paths (songlines) became the roads - simple
tiny Capparis something in big blackbox about 20 mtrs from the huge wilga TinT
The guest would be bumble or nepine or possibly Capparis loranthifolia
huge old wilga in dead eucalypt just east of the Ginghet in the GNR
Im going to assume the dead host is a black box - Eucalyptus largiflorens
because 1- the nearby eucalypts are blackbox 2-too low & swampy for bimblebox
3-wilgas dont live in coolabahs. The logic of deduction my dear Watson ...
not far from that big old wilga TinT is this small wilga in bimblebox
Im not saying its as old as the big one but its older than it looks
here is another 1 living in this same patch of scrub just up from the Ginghet
neither bimblebox nor wilga cope with prolonged wet root systems
this wilga guest in the same area is bigger-because the conditions are better
the scrub may be less dense so there is more sun, water & nutrients
It their proximity to other TinTs & CMTs & good water thats the key
further south along the Ginghet is a small whitewood in box TinT
cant remember if the host is a blackbox or bimblebox
whitewoods are versatile - can be host/ guest/ hold water/ make rings
further along is this interesting double guest in black box TinT
the closest guest is a gnarly old currant bush, behind is a Pimelea microcephala
pimelea is a mighty medicinal & is often found as a TinT guest
currant bush is a common guest too - its the combination that unusual!
this combination is the most common - wilga & thorny saltbush
the host, I think is a bimblebox, but could be a black box as well
this doesnt count as a TinT because the guests are a vine & a shrub
wilga in bimblebox TinT between St George & Dirranbandi, QLD
This is Kamilaroi/ Gomeroi country so TinTs are cultural creations
there is a small whitewood sharing this crotch as well
there will be plenty more TinTs in Kamilaroi country, southern QLD
nearby is a small whitewood in what looks like an axe cut crotch
there are similar sized whitewoods on the ground so may be natural
leafless cherry growing in a coolabah on the warrambool flood plains
Mirrii (Exocarpus aphyllus) is a root parasite & is low down the trunk in this case
I recognise small mirrii by the vertical bands on the older stems
Also in McDonalds paddock but living near the sandy camps is the wilga TinT
older than it looks the wilga guest is growing in a stone axe cut box crotch
living near the scattered artefact plain beside the big warrambool
this big supplejack in box is in a sandhill on the Walgett-Lightning ridge Rd
growing in the centre of a multitrunked box tree it looks at home
there will be other TinTs around here, I just haven't had time to look
maybe next winter? I will need to find out who owns this land first.
this old thorny saltbush in box lives in this sandhill as well
BinTs & VinTs arent counted but in my mind I know who put it there
way up the very northern end of Kamilaroi country is this budda in box
on a sandhill between St George & Dirranbandi with 3 other TinTs
there will be more here too & the property owner is interested & cooperative
this is a rosewood in box from this sandhill where the Carbeen tree live
again this rosewood has seen more summers than its size suggests
there is only a k or so between all 4 TinTs in this area - Qld
there is an empty box tree crotch here as well - the guest has died I suppose
here is the 2nd big wilga in box from this camp between St George & Dirranbandi QLD
I dont know why the Kamilaroi clans here chose to dig for water?
the Balonne river is only a few Ks away? Maybe that was Bigambul land?
this wilga in box TinT seems the same age as the other one from here
back in NSW in the sanctuary sandhill there is an old peach bush in box
there is a lot of peach bush here (Ehretia salinga) among the redgums
this one may have suckered into the middle of this old box tree
this lovely old wilga in box lives at the sanctuary too.
I would call this a 50:50 tree as the box-wilga junction is so low
the insertion of the wilga so low has caused 2 epicormic shoots
I dont know why I hadnt seen this TinT before - its a very special place
up away from the sunken sand is another small mirrii TinT
again you can see the vertical stripes on this root parasite guest
this branch has been cut with a stone axe & the mirrii trimmed up by goats