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
