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MazzV wrote:

Yesterday

WOW!!! @JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 , I'm blown away with such a helpful bounty of info. THANK YOUI! It will take me some time to absorb and follow-up, and I won't get to start that before the weekend, but I will respond once I have! Cheers, MazzV

Ficus sp.

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

Yesterday

In the fifth photograph we can see the leaves quite well enough for partial identification,
according to the Flora of NSW online PlantNet botanical key of:

Note, these fresh leaves shown in photograph 5 appear acutely angled in would be cross section and
the keels shown on each leaves' dorsal surface appear acutely keeled.

Please clarify whether or not,
these fresh leaves really do have cross sections acutely angled ?
[and]
the keels shown on each leaves' dorsal surface have acute keels ?

• _Callitris baileyi_ – i suggest based on other features shown here such as the white (glaucous) smaller branches.
[or]
• _Callitris macleayana_
.

The cones, how long ?
• < 15mm ?
[or]
• > 15 mm ?

Ref': https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Callitris
.

Callitris baileyi

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

Yesterday

Please note the apparent hairless-ness, clearly at least not rusty hairy on the under-sides of the leaves and on the stems including the new growth,
aka Flora of NSW online PlantNet botanical key, quotation: "Leaves green and glabrous on both surfaces" –more or less shown in these photographs.

And the growing tip buds with their notably long stipules – apparently well longer than 10 mm .

Please do these stipules have hairs or not ?

Still, I am considering the possibility of exotic fig species candidates looking at these photographs a few times,
–such as from parks or gardens somewhere within bird flight distance.

And of course the more important hopeful, and likely, candidates of:
• _Ficus rubiginosa_ forma _glabrescens_ or
• _Ficus obliqua_ var. _petiolaris_
.

In the future some dimensions of this growing plant's key foliage parts may well clarify more which species.
.

Botanical Scholarly Literature References:

• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024)
 Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria .

Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.:
 → https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/  
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-plants-of-australia-2-0-mobile-app/

Computer (desktops and laptops) software:  
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/  
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/  
Viewed: 2025 June 3rd .

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
 PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
_Ficus rubiginosa_  → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ficus~rubiginosa  
_Ficus obliqua_  → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ficus~obliqua 
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney. 
Viewed: 2025 June 3rd .

Ficus sp.

MazzV wrote:

Yesterday

Thanks for that info & suggestion @CSteele, I'll check it out more closely, when I can get back there, with Callitris & consistency between them in mind. Anything I should particularly focus on that might be more useful?

Callitris baileyi

MazzV wrote:

Yesterday

A pleasure @CSteele, to share the discoveries !

Cheers, MazzV

Ficus sp.