Axebreaker at Copmanhurst, NSW
Identification history
| Trochocarpa laurina | 5 Apr 2025 | Csteele4 | ||
| Unverified | 28 Mar 2025 | MazzV |
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User's notes
A striking small tree or large bush (sometimes it seems to have multiple ‘trunks’ as in photo 5). This plant has shiny glabrous leaves with virtually parallel veins (photos 3 & 5). New leaves in early spring are almost a yellow-green (photo 2) and change colour to a reddish orange (some leaves at the very top of photo 2 have started this change). Flowering from late Jan with bunches of tiny white 5 petalled flowers with an almost tubular base is followed by small berries (photo 1). The bark is very corky-looking (photo 4). But I’ve noticed this tree being referred to as ‘axe breaker’, so whilst that may refer to the wood alone, the bark itself does feel (to the touch) more solid than it looks.
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Location information
- Places Copmanhurst, NSW
Sighting information
- 8 Abundance
- MazzV Recorded by
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Latest Other Shrubs Plants
Additional information
- 2-3 mm long Flower dimension
- Greater than 5 metres Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Trochocarpa laurina Scientific name
- Axebreaker Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1195.01m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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