Botanical name Trochocarpa laurina
A common name Tree Heath
Seedling
Not yet
Young plant
Juvenile
Reasonably mature
Sassafras
This small tree, the right hand pale trunk, is next to a Tristaniopsis laurina, a Water Gum, most of the way up a South facing hill side. The Tree Heath is now starting to put on some height as the Small Leaf Privett middle storey is now gone.
The new growth is not quite as red as it can be.
The photos above and below were taken with a little Olympus, hand held, pre tripod days. The top one is blurry, no flash used, the bottom one is washed out from the flash. At least you can see the white fruit and the distinctine vein patterns in the leaves. Trochocarpa laurina is anther species I will retake photos for.
This Trochocarpa laurina is about a metre tall, in shade most of the day, they seem to do well that way. Apologies for the fuzzy photos, they will be retaken.
