Living Nature

[DRAFT-REAL] Mountain Ash

Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans) — the tallest flowering plant on Earth, reaching over 100 metres. Forms ancient temperate forest in the Upper Yarra.

Eucalyptus regnans

Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans) is the tallest flowering plant on Earth, with old-growth specimens reaching over 100 metres. Stands of mature Mountain Ash form ancient temperate rainforest understoreys with tree ferns and myrtle beech.

Heavy logging and the 2009 Black Saturday fires devastated old-growth populations. What remains is precious, slow-growing, and worth protecting.