Betula occidentalis odorless when scraped. The leaves are alternate, ovate to rhombic, long and broad, with a serrated margin and two to six pairs of veins, and a short petiole up to long. The flowers are wind-pollinated catkins long, the male catkins pendulous, the female catkins erect. The fruit is long and broad, composed of numerous tiny winged seeds packed between the catkin bracts. The identity of similar birches in Alaska is disputed; some include them in "B. occidentalis", while others regard them as hybrids between "Betula neoalaskana" and "Betula glandulosa". Some Plateau Indian tribes used water birch to treat pimples and
Eucalyptus rigidula Eucalyptus rigidula Eucalyptus rigidula, commonly known as stiff-leaved mallee, is a mallee that is native to Western Australia. The mallee typically grows to a height of . The bark of the tree is smooth and white-grey brown in colour and peels in ribbony strips at the base. It blooms between December and April producing inflorescences with white flowers. The bark is smooth and powdery with no pith of bark glands. The disjunct, glossy, green or yellow-green adult leaves have a lanceolate to broad lanceolate shaped blade that is basally tapered. The thick concolorous blade is in length and wide. The