Betula populifolia the female catkins erect. The fruit, maturing in autumn, is composed of many tiny winged seeds packed between the catkin bracts. The wood is medium hard and is used for high grade plywood, furniture, drum shells, spools and firewood. Like other North American birches, gray birch is highly resistant to the Bronze birch borer ("Agrilus anxius"). The leaves of the gray birch serve as food for various Lepidoptera, such as the leaf miner moth "Cameraria betulivora". Between about 1930 and 1950, many gray birch trees, along with paper birch and yellow birch ("Betula alleghaniensis"), were affected and killed by birch
Eucalyptus sessilis Eucalyptus sessilis Eucalyptus sessilis, commonly known as Finke River mallee or river mallee, is a mallee tree that is native to the Northern Territory and central areas along the border of Western Australia. The tree has a spreading and straggly habit, is typically in height, and occurs on stony slopes. Its bark is smooth and peels away in strips when shed. The flowering period is between April to July, the stamens that appear from the capsule are a yellow-cream colour. The tree has a spreading straggly habit and the bark is grey in colour. The tree forms a lignotuber from