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Deep South WA, Feb ‘25 (#19 in series: Porongurup “2”)

 

 

You are looking at the “skin” on a venerable Karri’s trunk, as it was on the afternoon of 12 February 2025.

Six months earlier – or six months later – it would have looked remarkably different, in both colour and texture.

Karri shed and renew their bark in an annual cycle.

“Karri loam” – the particular soil type in which Karri trees grow – is primarily composed of decomposed Karri bark!

Click here for a nicely illustrated and informative appreciation of Western Australia’s tallest tree species.

Collectively, Australia’s tall eucalypt species are the world’s tallest flowering plants.

Published in nature and travel photographs Western Australia

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