Minni ritchi

Minni ritchi is a type of reddish-brown bark that continuously peels in small curly flakes, leaving the tree looking like it has a coat of red curly hair. Brooker and Kleinig (1990) formally described it as a bark type in which "the outer rich, red-brown smooth bark splits both longitudinally and horizontally, the free edges rolling back without completely detaching to expose new green bark beneath".

Minni ritchi bark on an acacia in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

Minni ritchi bark of Eucalyptus crucis near Wongan Hills

Acacia cyperophylla

A number of species of Acacia and Eucalyptus have minni ritchi bark, including:

• Acacia curranii
• Acacia cyperophylla (creekline miniritchie)
• Acacia delibrata
• Acacia gracillima
• Acacia grasbyi (miniritchie)
• Acacia monticola
• Acacia rhodophloia
• Acacia trachycarpa
• Eucalyptus caesia (gungurru, 'Silver Princess')
• Eucalyptus crucis (narrow-leaved silver mallee)
• Eucalyptus minniritchi
• Eucalyptus orbifolia

References

• Brooker, M.I.H. & Kleinig, D.A. (1990). Field Guide to Eucalypts, Volume 2: South-western and Southern Australia. Inkata Press, Melbourne. ISBN 0-909605-59-9.