Eucalyptus trees at ANBG

Buds:

• x

Flowers:

• x

Fruit:

• x

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E amplifolia Cabbage Gum

Size: – m.

Habit:

• Eucalyptus amplifolia is a tree that can grow to 30 m in height in forest situations

• Often shorter in woodlands

Bark:

•  Smooth, often blotchy, white, cream, yellow, grey, pink or blue-grey 

• Usually with loose, flaking grey slabs persistent on the lower trunk

Adult leaves:

• Arranged alternately, broadly lance-shaped

• Same dull or glossy green on both sides

• 75–250 mm by 16–70 mm 

• Petiole 10–30 mm 

• Side-veins are 45° or greater to the midrib

Juvenile growth:

• Green leaves on young plants are rounded, egg-shaped or triangular

• 50–220 mm by 35–180 mm 

• Predominately horizontal 

Buds:

• The flowers are arranged in groups of seven to fifteen or more, 

• the groups on a flattened or angular peduncle 7–15 mm long, the individual flowers sometimes on a pedicel up to 8 mm long or sessile

• The buds are cone-shaped, the floral cup hemispherical 2–3 mm 

• long, the operculum conical, 7–9 mm long and about 4 mm wide at the join

Flowers: 

• November to January 

Fruit: 

•  Fruit is a woody, hemispherical capsule 

• 2–5 mm long and 4–6 mm wide

•  Pedicel 1–5 mm 

• 3 or 4 upward-pointing valves on the top of the fruit

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E argophloia .Queensland White Gum

Size: 18–30 m

Habit:

Bark:

• White but dappled with grey and brown and shed in long ribbons

Adult leaves:

• Lance-shaped and the same glossy green on both sides

• 65 to 140 mm by 8 to 20 mm 

• Petiole 5 to 15 mm

Juvenile growth:

• Leaves in opposite pairs and linear to narrow lance-shaped

• 45 to 90 mm by 1 to 14 mm 

Buds:

• The flowers buds are arranged in groups of 7 in leaf axils on a peduncle 5 to 10 mm  long

•  the individual buds on a pedicel 1 to 4 mm long

• Mature buds are oval to more or less spherical

• 4 to 6 mm long and 3 to 4 mm wide

• Rounded operculum

Flowers:

• White

• May to June 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, hemispherical to cup-shaped capsule

• 3 to 5 mm long and 5 to 7 mm wide

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E badjensis  near big badja mountain Big Badja Gum

Size: –Up to 45 m 

Habit: 

Bark:

• Hard, rough, greyish brown bark near the base of the trunk and smooth grey, green to light brownish or grey bark on the branches and upper part of the trunk

• The upper bark is often shed in ribbons

Adult leaves:

• Linear to narrow lance-shaped

• Same dull green on both surfaces

• 85–200 mm by 10–20 mm 

• Petiole 6–14 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Lance-shaped sessile leaves

• 35–80 mm by 8–20 mm

Buds:

• Arranged in groups of 3 in leaf axils 

• Unbranched peduncle 3–4 mm 

•  the individual buds on a pedicel up to 2 mm 

• The mature buds are oval, green to yellow

• 4–5 mm long and 3–4 mm wide 

• Conical operculum

Flowers:

• White

• January 

Fruit:

• Conical or bell-shaped capsule 

• 3–5 mm by 4–6 mm 

• Pedicel up to 2 mm

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E Bancroftii Bancroft's Red Gum

Size: Up to 30m

Habit: 

Bark:

• Smooth and patchy grey, salmon and orange

• Sheds in large plates.

Adult leaves:

• Lanceolate or broad-lanceolate

• Dull-green

•  80–200 mm by 15–40 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Leaves are ovate

• Dull grey-green

Buds:

• Groups of 7 on a stem of length 5–20 mm with four angles

• Terete stem (pedicel) of 2–5 mm

• Cylindrical or conical, and 10–15 mm long and 4–6 mm in diameter

• Have a scar

Flowers:

Fruit:

• Hemispherical or conical

• 7–9 mm long and 8–9 mm in diameter

• Has a raised disc and exserted valves

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E benthamii Camden White Gum

Size: 

• Up to 35 or 40 m

• Trunk diameter attaining 1.5 m

Habit: 

• Forms a lignotuber.

Bark:

•  Smooth bluish grey or white 

• Shed in ribbons, except for about 1 metre of rough brownish bark at the base of the trunk

Adult leaves:

• Lance-shaped to curved 

• The same colour on both sides

• 80–230 mm by 17–27 mm 

• Petiole 5–35 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Sessile, opposite, egg-shaped to heart-shaped leaves

• 30–90 mm by 20–40 mm 

Buds:

• Arranged in groups of 7on a peduncle 4–8 mm long

• the individual buds sessile or on a pedicel up to 2 mm long

• Mature buds are oval, 3–5 mm long, 2–4 mm wide

• Rounded operculum

Flowers: 

• White 

• March to September 

Fruit:

• Woody cup-, bell-or conical-shaped capsule 

• 3–4 mm long and 4–6 mm wide

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E cadens Tumbledown Swamp Gum

Size: Up to 25 m

Habit: 

• Spreading tree with a characteristic leaning habit

• Forms a lignotuber

Bark:

• Rough,  compacted and greyish brown to black on the lower 1–6 metres of the trunk 

• The higher parts of the trunk and branches have some greyish green bark, often with a few ribbons of shed bark

Adult leaves:

• Narrow elliptic to lance-shaped or curved

• Same colour on both sides

• 50–130 mm by 9–20 mm 

• Petiole of 5–17 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Elliptic to oblong petiolate leaves

• 17–57 mm by 5–35 mm 

Buds:

• Arranged in groups of 7 in leaf axils on a peduncle 2–6 mm long,

• Pedicels 1–2 mm 

•  Oval, spindle-shaped or diamond-shaped 

• Conical or slightly beaked operculum of 2.5–4 mm 

Flowers:

• White

• March to June 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, conical capsule 

• 3–4 mm long and 4–6 mm wide 

• Sessile or on a pedicel up to 2 mm 

• Valves protrude beyond the rim of the capsule

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E campanulata New England Blackbutt

Size: 25– 45m

Habit: 

Bark:

•  rough, finely fibrous, greyish brown bark on the trunk and main branches, smooth whitish bark on the thinner branches. 

Adult leaves:

• The adult leaves are lance-shaped to curved

• Same bluish green on both surfaces

• 90–175 mm by15–40 mm 

• Petiole 11–23 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• The leaves on young plants are lance-shaped to egg-shaped or curved, 70–130 mm (3–5 in) long, 30–50 mm (1–2 in) wide and bluish or greyish green. 

Buds:

• Groups of between 11 and 15

• Peduncle 10–20 mm

•  Pedicels 4–7 mm 

• Club-shaped, 3–5 mm long and 3–4 mm wide 

• Operculum as wide as, but shorter than the floral cup

Flowers:

• White

• October to December

Fruit:

• The fruit is a bell-shaped or conical capsule,

• 4–6 mm long and 4–7 mm wide 

• Pedicel 3–6 mm 

• This species is distinguished from E. andrewsii by the shape of the fruit, being bell-shaped rather than cup-shaped.[

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E canaliculata grooved (Latin) Grey Gum

Size: 30 m

Habit:

• Forms a lignotuber

Bark:

•  smooth, mainly grey bark with patched of brown or pink and becomes granular with age

Adult leaves:

•  Darker green on the upper surface

• Lance-shaped to curved

• 80–170 mm by 15–50 mm 

• Petiole 15–30 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Young plants and coppice regrowth have lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves 60–180 mm (2–7 in) long, 20–50 mm (0.8–2 in) wide, different shades of green on either side, and that always have a petiole

Buds:

• Groups of 7

• Peduncle 13–20 mm 

• Pedicels 5–8 mm 

• Oval to diamond-shaped, 8–11 mm long and 6–7 mm wide 

• Conical to rounded operculum that is narrower than the floral cup

Flowers:

• White

• February 

Fruit:

• Woody, conical or hemispherical capsule

• 6–10 mm long, 10–15 mm wide 

• Larger than other grey gums

• Valves of the fruit extend well beyond the rim

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E cinerea Argyle Apple

Size: 15–30 m

Habit:

•  Forms a lignotuber

Bark:

• thick, fibrous, reddish brown to grey brown, longitudinally fissured bark on the trunk to the small branches.

Adult leaves:

• Alternate, lance-shaped

• 90–140 mm by 15–50 mm 

• Petiole up to 11 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• The leaves on young plants and on coppice regrowth are arranged in opposite pairs, sessile, glaucous, broadly egg-shaped to more or less round, up to 80 mm (3.1 in) long and 50 mm (2.0 in) wide. Intermediate leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, glaucous, egg-shaped to lance-shaped, 48–90 mm (1.9–3.5 in) long and 20–45 mm (0.79–1.77 in) wide on a petiole 4–15 mm (0.16–0.59 in) long. 

Buds:

• Groups of 3 in leaf axils 

• Peduncle 2–9 mm 

• Sessile or on pedicels of up to 3 mm 

• Glaucous, diamond-shaped, 6–8 mm long and 3–5 mm wide 

• Conical operculum 

Flowers:

• White

• May to November 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, conical to bell-shaped capsule

• 4–7 mm long and 5–9 mm wide 

• Valves level with the rim or slightly above

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E cloeziana

Size: 

• Typically up to 55 m in forest 

• Usually 10–25 m in woodland

Habit: 

Bark:

•  It has thick, rough, fibrous to flaky, brownish to grey bark on the trunk and smooth grey to orange bark on the branches. 

Adult leaves:

• Lance-shaped to curved

• Dull green and lighter on the lower side

• 60–145 mm by 9–32 mm 

• Petiole 8–22 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Leaves are egg-shaped and green with a lighter shade on the lower side

• 45–100 mm by 20–50 mm 

Buds:

• Arranged in leaf axils on a branching inflorescence

• Groups of 7

•  Peduncle 2–13 mm 

• Pedicels 1–5 mm 

• Spherical to oval, 4–6 mm long and 3–4 mm wide 

• Conical to rounded operculum

Flowers:

• White

• December to January

Fruit:

• Woody, hemispherical capsule 

• 4–7 mm long and 6–11 mm wide

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E consideniana  after surgeon D Considen Yertchuk

Size: Tree of 30 m

Habit:

• Sometimes a mallee, that forms a lignotuber

Bark:

• It has grey, prickly, fibrous bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth grey or yellowish bark that is shed in ribbons on the thinner branches. 

Adult leaves:

• Same glossy green to greyish green on both sides

• Lance-shaped to curved

• 65–180 mm by 10–30 mm

Juvenile growth:

• Young plants and coppice regrowth have sessile, green to bluish, egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves that are 75–165 mm (3.0–6.5 in) long and 12–72 mm (0.47–2.83 in) wide. 

Buds:

• Flower buds are borne in leaf axils in groups of between 11 and 19 

• Peduncle 5–14 mm 

•  Pedicels 3–8 mm 

• Oval to club-shaped, 3–4 mm long and 2–4 mm wide

Flowers:

•  White

• September to December 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody conical to hemispherical capsule 

• 5–9 mm long and 6–8 mm wide 

• Pedicel 2–8 mm 

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E Dunnii honours the collector of the type specimen Dunn;s White Gum

Size: Typically up to 50 m

Habit:

• Forms a lignotuber. 

Bark:

• It has rough, greyish, corky, fibrous or flaky bark on the lower part of the trunk, smooth white or grey bark above that is shed in short ribbons. 

Adult leaves:

• Alternate, lance-shaped to curved

• Same glossy green on both sides

• 80–300 mm by 15–40 mm 

• Petiole 14–45 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Young plants and coppice regrowth have egg-shaped to elliptical or almost round leaves that are 25–150 mm (0.98–5.91 in) long and 18–110 mm (0.71–4.33 in) wide, arranged in opposite pairs. 

Buds:

• Groups of 7 in leaf axils 

• Flattened, unbranched peduncle 7–16 mm 

• Pedicel 2–6 mm 

• Oval, 6–7 mm long and 3–5 mm wide

•  Beaked, conical or rounded operculum

Flowers:

•  White 

Fruit:

• the fruit is a woody cup-shaped, conical or hemispherical capsule 

• 4–6 mm long and 5–9 mm wide 

• Valves reaching past the level of the rim

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E eugenoides  similar to eugenia trees  named after a prince (Eugene) Thin-leaved Stringybark

Size: 

• 25–30 m

•  trunk is 70 0 mm wide at chest height

Habit:

• Forms a lignotuber

Bark:

• has rough, stringy, grey to reddish bark. 

Adult leaves:

• More or less the same glossy green on both sides

• Lance-shaped to curved

• 70–160 mm by 9–35 mm 

• Petiole 6–20 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves 

• 45–80 mm by 15–35 mm 

• Glossy green on the upper surface and distinctly paler below

Buds:

• Arranged in leaf axils in groups of 9 to 15

• Unbranched peduncle 5–17 mm 

• Pedicel 1–5 mm 

• Green to yellow, oval to spindle-shaped, 6–8 mm long and 3–4 mm wide 

• Conical to beaked operculum

Flowers:

• July to January

Fruit:

• The uit is a woody, hemispherical or shortened spherical capsule

• 4–6 mm long and 6–10 mm wide

•  Valves near rim level or slightly above

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E fibrosa fibrose (bark) Red Ironbark

Size: 35m

Habit: 

• Forms a lignotuber

Bark: 

• It has rough, grey to black, sometimes flaky ironbark from the base of the trunk to the thinner branches. 

Adult leaves:

• Lance-shaped to egg-shaped

• Same shade of green on both sides

• 85–180 mm by 15–45 mm 

• Petiole 13–30 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Petiolate, egg-shaped to more or less triangular or round leaves 

• 80–200 mm by 45–140 mm 

• A slightly lighter shade of green on one side

Buds:

• Arranged on the ends of branchlets in groups of 7,9 or 11

• Banching peduncle 9–20 mm 

• Pedicels 2–8 mm 

• Spindle-shaped, 8–17 mm long and 3–5 mm wide 

• Conical to horn-shaped operculum

• Some other ironbarks occurring in the same area (including E. siderophloia, E. rhombica and E. decorticans) are similar but all have smaller buds and fruit, and a much shorter operculum 

Flowers:

• White

• Most months 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, conical capsule 

• 5–10 mm long and wide 

• Valves close to rim level

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E globulus fruit like a small sphere SouthernBlue Gum

Size: 

• 45 m

• Under ideal conditions can grow as tall as 90–100 m

Habit: x

• Usually a tree 

• Sometimes only a stunted shrub,

•  Forms a lignotuber

Bark: 

• The bark is usually smooth, white to cream-coloured but there are sometimes slabs of persistent, unshed bark at the base.

Adult leaves:

• Alternate and the same glossy to dark green on both sides

• Lance-shaped or curved

• 150–300 mm by 17–30 mm 

• Petiole 1.5–6 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Stems are more or less square in cross-section with a prominent wing on each corner

• Leaves are mostly arranged in opposite pairs, sessile, glaucous elliptic to egg-shaped

• Up to 150 mm by 105 mm 

Buds:

• Singly or in groups of 3 or 7 in leaf axils

•  Sometimes sessile or on a short thick peduncle

• Pedicels 0–5 mm 

• Conical, glaucous or green, with a flattened hemispherical, warty operculum with a central knob

Flowers:

• White

• Flowering time varies with subspecies and distribution 

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E goniocalyx subsp. exposa Common name

Size: – m.

Habit: small to medium-sized tree

Bark: x

Adult leaves: x

Juvenile growth: x

Buds: x

Flowers: x

Fruit: x

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E grandis  large (tree) Flooded Gum

Size: 

• 50 m

• The biggest trees can reach 75 m

• Diameter at breast height of 1.2 to 2 m

• The tallest recorded near Bulahdelah, has a height of 86 m and a girth of 8.5 m 

Habit:

•  Forest tree

Bark:

•  The bark is smooth and powdery, pale- or blue-grey to white in colour, with a skirt of rough brownish bark for the bottom 1–4 m (3 ft 3 in – 13 ft 1 in) of the tree trunk

Adult leaves:

• Glossy dark green, stalked, lanceolate to broad lanceolate, and paler on their undersides

• Arranged alternately along the branches

• 100–160 mm by 20–30 mm

• The secondary veins arise off the leaf mid-vein at a wide angle (61 degrees),

• Dotted with around 800 oil glands per square centimetre

Juvenile growth:

Buds:

• Groups of 7, nine or 11 

•  Unbranched peduncle 10–18 mm 

• Pedicels 0 to 5 mm 

• Oval, pear-shaped or club-shaped, green to yellow or glaucous

• 6–9 mm long and 4–5 mm wide

Flowers:

• White

• Mid autumn to late winter (April to August)

Fruit: 

• Conical, pear- or cone-shaped fruit 

• 4–10 mm long and 5–8 mm wide 

• Valves at rim level or slightly above

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E intertexta  between tissues Western Red Box

Size: – m.

Habit:

•  Eucalyptus intertexta is a tree, rarely a mallee that typically grows to a height 4–30 m (13–98 ft) and forms a lignotuber. 

Bark:

•  It has rough fibrous or flaky bark on the base of the trunk, sometimes on its full length, smooth white to grey or brownish bark above. 

Adult leaves:

• Dult and the same bluish green or greyish green on both sides, lance-shaped

• 50–160 mm by 8–25 mm 

• Petiole 5–15 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Dull greyish or glaucous leaves that are lance-shaped

• 30–120 mm by 10–35 mm 

Buds:

• Arranged on the ends of branchlets 

• Branching peduncle 5–17 mm 

•  Each branch of the peduncle having buds in groups of seven,

•  Pedicels 2–8 mm 

• Oval

• 4–8 mm long and 2–4 mm wide 

• Conical operculum

Flowers:

• White

• Most months 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped to hemispherical capsule 

• 3–9 mm long and 4–8 mm wide 

• Valves enclosed in the fruit

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

Eucalyptus lacrimans x Weeping Snow Gum

Size: – m.

Habit:

Bark:

Adult leaves:

Juvenile growth:

Buds:

Flowers:

Fruit:

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E melanphloia black bark Silver-leaved Ironbark

Size: – m.

Habit:

• Eucalyptus melanophloia is a tree, rarely a mallee, that typically grows to a height of 20–25 m (66–82 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

Bark:

• It has hard, rough, dark grey to black bark on the trunk and branches.

Adult leaves:

• Opposite pairs, sessile, the same dull glaucous colour on both sides, egg-shaped to heart-shaped or lance-shaped

• 35–90 mm by 20–50 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Leaves are usually glaucous, arranged in opposite pairs, sessile, round to egg-shaped or heart-shaped

• 20–100 mm by 13–100 mm 

• The crown leaves are usually mostly juvenile leaves 

Buds:

•  Arranged on the ends of the branchlets in groups of 7 

• Branching peduncle 5–15 mm 

• Pedicels 2–9 mm 

• Oval to diamond-shaped, 5–6 mm long and 3–4 mm wide 

• Conical operculum 

Flowers:

• White and ...

• January to February, and June to August

Fruit:

• the fruit is a woody, cup-shaped to hemispherical capsule 

• 3–8 mm long and wide 

• Valves near or below rim level

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E michaeliana  honours  a clergyman, Norman Michael Hillgrove Gum

Size: – m.

Habit:

• Eucalyptus michaeliana is a tree that typically grows to a height of 30 m (98 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

Bark:

• It has smooth, mottled, grey and white or cream-coloured bark that is shed in plates or flakes. 

Adult leaves:

• Lance-shaped to curved

• 90–180 mm by 10–23 mm

• Petiole 15–30 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Lance-shaped to broadly lance-shaped leaves that are the same dull green colour on both sides

• 50–150 mm by 12–55 mm 

Buds:

• Arranged in leaf axils 

• Peduncle with 3 to 5 groups of buds, each with 3 or 7 buds.

• Peduncle is 3–5 mm (

• Pedicel 2–5 mm 

• Oblong, 5–6 mm long and 3–4 mm wide 

• Conical to rounded operculum

Flowers:

• White

• March 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped or barrel-shaped capsule 

• 3–5 mm long and 4–6 mm wide

• Valves near rim level or below

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E micropcorys small helmut Tallowwood

Size: – m.

Habit: x

• Eucalyptus microcorys is a tree that typically grows to a height of 40–60 m (130–200 ft), occasionally to 70 m (230 ft) and forms a lignotuber. 

Bark:

• It has rough, fibrous or stringy brownish bark on the trunk and branches. 

Adult leaves:

• Glossy green, paler on the lower surface, lance-shaped to egg-shaped or slightly curved

• 60–150 mm by 15–35 mm 

• Petiole 10–15 mm 

• The leaf veins are prominent, well-spaced and at an angle greater than 45° to the leaf mid-rib

Juvenile growth:

• Egg-shaped leaves that are paler on the lower surface

• 40–110 mm by 15–50 mm 

Buds:

• Usually arranged at the ends of the branchlets in groups of 7 or 9

•  Branched peduncle 4–18 mm 

• Pedicels 4–8 mm

•  Club-shaped, yellow, 3–5 mm long and about 3 mm wide 

• Rounded operculum

Flowers:

• White to lemon-yellow

• August to January 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody conical capsule 

• 5–9 mm long and 5–6 mm wide 

• Valves near rim level

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E molccana Moluccas islands Grey Box

Size: – m.

Habit:

•  Eucalyptus moluccana is a tree that typically grows to a height of 30 m (98 ft) and forms a lignotuber. 

Bark: 

• persistent rough, fibrous or flaky bark on part or all of the trunk, smooth whitish or light grey bark above, sometimes with a shiny surface.

Adult leaves:

• Lance-shaped to broadly lance-shaped, the same glossy green on both sides

• 70–170 mm by 15–65 mm 

• Petiole 10–25 mm 

• With many oil glands

Juvenile growth:

• Petiolate egg-shaped leaves that are paler on the lower surface

• 40–80 mm by 25–55 mm 

Buds:

• Arranged on the ends of branchlets in groups of usually 7

• Branched peduncle 6–13 mm wide

• Pedicels 2–5 mm 

• Spindle-shaped to diamond-shaped, 4–8 mm long and 2–4 mm wide 

• Conical operculum

Flowers:

• White

• Most months 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody cup-shaped to barrel-shaped capsule 

• 4–7 mm long and 3–6 mm wide 

• Valves enclosed

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E morrisbyi 

Size: – m.

Habit:

Bark: 

Adult leaves:

Juvenile growth:

Buds:

Flowers:

Fruit:

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E neglecta collected near Omeo Omeo Gum

Size: – m.

Habit:

• Eucalyptus neglecta is a tree, sometimes a mallee that typically grows to a height of 6–7 m (20–23 ft) and forms a lignotuber. 

Bark:

• It has smooth grey to brownish bark, but older specimens often have fibrous grey to brown bark on the trunk. 

Adult leaves:

• Lance-shaped, the same shade of green on both sides

• 80–150 mm by 25–35 mm 

• Petiole up to 23 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Greyish green, broadly elliptic to almost round

• Up to 110 mm by 70 mm 

• The crown of the tree is mostly composed of sessile, juvenile leaves that are arranged in opposite pairs, with some intermediate and adult leaves

Buds:

• Arranged in leaf axils in groups of between 7 and 15

•  Unbranched peduncle up to 5 mm 

• Individual buds sessile

• Oval, 3–6 mm long and 3–5 mm wide 

• Conical to rounded operculum

Flowers:

• White

• November to February 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped or conical capsule

•  3–4 mm long and 4–7 mm wide 

• Valves near rim level

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E paniculata panicle inflorescence   Grey Ironbark

Size: – m.

Habit: x

• Eucalyptus paniculata is a tree that typically grows to a height of 30–50 m (98–164 ft) and forms a lignotuber. 

Bark:

• It has grey to black or brownish, deeply furrowed ironbark on the trunk and branches.

Adult leaves:

• Glossy green, a lighter shade on the lower side, lance-shaped to curved

• 50–180 mm by 12–30 mm 

• Tapering to a petiole 9–25 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves that are a lighter shade of green on the lower side

• 35–70 mm by 15–30 mm 

Buds:

• Mostly arranged in groups of 7

• Branched peduncle 5–15 mm 

• Pedicels 3–9 mm 

• Oval to diamond-shaped, 5–9 mm long and 4–5 mm wide 

• Conical operculum

• The floral cup more or less square in cross-section

Flowers:

• White

• Most months 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, conical, hemispherical or cup-shaped capsule

• 4–8 mm long and wide 

• Valves close to rim level

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E patens spreading (Latin) Blackbutt

Size: – m.

Habit:

• may grow to a height of 45 m (148 ft) with a dbh of 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) but is a smaller tree or mallee on less favourable sites. 

Bark:

• The thick, corky, friable bark has a rough texture and is deeply longitudinally furrowed. It is grey on the outside with a yellow tinge on the inside surface. 

Adult leaves:

• Dull bluish green and arranged alternately

• The leaf blade is lance-shaped, sometimes curved, tapers to a fine point 

• Typically 10–16 mm by 12–30 mm

• Flat or channelled petiole 10–20 mm

Juvenile growth:

Buds:

• Arranged in leaf axils in groups of between 7 and 11

•  Unbranched peduncle 10–20 mm 

• Pedicels 1–4 mm 

• Club-shaped, 5–6 mm long and 6–7 mm wide

• Hemispherical to conical operculum

• Bell-shaped, similarly-sized floral cup

Flowers:

• Creamy-white 

• July and August or November and February

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, more or less spherical to oval capsule 

• 9–14 mm long and 9–12 mm wide 

• Valves below rim level

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E pilularis small pill Blackbutt

Size: – m.

Habit:

•  Eucalyptus pilularis is a tree that typically grows to a height of 70 m (230 ft) but does not form a lignotuber.

Bark: 

•  It has finely fibrous, greyish brown bark on the lower half of the trunk, white to grey or cream-coloured bark above, often with insect scribbles. 

Adult leaves:

• Alternate, more or less the same shade of glossy green on both sides, lance-shaped or curved

• 75–170 mm by 12–32 mm 

• Tapering to a petiole 8–22 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Stems are more or less square in cross-section 

• Lance-shaped leaves are dull green, paler on the lower surface, sessile and mostly arranged in opposite pairs

•  55–130 mm by 10–36 mm 

Buds:

• Arranged in leaf axils in groups of between 7 and 15

•  Fattened, unbranched peduncle 8–20 mm 

• Pedicels 2–7 mm 

• Oval to club-shaped or spindle-shaped, 6–10 mm long and 3–5 mm wide 

• Conical to beaked operculum

Flowers:

• White

• January to April or from October to December 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, hemispherical, shortened spherical or oval capsule 

• 5–11 mm long and 7–12 mm wide 

• Valves near rim level or below

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

 E planchoniana Common name

Size: – m.

Habit: x

Bark: x

Adult leaves: x

Juvenile growth: x

Buds: x

Flowers: x

Fruit: x

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E polyanthemos  subsp. polyanthemos x

Size: – m.

Habit: x

Bark:

Adult leaves:

Juvenile growth:

Buds:

Flowers:

Fruit:

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E pulverulenta powdered Silver-leaved Mountain Gum

Size: – m.

Habit: x

• Eucalyptus pulverulenta is a straggly tree or mallee that typically grows to a height of 5 m (16 ft) or a tree to 9 m (30 ft), and forms a lignotuber. 

Bark:

• smooth, greenish to grey or brown bark, sometimes hanging in short ribbons. 

Adult leaves:

• The crown of the tree has almost exclusively juvenile leaves 

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Juvenile growth:

• Egg-shaped to round or heart-shaped, glaucous, sessile and opposite 

• 15–50 mm by 20–50 mm 

Buds:

• Arranged in leaf axils in groups of 3

• Unbranched peduncle 3–12 mm 

• Pedicels 0 to 3 mm (0.12 in) long. 

• Glaucous, oval to diamond-shaped, 9–11 mm long, 4–7 mm wide 

• Conical to beaked operculum

Flowers:

• White

• May to November 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped to cylindrical capsule 

• 5–10 mm long, 6–11 mm wide

•  Valves near rim level

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E punctata Latin for spotted (leaves) Grey Gum

Size: – m.

Habit

•  Eucalyptus punctata is a tree that typically grows to a height of 35 m (115 ft) and forms a lignotuber. 

Bark:

• It has smooth grey, brown or cream-coloured bark that is shed in patches. 

Adult leaves:

• Glossy dark green, paler on the lower surface, lance-shaped or curved to egg-shaped

• 60–180 mm by 14–37 mm 

• Tapering to a petiole 13–26 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Dull green leaves that are paler on the lower surface, egg-shaped to lance-shaped

• 55–115 mm by 15–35 mm and petiolate

Buds:

• Arranged in leaf axils in groups of 7

•  Unbranched peduncle 10–20 mm 

• Pedicels 2–8 mm 

• Oval, 6–9 mm long and 4–9 mm wide

•  Conical to rounded operculum

Flowers:

• White

• December to March 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped or hemispherical capsule 

• 4–9 mm long and 6–10 mm wide

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E pyrocarpa pear like fruit (Latin) Large-fruited Blackbutt 

Size: – m.

Habit:

•  Eucalyptus pyrocarpa is a tree that typically grows to a height of 30 m (98 ft) but does not form a lignotuber.

Bark:

Bark:   

• It has rough, short fibrous to stringy, greyish brown bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth white to grey bark above that is often shed in ribbons. 

Adult leaves:

• Same shade of green on both sides, lance-shaped to curved

• 90–240 mm by15–40 mm 

• Petiole 10–24 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Stems that are more or less square in cross-section

• Leaves are lance-shaped, glaucous, lighter on the lower side, sessile and arranged in opposite pairs

• 125–230 mm by 16–25 mm 

Buds:

• Arranged in leaf axils in groups of 7, 9 or 11

•  Flattened, unbranched peduncle 10–25 mm 

• Pedicels 2–7 mm 

• Oval to spindle-shaped or diamond-shaped, 9–13 mm long and 6–7 mm wide 

• Conical to beaked operculum

Flowers:

• White

• March, February and August 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody cup-shaped, barrel-shaped or pear-shaped capsule 

• 10–15 mm long and 9–17 mm wide 

• Valves near rim level 

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E racemosa Latin for having raceme flower clusters (which is not true) Narrow-leaved Scribbly Gum

Size: – m.

Habit:

• Eucalyptus racemosa is a tree that typically grows to a height of 15–20 m (49–66 ft), rarely a mallee, and forms a lignotuber. 

Bark:

Bark:  

• It has smooth, mottled white, yellow, grey or cream-coloured bark with insect scribbles. 

Adult leaves:

• Same shade of glossy green on both sides, lance-shaped to curved or egg-shaped

• 65–200 mm by 10–35 mm 

• Petiole 10–25 mm 

Juvenile growth: 

• Dull green, egg-shaped leaves 

• 50–170 mm by 25–85 mm and petiolate

Buds:

• Arranged in leaf axils in groups of between 7 and 15

• Unbranched peduncle 5–25 mm Pedicels 3–6 mm 

• Oval, 3–5 mm long and 2–3 mm wide

•  Rounded or conical operculum

Flowers:

• White

• July to September 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped, conical or hemispherical capsule 

• 3–6 mm long and 4–7 mm wide 

• Valves near rim level

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E saligna willow-like Sydney Gum

Size: – m.

Habit:

•  Eucalyptus saligna is a tree with a straight trunk that typically grows to a height of 30–55 m (98–180 ft), rarely to 65 m (213 ft), a dbh of 2–2.5 m (6 ft 7 in – 8 ft 2 in), and forms a lignotuber. 

Bark:

• The trunk has smooth pale grey or white bark with 1–4 m (3 ft 3 in – 13 ft 1 in) of rough brownish bark at the base.