EUCALYPTS - GUM TREES

Eucalyptus grandis - Flooded Gum

One of the noblest of the large eucalypts. Originates from high rainfall regions of Aust. Can reach up to 60m. Smooth whitish or blue-grey bark. Clusters of white blossoms.

Eucalyptus microcorys - Tallow wood

This tall tree is often found on the edge of rainforests. It has soft, fibrous, orange bark and a dense crown. Tallowwood is so named due to the greasy feel of the wood when cut, and is a known koala feed tree.

Eucalyptus tereticornus - Forest Red Gum

Frequently tall with a thick trunk but also occurs with a short trunk and heavily branched crown. Very common Eucalypt along river banks of eastern Austalia. A Koala food tree.

Eucalyptus citriodora - Lemon scented gum

A clean straight tree of graceful appearance but often sparsely canopied. The smooth bark is a pinkish grey, and the leaves have a strong lemon scented odour when crushed.

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Eucalyptus dunnii - Dunn's White Gum

A tall spreading gum, native to Norht Eastern NSW. The bark is shed in long strips revealing a smooth white bark, but is often scaly and corky at the trunk base. Highly recommended for quick growing forestry plantations.

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Eucalyptus ptychocarpa - Swamp bloodwood

This species has some of the largest leaves among the eucalypts. Showy flowers are borne in pendent panicles and range from white or pink, apricot or red. Large ribbed seed capsules follow.

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Eucalyptus saligna - Sydney Bluegum

This fast growing elegant eucalpt is valuable in plantation forestry. The white bark is often rough at base and smooth above. Favours hill slope locations and warm humid conditions. Natural distribution along the coast and nearby ranges of New South Wales and Queensland.

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Eucalyptus pilularis - Blackbutt

A tall eucalypt to 30m. Is an excellent choice for a tall windbreak. Good timber tree

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Eucalyptus robusta - Swamp mahogony

A strong-growing, tough tree that does well in poor swampy or salty soil; also adaptable to a dry climate. The leaves are a very dark green, the bark is dark and rough, and pink flowers are produced in copious quantities.

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Eucalyptus curtisii - Plunkett mallee

Plunkett Mallee. Small slender tree with a mallee habit. Grey green adult foliage. Showy white flowers Oct-Jan. Adapts to most soils in a warm site. Protect from frost while young.

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Eucalyptus cloeziana - Gympie Messmate

 A tall, attractive tree that produces rust covered leaf stems in the winter and has fibrous persistant bark up the trunk.  Suited to a wide range of soils including sandstone, and coastal soils.  The Gympie Messmate will prefer frost free gravelly loams.  It is a fantastic bee tree.

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Corymbia maculata - Spotted Gum

Both the foliage and the trunks are beautiful, making it an ideal choice where the space is available. Well-grown stock should grow quickly, and provide beautiful character within a few years after planting.

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Eucalyptus acmenoides - White Mahogany

An excellent timber tree, it is suitable for poles, fencing, round timber, firewood and sawn timber.  Also suited to growing as a shade tree and ni windbreaks.  It grows best in well drained loam soils in frost free areas.

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Eucalyptus alba - White Gum

White Gum A semi-deciduous white gum. Drought and frost tender. Can reach 20 metres

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Eucalyptus crebra - Ironbark

An erect tree with hard deeply furrowed black persistent bark and narrowed drooping leaves. One of the important commercial timbers of Qld with hard reddish durable timber used for heavy construction. A slower growing eucalypt.

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Eucalyptus paniculata - Grey Ironbark

Large tree to 30m with deeply furrowed hard grey bark. Good shade tree.

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Eucalyptus propinqua - Small-fruited Grey Gum

A tall eucalypt to 45m.

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Eucalyptus resinifera - Red mahogony

This tree has rough bark that is persistent to the small branches. It is coloured greyish to reddish-brown (E. resinifera). A valuable timber tree that can be used for bridge construction to flooring to fine furniture making.

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Eucalyptus staigeriana - Lemon-scented Ironbark

 The complex essential oil is distilled from the leaves and used for flavouring and aromatherapy. The whole leaf is also used as a bushfood spice and herb-tea ingredient. It is used like a bay-leaf in savory cooking, and is also used in confectionery and teas. It has a fruity-lemon flavor, with a rosemary-like edge.  A small rough barked sclerophyll tree that grows naturally in pure stands on hills in the Palmer River region of Cape York. Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_staigeriana

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Eucalyptus citriodora - Lemon scented gum

Fast grower.Firewood tree. will regrow when cut,so is good continual mulch source.Dry leaves are extremely flammable so good fire kindle etc. | Rolf - Bankstown, NSW 13-Dec-2005

Eucalyptus citriodora - Lemon scented gum

New name is Corymbia citriodora | Rolf - Bankstown, NSW 19-Mar-2006

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