Forest Red Gum (species: Eucalyptus tereticornis) in Bullala NP (Gaia Guide)
Eucalyptus tereticornis
Forest Red Gum


©Ethel Aardvark

©Forest & Kim Starr

©Tony Rodd: Forest Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis)
Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Myrtaceae
Genus Eucalyptus
Species Eucalyptus tereticornis

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Distinguishing features

The tree grows to a height of 20 to 50 metres with a girth of up to 2 metres. The trunk is straight and is usually un-branched for more than half of the total height of the tree. Thereafter, limbs are unusually steeply inclined for a Eucalyptus species. The bark is shed in irregular sheets, resulting in a smooth trunk surface coloured in patches of white, grey and blue, corresponding to areas that shed their bark at different times.


It has narrow, lanceolate green leaves, from 10 to 20 centimetres long, and one to nearly three centimetres wide. Flowers occur in inflorescences of 7 to 11 flowers. (Wikipedia)

Size

  • Up to 2000 cm (Height)

Synonyms

Distribution


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