Broad-leaved White Mahogany (species: Eucalyptus umbra) in Berowra Waters Wildlife (Gaia Guide)
Eucalyptus umbra
Broad-leaved White Mahogany


©Peter Woodard: Broad-leaved White Mahogany (Eucalyptus umbra) bark
Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Myrtaceae
Genus Eucalyptus
Species Eucalyptus umbra

Distinguishing features

It is a small or medium sized tree, and is sometimes a shrub in the poorer skeletal soils.

The bark is rough, resembling a stringybark, though not as coarse, and in flat strips. The thick, fibrous bark is greyish brown in colour.

Size

  • Up to 2500 cm (Height)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

This tree occurs in dry sclerophyll forest or woodland, usually on poor shallow dry soils; north from Port Jackson. It is found in the high rainfall coastal areas of New South Wales and adjacent areas in south eastern Queensland. (Wikipedia)

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