Eucalyptus leucoxylon (Blue Gum)
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Eucalyptus leucoxylon at Maranoa Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria,
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Flower buds of Eucalyptus leucoxylon in the Little Desert National Park, Stringybark Nature Walk, Victoria
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Credits:
Description, Habitat and Distribution information is sourced from: G.M.Chippendale (2017) Eucalyptus leucoxylon. In: Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Eucalyptus%20leucoxylon Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.
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BLUE GUM FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Blue Gum
Other Names
Yellow Gum
Description
The Blue Gum is a tree or mallee. Bark rough, fibrous to 2 m, grey to dark grey, then smooth, white, grey, yellow and/or blue above. Juvenile leaves opposite, broadly lanceolate to ovate or orbicular, cordate, sometimes connate, green or glaucous, slightly discolorous. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate; lamina green to glaucous; intramarginal vein up to 3 mm from margin; petiole terete. Umbels 3-flowered; peduncle terete. Buds ovoid, sometimes rostrate, or fusiform; operculum conical to rostrate, usually narrower than hypanthium; hypanthium hemispherical. Fruits hemispherical, subglobular, ovoid or campanulate, sometimes ribbed; valves 4-6, included.
Habitat
woodland
Distribution
Occurs in south-eastern S.A., including Kangaroo Is., extending to south-western Vic., with a small isolated occurrence between Euston and Barham, N.S.W.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 8m - 30m
Spread: 8m - 25m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Eucalyptus | | Species: | leucoxylon | | Common Name: | Blue Gum |
Relatives in same Genus
Eucalyptus acaciiformis
Eucalyptus accedens
Eucalyptus acies
Eucalyptus albens
Eucalyptus bancroftii
Eucalyptus baxteri
Eucalyptus caleyi
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Eucalyptus camphora
Eucalyptus cloeziana
Eucalyptus crebra
Eucalyptus crenulata
Eucalyptus curtisii
Eucalyptus dealbata
Eucalyptus dumosa
Eucalyptus eugenioides
Eucalyptus forrestiana
Eucalyptus goniocalyx
Eucalyptus grandis
Eucalyptus intertexta
Eucalyptus largiflorens
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