Eucalyptus grandis (Flooded Gum)

Eucalyptus grandis Flooded Gum

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Eucalyptus grandis, Kerewong State Forest, NSW, Australia. 55 metres tall

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Eucalyptus grandis, the flooded gum or rose gum - ornamentally planted specimen

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Credits:
Description, Habitat and Distribution information is sourced from: G.M.Chippendale (2017) Eucalyptus grandis. In: Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Eucalyptus%20grandis Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

FLOODED GUM FACTS

distribution map showing range of Eucalyptus grandis in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

Common Name
Flooded Gum

Other Names
Rose Gum

Description
The Flooded Gum is a tree to 55 m. Bark smooth, white, grey-white or blue-grey, with some rough flaky bark at base up to 4 m. Juvenile leaves ovate. Adult leaves lanceolate; lamina 10-16 cm long, 2-3 cm wide; lateral veins conspicuous, at 40° -55° ; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole 15-20 mm long. Umbels 7-11-flowered; peduncle flattened, 8-18 mm long; pedicels angular, absent or to 3 mm long. Buds ovoid or broadly fusiform; operculum conical or slightly rostrate, 3-4 mm long, 4-5 mm wide; hypanthium obconical or campanulate, 3-4 mm long, 4-5 mm wide. Fruits subpyriform, 5-8 mm long, 4-7 mm wide; disc narrow, level or descending; valves 4 or 5, exserted, incurved.

Habitat
Grows usually on lower slopes and flats of valleys, in tall open forest, often on the fringes of or in rainforest.

Distribution
Occurs in Qld and N.S.W. in several disjunct areas: in the Atherton area, W of Townsville, W of Mackay, and with the main area from near Bundaberg southwards to near Port Stephens.

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 20 - 40
Spread (m): 15 - 20
Soil Texture: loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 700
Flower Colour: white
Flower Season: winter, spring

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Eucalyptus
Species:	grandis
Common Name:	Flooded Gum

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  Eucalyptus acaciiformis
  Eucalyptus accedens
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  Eucalyptus albens
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  Eucalyptus caleyi
  Eucalyptus camaldulensis
  Eucalyptus camphora
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  Eucalyptus crenulata
  Eucalyptus curtisii
  Eucalyptus dealbata
  Eucalyptus dumosa
  Eucalyptus eugenioides
  Eucalyptus forrestiana
  Eucalyptus goniocalyx
  Eucalyptus intertexta
  Eucalyptus largiflorens
  Eucalyptus leucoxylon var Rosea
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