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GUM-BARKED COOLIBAH FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Gum-barked Coolibah
Description
Tree to 30 m. Bark rough on lower trunk, then smooth and white, grey or brown above, often in patches. Adult leaves narrowly to broadly lanceolate, acute to acuminate; lamina 7-14 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, green, grey-green or dull green; lateral veins clearly visible, at 25° -35° ; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 5-15 mm long. Peduncle angular, 5-16 mm long; pedicels angular, 3-9 mm long. Operculum conical, 2-4 mm long, 3-4 mm wide; hypanthium obconical to obovoid, c. 4 mm long, 3-4 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical to ovoid, 4-9 mm long, 4-7 mm wide; disc descending; valves 4 or 5, level or included.
Habitat
Grows in sandy and well-drained soil, mostly on flat areas in woodland and open woodland.
Distribution
Occurs widely in central deserts of W.A., N.T. and S.A., extending to other parts of eastern S.A., western N.S.W. and southern Qld.
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 8 - 15
Spread (m): 6 - 12
Soil Texture: loam, clay, limestone
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 350
Flower Colour: white
Flower Season: autumn, winter
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Eucalyptus | | Species: | intertexta | | Common Name: | Gum-barked Coolibah |
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 largiflorens
Eucalyptus leucoxylon var Rosea
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