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MOUNTAIN ASH FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Mountain Ash
Description
The Mountain Ash is a tree usually to 75 m, recorded to 100 m. Bark rough up to 15 m on trunk, smooth, white or grey-green above, often shedding in strips. Adult leaves lanceolate or broadly lanceolate; lamina 9-14 cm long, 1.6-2.7 cm wide; petiole channelled, 12-22 mm long. Peduncle angular, 5-13 mm long; pedicels 2-4 mm long. Operculum conical, 2-3 mm long, 3-4 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, c. 3 mm long, 3-4 mm wide. Fruits 5-9 mm long, 4-7 mm wide.
Habitat
Grows in tall open forest, often in pure stands.
Distribution
Occurs in the mountains of southern Vic., and in the Huon and Derwent River valleys, Tas.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 25m - 80m
Spread: 15m - 30m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Eucalyptus | | Species: | regnans | | Common Name: | Mountain Ash |
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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