Eucalyptus saligna (Sydney Blue Gum)

Eucalyptus saligna, the Sydney blue gum

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Buds of the Sydney Blue Gum (Eucalyptus Saligna), Lilli Pilli NSW

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Sydney Blue Gum (Eucalyptus Saligna), Lilli Pilli NSW

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

SYDNEY BLUE GUM FACTS

distribution map showing range of Eucalyptus saligna in Australia

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Common Name
Sydney Blue Gum

Description
Tree to 55 m. Bark smooth, white or blue-grey, with rough, brown-grey, flaky bark at base up to 4 m. Juvenile leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate. Adult leaves lanceolate; lamina 9-17 cm long, 2-3 cm wide; lateral veins visible, at 35° -55° ; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole 15-25 mm long. Umbels 7-11-flowered; peduncle flattened, 4-18 mm long; pedicels absent or angular, to 3 mm long. Buds fusiform or ovoid; operculum conical, 3-4 mm long and wide; hypanthium hemispherical, cylindrical or campanulate, 2-3 mm long, 3-4 mm wide. Fruits cylindrical, campanulate or subpyriform, 5-8 mm long, 4-7 mm wide; disc narrow, descending; valves 3 or 4, exserted, curved outwards.

Habitat
Grows on tablelands and slopes, in open forest and tall open forest.

Distribution
Occurs in eastern Qld W of Mackay on the Kroombit and Blackdown Tablelands, in the Carnarvon Gorge area and from near Maryborough southwards to about Batemans Bay, N.S.W.

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 20 - 40
Spread (m): 10 - 25
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 750
Flower Colour: white
Flower Season: summer

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Eucalyptus
Species:	saligna
Common Name:	Sydney Blue Gum

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  Eucalyptus acaciiformis
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  Eucalyptus albens
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  Eucalyptus caleyi
  Eucalyptus camaldulensis
  Eucalyptus camphora
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  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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