Eucalyptus baxteri

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brown stringybark
Conservation status
Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. baxteri
Binomial name
Eucalyptus baxteri
(Benth.) Maiden & Blakely

The brown stringybark (Eucalyptus baxteri) is a eucalypt which is native to Australia's southeast, found in from southern New South Wales through Victoria and into the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island of eastern South Australia. It is a medium-sized tree which can reach 40 m in height. The rough stringy bark is grey - brown in colour. The broad juvenile leaves are 13 cm by 8 cm, while the leathery adult leaves are 13 cm by 3 cm and lanceolate or falcate and green in colour. Flowering occurs from December to April and the white profuse flowers are up to 2 cm in diameter.

[edit] References

  • Eliot RW, Jones DL, Blake T (1992). Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: Vol. 4: Eu-Go. Port Melbourne: Lothian Press, 31. ISBN 0-85091-213-X. 
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