Eucalyptus chapmaniana
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Eucalyptus chapmaniana
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Eucalyptus chapmaniana F. Muell. |
Eucalyptus chapmaniana, Bogong gum, is a medium to tall tree to 30 m with persistent bark on lower trunk to persistent on full trunk, shortly fibrous.
The adult leaves are disjunct, lanceolate, falcate, acute, oblique or basally tapered, dull, grey-green, thick, concolorous, 15–30 cm long and 2–4 mm wide. Flowers are white or cream.
E. chapmaniana is uncommon and scattered in grassy or shrubby woodland on moderately fertile soils on steep slopes at high elevations. Distribution is in Victoria and New South Wales southern tablelands. [1]