Eucalyptus chapmaniana

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Bogong gum
Eucalyptus chapmaniana
Eucalyptus chapmaniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. chapamaniana
Binomial name
Eucalyptus chapmaniana
F. Muell.
E. chapmaniana, field distribution
E. chapmaniana, field distribution

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]

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