Eucalyptus coccifera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Eucalyptus |
Species: | E. coccifera |
Binomial name | |
Eucalyptus coccifera Hook.f. |
Eucalyptus coccifera, the Tasmanian snow gum or the Mount Wellington Peppermint, is a native tree of Tasmania.[1]
It grows as a shrub on margins of the alpine Central Highland Tasmania.[2]
It grows in subalpine dolerite areas. The species hybridizes with Eucalyptus amygdalina and E. pauciflora.[2]