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| Eucalyptus globoidea-White Stringybark |
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| General Appearance: A medium tree to 30 m tall with erect trunk and spreading crown. Bark pale brown, thick, fibrous and fissured, persistent on all but smallest branches. Leaves: Adult: alternate,petiolate, lanceolate, 6-15 x 1-3 cm, slightly asymmetric, one side often slightly darker and more lustrous than the other. Juvenile: opposite for first few pairs then alternate, petiolate, ovate, to 6 x 5 cm, symmetric, upper surface darker than lower; margins wrinkled, irregularly and shallowly toothed; entire surface, including petiole, bearing short, coarse stellate hairs. Buds: In leaf axils or leafless, branched heads near branchlet tips, 5-10 per cluster, narrow-ovoid, 5-8 mm long; pedicel indistinct; operculum conical, smooth to slightly warty; peduncle with faint ridges on two sides. Fruit: Globular, 4-6 mm across, crowded; disc flat to slightly concave; valves 3-5, at about level of rim. Environment: Gravelly, often shallow soils on rocky hillsides and ridges in lower rainfall areas. Commonly Associated Trees and Large Shrubs: Eucalyptus sieberi, Eucalyptus cypellocarpa, Persoonia linearis, Eucalyptus obliqua, Pomaderris aspera, Acacia melanoxylon Annual Rainfall: 544 to 1935 mm Warmest Temperatures: 17.1 to 30.2 °C Coolest Temperatures: -4.6 to 8.2 °C Other Scientific Names: Eucalyptus eugenioides, Eucalyptus ligustrina, Eucalyptus scabra, Eucalyptus wilkinsoniana, Eucalyptus yangoura Other Common Names: White stringybark © Paul Gullan - Viridans Biological Databases |