Eucalyptus pilularis (Blackbutt)

Eucalyptus pilularis leaves

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Blackbutt at Dalrymple-Hay Nature Reserve, St Ives, NSW

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Credits:
Description, Habitat and Distribution information is sourced from: G.M.Chippendale (2017) Eucalyptus pilularis. In: Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Eucalyptus%20pilularis Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

BLACKBUTT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Eucalyptus pilularis in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

Common Name
Blackbutt

Description
Tree to 70 m. Bark fibrous, grey-brown on most of trunk, then smooth, white or yellow-grey above, often with insect 'scribbles'. Adult leaves lanceolate; lamina 9-16 cm long, 1.6-3 cm wide; lateral veins clearly visible, at 30° -45° ; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole flattened or channelled, 10-20 mm long. Umbels 7-15-flowered; peduncle flattened, 10-17 mm long; pedicels angular, 3-6 mm long. Operculum conical or rostrate, 4-5 mm long, 3-5 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 3-4 mm long, 3-5 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or subglobular, 6-11 mm long, 7-11 mm wide.

Habitat
Grows on gentle slopes, mainly in loam or sandy loam in tall open forest.

Distribution
Occurs from near Bundaberg, Qld., including coastal islands, southwards to about Bega, N.S.W.

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Eucalyptus
Species:	pilularis
Common Name:	Blackbutt

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  Eucalyptus grandis
  Eucalyptus intertexta
  Eucalyptus largiflorens
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