Eucalyptus tereticornis (Forest Red Gum)
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Eucalyptus tereticornis leaves and white flowers
Photograph by John Robert McPherson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
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Eucalyptus tereticornis, the Queensland blue gum
Photograph by John Robert McPherson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
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Credits:
Description, Habitat and Distribution information is sourced from: G.M.Chippendale (2017) Eucalyptus tereticornis. In: Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Eucalyptus%20tereticornis Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.
Growth Characteristics information is sourced from:
State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia
Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.
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FOREST RED GUM FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Forest Red Gum
Other Names
Blue Gum, Flooded Gum, Grey Gum, Mountain Gum, Queensland Blue Gum, Red Gum, Bastard Box, Red Ironbark
Description
Tree to 50 m. Bark smooth throughout, white, grey or grey-blue. Juvenile leaves ovate, dull, green to blue-green, slightly discolorous. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate, thick; lamina 10-20 cm long, 1-2.7 cm wide, shining, green; lateral veins at 40° -50° ; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole terete or channelled, 13-24 mm long. Umbels 7-11-flowered; peduncle terete or angular, 7-25 mm long; pedicels 3-10 mm long. Buds conical; operculum conical, 8-13 mm long, 4-6 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 2-3 mm long, 4-6 mm wide. Fruits subglobular or ovoid, 5-7 mm long, 4-8 mm wide; disc broad, steeply ascending; valves 4 or 5, strongly exserted. Seeds brown-black.
Habitat
Grows in open forest and as scattered trees, on alluvial flats..
Distribution
Occurs widely in eastern Qld, N.S.W. and Vic.
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 20 - 30
Spread (m): 10 - 25
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 600
Flower Colour: white
Flower Season: winter, spring
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Eucalyptus | | Species: | tereticornis | | Common Name: | Forest Red Gum |
Relatives in same Genus
Eucalyptus acaciiformis
Eucalyptus accedens
Eucalyptus acies
Eucalyptus albens
Eucalyptus bancroftii
Eucalyptus baxteri
Eucalyptus caleyi
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Eucalyptus camphora
Eucalyptus cloeziana
Eucalyptus crebra
Eucalyptus crenulata
Eucalyptus curtisii
Eucalyptus dealbata
Eucalyptus dumosa
Eucalyptus eugenioides
Eucalyptus forrestiana
Eucalyptus goniocalyx
Eucalyptus grandis
Eucalyptus intertexta
Eucalyptus largiflorens
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