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GREY GUM FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Grey Gum
Description
The Grey Gum is a tree to 35 m. Bark grey gum type. Juvenile leaves narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate. Adult leaves lanceolate, slightly falcate; lamina 8-15 cm long, 1.6-3 cm wide, shining above; lateral veins just visible, at 45° -55° ; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole channelled or flattened, 15-26 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle flattened or angular, 5-20 mm long; pedicels angular, 2-9 mm long. Buds ovoid to cylindrical; operculum conical, hemispherical or slightly rostrate, 5-6 mm long, 4-6 mm wide; hypanthium obconical or hemispherical, 4-5 mm long, 4-6 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or cylindrical, 5-12 mm long, 5-10 mm wide; disc moderately broad, level or ascending; valves 3 or 4, exserted. Seeds black.
Habitat
Grows in open forest.
Distribution
Occurs in south east Queensland central-eastern N.S.W., in coastal areas and on adjacent ranges.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 20m - 30m
Spread: 10m - 20m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Eucalyptus | | Species: | punctata | | Common Name: | Grey 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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