Eucalyptus baxteri
Brown Stringybark
Medium tree with thick stringy bark to small branches.
Additional information
- FamilyMyrtaceae
- StoreyUpper storey
- Size10-40 m x 6-20 m
- Plant groupingTrees 5 m +
- LeavesJuvenile leaves briefly opposite & rough, elliptic to egg-shaped 3-13 cm x 2-8.5 cm, minute tufts of hair below. Adult - thick, glossy dark green, broadly lance-shaped asymmetric leaves, 7-15 cm x 1.5-3 cm.
- Flower colourWhite
- Flowering timeDecember to April
- FlowersThick-stalked, 9-15-flowered clusters, buds warty, club-shaped. Large rounded fruit, rim above the widest part, valves protruding.
- Bird attractingGeneral - food and habitat
- Butterfly attractingFood plant for caterpillars
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsWell drained soils in foothills. Frost tolerant. Full sun or partial shade.
- Garden useShade or shelter tree.
- Commercially availableIndigenous nursery
- Conservation statusLocally common within its preferred growing conditions
- Aboriginal Use Eucalypts provided food, medicines, containers, string and tools.
- Related speciesFruit similar to Red Stringybark which is also rounded but the rim line is at the widest part and valves are sharply projecting.
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Photographer/s: 1, 2, 4 Peter Kinchington ©; 3 Marilyn Bull ©
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