Blue Gum Trees Australia

Cadaghi corymbia torelliana.

Blue gum trees australia. Tereticornis trees eucalyptus tereticornis commonly known as forest red gum blue gum or red irongum is a species of tree that is native to eastern australia and southern new guinea. This medium to tall tree is most abundant in the blue mountains of nsw where. First edition hand signed copies blue mountain ash eucalyptus oreades. It has mostly smooth bark juvenile leaves that are whitish and waxy on the lower surface glossy green lance shaped adult leaves glaucous ribbed flower buds arranged singly or in groups of three or seven in leaf axils white flowers and woody fruit.

It is one of the best known bushwalking sites in australia. Carbeen corymbia tessellaris eucalyptus tessellaris. It has smooth bark lance shaped to curved adult leaves flower buds in groups of seven nine or eleven white flowers and hemispherical fruit. The species name leucoxylon is a reference to the pale timber of the plant and literally means white wood whereas the common name blue gum refers to the juvenile foliage which can have a glaucous almost pale blue hue about it.

Under ideal conditions this species can reach a height of 40m. One of my favourite trees is eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp leucoxylon commonly called the south australian blue gum.