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Eucalyptus saligna, commonly known as the Sydney blue gum or blue gum, [3] is a species of medium-sized to tall tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough, flaky bark near the base of the trunk, smooth bark above, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, nine or eleven, white flowers and cylindrical to ...
Eucalyptus saligna (saligna gum) Merensky Lane Scenic lane of trees planted by Hans Merensky on the Westfalia Estate in the 1930s. Height: 69 m Crown size: 21.5 m 404 Westfalia Estate, Modjadjiskloof, Limpopo 82 Eucalyptus diversicolor (Karri gum) Boschendal Lane Lane of exceptionally large trees planted more than two centuries ago. Height: 50.4 m
These include the economically valuable E. pilularis, E. saligna and E. tereticornis. [citation needed] The first endemic Western Australian Eucalyptus to be collected and subsequently named was the Yate by the French botanist Jacques Labillardière, who collected in what is now the Esperance area in 1792. [11]
Sydney blue gum (Eucalyptus saligna) 81.5 267 Flowering plant Woodbush State Forest, Limpopo, South Africa. The world's tallest planted tree. Southern Africa (non native), but endemic to eastern Australia) [41] [42] Grand fir (Abies grandis) 81.4 267 Conifer Glacier Peak Wilderness, Washington, United States. Western North America [43] [24 ...
Eucalyptus regnans, known variously as mountain ash (in Victoria), giant ash or swamp gum (in Tasmania), or stringy gum, [3] is a species of very tall forest tree that is native to the Australia states of Tasmania and Victoria. It is a straight-trunked tree with smooth grey bark, but with a stocking of rough brown bark at the base, glossy green ...
Eucalyptus grandis, commonly known as the flooded gum or rose gum, [2] is a tall tree with smooth bark, rough at the base fibrous or flaky, grey to grey-brown. At maturity, it reaches 50 metres (160 feet) tall, though the largest specimens can exceed 80 metres (260 feet) tall.
Eucalyptus rossii, occurring west of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales; Many other Eucalyptus trees have scribbles and are not known as "scribbly gums", such as Eucalyptus pilularis (blackbutt), [2] Eucalyptus saligna (Sydney blue gum), Eucalyptus stenostoma (Jilliga ash), Eucalyptus pauciflora (snow gum) and Eucalyptus fraxinoides ...
A number of species, most notably Acacia mangium (hickory wattle), A. mearnsii (black wattle) and A. saligna (coojong), are economically important and are widely planted globally for wood products, tannin, firewood and fodder. [22] A. melanoxylon (blackwood) and A. aneura (mulga) supply some of the most attractive timbers in the genus.