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Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. 'Rosea' showing flowers and buds with operculum present E. tetragona, showing glaucous leaves and stems. Nearly all Eucalyptus are evergreen, but some tropical species lose their leaves at the end of the dry season. As in other members of the myrtle family, Eucalyptus leaves are covered with oil glands. The copious ...
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Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, commonly known as the red stringybark, [3] is a species of medium-sized tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough, stringy, grey to brown bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and eleven, white flowers and hemispherical fruit.
Oils in the leaves tend to make the fire more severe and therefore more damaging to less attuned species, giving an evolutionary advantage to the eucalypts. Epicormic buds under the often thick bark of the trunk and branches are ready to sprout new stems and leaves after a fire. [citation needed]
Eucalyptus mannifera, commonly known as the brittle gum or red spotted gum, [2] is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has smooth, powdery white bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped, hemispherical or conical fruit.
Eucalyptus cinerea, commonly known as the Argyle apple, mealy stringbark [3] or silver dollar tree, [4] is a species of small- to medium-sized tree that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has rough, fibrous bark on the trunk and branches, usually only juvenile, glaucous , egg-shaped evergreen leaves, flower buds in groups of three, white ...
Eucalyptus goniocalyx, commonly known as long-leaved box, olive-barked box or bundy, [2] is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to southeastern Australia. It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped, cylindrical or barrel-shaped fruit.
Eucalyptus camaldulensis, commonly known as the river red gum, [3] is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to Australia. It is a tree with smooth white or cream-coloured bark, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven or nine, white flowers and hemispherical fruit with the valves extending beyond the rim.