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Eucalyptus sideroxylon, commonly known as mugga ironbark, [3] or red ironbark [4] is a small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has dark, deeply furrowed ironbark , lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white, red, pink or creamy yellow flowers and cup-shaped to shortened spherical fruit.
Eucalyptus pilularis, commonly known as blackbutt, [2] is a species of medium-sized to tall tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough, finely fibrous greyish bark on the lower half of the trunk, smooth white, grey or cream-coloured bark above, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and fifteen, white flowers and hemispherical or shortened ...
Eucalyptus siderophloia, commonly known as the northern grey ironbark, [3] is a medium-sized to tall ironbark tree that is endemic to south eastern Australia. It has hard, dark, furrowed bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped or conical fruit.
Ironbark was widely used in the piles of 19th and early 20th century bridges and wharves in New Zealand. [5] It was widely used for railway sleepers in eastern Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries due to its durability; while other timber sleepers had to be replaced every 7-12 years, ironbark could last 30 years.
Eucalyptus placita, commonly known as grey ironbark [2] or simply, ironbark, [3] is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to New South Wales. It has rough, furrowed grey but soft ironbark on the trunk and branches, glossy green, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and conical fruit.
Box–ironbark forest is found on rocky, often auriferous (gold-bearing), soils, in flat and undulating landscapes at altitudes of 150–600 m above sea level, and with an average annual rainfall of 500–800 mm. About 40% of the area formerly supporting the ecosystem in Victoria is public land with less than 20% protected in conservation reserves.
Eucalyptus paniculata, commonly known as grey ironbark, [2] is a species of tree that is endemic to New South Wales. It has dark-coloured, deeply furrowed ironbark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven on a branched peduncle , white flowers and conical, hemispherical or cup-shaped fruit.
Eucalyptus melliodora is a tree that typically grows to a height of 30 m (98 ft) and forms a lignotuber.The bark is variable ranging from smooth with an irregular, short stocking, to covering most of the trunk, fibrous, dense or loosely held, grey, yellow or red-brown, occasionally very coarse, thick, dark brown to black.