Eucalyptus species

• Eucalyptus camaldulensis
  • aka Red Gum, River red gum, Murray red gum
  • very fast growing; may grow 3-5 m/year eventually reaching around 35 m
• Eucalyptus cinerea
  • aka Spiral eucalyptus, Mealy stringbark, Argyle apple, Ash gum, Florists's eucalyptus
  • gray juvenile leaves that spiral around the twigs
  • moderate to fast grower, reaching 6-16 m
• Eucalyptus citriodora
  • aka Lemon-scented gum
  • smooth, slender, pinkish-white trunk, open spreading crown, and narrow, medium green leaves
  • fast growing to height of 15-25 m
• Eucalyptus cladocalyx
  • aka Sugar gum
  • tree to 35 m. Adult leaves lanceolate; lamina 11-15 cm long, 2-2.5 cm wide; lateral veins clearly visible
• Eucalyptus crucis
• Eucalyptus deglupta
• Eucalyptus erythrocorys
  • aka Red-cap gum, Illyarrie
• Eucalyptus ficifolia
  • aka Red flowering gum, Flaming gum
  • round-headed dense crown
  • 10cm dark green, hard, glossy leaves
  • to 14 m at maturity
  • time-life plant encyclopedia had a drawing of a flowering ficifolia
• Eucalyptus globulus
  • Eucalyptus globulus globulus .....(Tasmanian Blue Gum)
  • Eucalyptus globulus bicostata .....(Southern Blue Gum)
  • Medium to large tree to 45m high.
  • Several sub-species are recognised.
  • Juvenile foliage blue-grey, adult leaves dark green.
  • Occurs naturally in Victoria and Tasmania.
  • Commonly grown overseas (eg California).
  • State floral emblem for Tasmania.
• Eucalyptus grandis
  • aka Rose Gum
• Eucalyptus gunnii
  • aka Cider gum
  • narrow, smooth green and tan bark, grows fast to 14-24 m
• Eucalyptus leucoxylon
  • aka White ironbark
  • grey-green 10cm leaves, white trunk, height of 8-13 m
  • Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea
    • aka Pink-flowered white ironbark, Pink Flowered Yellow Gum
• Eucalyptus melliodora
  • aka Yellow Box
• Eucalyptus microtheca
  • aka Coolibah tree, Flooded Box
  • blue-green 10cm sickle-shaped leaves, grey or white peeling bark, small white flowers
  • grows to 10-13 m
• Eucalyptus miniata
• Eucalyptus nicholii
  • aka Narrow Leaved Peppermint
• Eucalyptus ovata
  • aka Swamp Gum
• Eucalyptus pauciflora
  • Snow Gum
• Eucalyptus polyanthemos
  • aka Silver-dollar gum, Silver-dollar tree, Red box
  • blue-gray, 5cm rounded leaves
  • bark is grey and fissured when mature
  • clusters of small white flowers in summer
  • fast growing to 10-20 m tall, 5-13 m wide
• Eucalyptus pulverulenta
  • aka Silver mountain gun, Money tree
• Eucalyptus regnans
  • aka Mountain Ash
  • the tallest hardwood in the world - the largest specimen recorded was 114m tall, the tallest living is 96m
• Eucalyptus rhodantha
  • aka Rose mallee
• Eucalyptus robusta
  • aka Swamp mahogany
  • grows up to 25 m
  • rough, corky bark is reddish-brown, ivory-white flowers
• Eucalyptus rudis
  • aka Flooded Gum
• Eucalyptus saligna
  • aka Sydney Blue Gum
• Eucalyptus sideroxylon
  • aka Red ironbark, Pink ironbark
  • grey-green foliage, deeply fissured rusty dark brown bark with red inner bark
  • grows rapidly to 7-25 m
• Eucalyptus spathulata
  • aka Narrow-leaved gimlet, Swamp mallee, Swamp Mallet
• Eucalyptus viminalis
  • aka Manna gum
  • among the tallest eucalyptus, reaches 20-50 m
  • dense, weeping foliage is light grey-green, adult leaves alternate
  • older grey bark peels to reveal shiny white under-bark
  • very messy from shedding bark

• 46 books on eucalyptus are listed at Amazon, but all are special order / hard to find
• Multi-stemmed eucalypts, called mallees, cover much of dry southern Australia