Blakely's Red Gum

About

A medium eucalypt of the NSW and ACT tablelands that pairs with Yellow Box to form the critically endangered Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland, present on Mount Majura's lower slopes and through Black Mountain Nature Reserve.

How to spot it

Grows 20-25m tall with smooth, pale grey, cream and white patchy bark that sheds to reveal a mottled trunk. Bluish-green lance-shaped adult leaves, white flowers in groups of seven, and square-stemmed young growth.

Found in

• Black Mountain Nature Reserve, Canberra Nature Park
• Mount Majura Nature Reserve (Canberra Nature Park)
• Picnic Point / Tabletop Range