Grey Gum
Eucalyptus propinqua
Family Myrtaceae
Dominant mid-altitude eucalypt of D'Aguilar NP
About
A tall eucalypt to 40m that Wikipedia's D'Aguilar National Park article describes as dominating the park's mid-altitude forest, in the band between the drier ironbark-spotted gum foothills and the moist subtropical rainforest near the Mount Glorious summit.
How to spot it
Smooth, mottled grey, cream and yellowish bark shed in long strips, leaving a patchwork trunk quite different from the rough ironbark lower on the range. Lance-shaped leaves, paler underneath, and white flowers from January to April.
Found in
- D'Aguilar National Park
Source: Wikipedia: D'Aguilar National Park; Wikipedia: Eucalyptus propinqua
Photo: Mark Marathon (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons