Manna Gum
Eucalyptus viminalis
Family Myrtaceae
Near Threatened (IUCN)
About
A tall, well-watered-country eucalypt of southeastern Australia, listed Near Threatened by the IUCN. Mount Buangor State Park's Wikipedia entry names manna gums among the varied eucalypt forest covering its creek flats and escarpments in the Pyrenees Ranges.
How to spot it
Smooth, powdery white-to-pale-brown bark that sheds in long ribbons, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven and white flowers. Can reach 50m (rarely 90m in Tasmania). Look for it on the moister creek flats rather than the drier ridgetops.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Mount Buangor State Park — The Grampians & Western Victoria hikes
Source: Wikipedia: Eucalyptus viminalis; Wikipedia: Mount Buangor State Park
Photo: Pru.mitchell (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons