Snow Gum
Eucalyptus pauciflora
Family Myrtaceae
Sub-alpine woodland specialist
About
The classic eucalypt of Namadgi's high country, forming gnarled cold-climate woodlands above roughly 700m across the Brindabella and Bimberi ranges. A rarer, lower-altitude Snow Gum Grassy Woodland also survives on Mount Majura's eastern slopes.
How to spot it
Smooth white, grey or yellow bark shed in colourful ribbons; glossy green lance-shaped leaves (60-200mm); white flowers in clusters of 7-15 from October to February. Often multi-trunked and wind-sculpted at higher elevations.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Namadgi National Park — Canberra & Namadgi National Park hikes
- Mount Majura Nature Reserve (Canberra Nature Park)
- Kosciuszko NP
- Alpine National Park — Gippsland & Alpine Victoria hikes
- Mount Buffalo National Park
Source: Wikipedia: Eucalyptus pauciflora; ACT Parks and Conservation Service
Photo: Toby Hudson (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons