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Gum Topped Ironbark

Eucalyptus decorticans

Gum Topped Ironbark
Photo: Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, CC BY 3.0 au

Gum-topped ironbark is a large eucalypt tree, up to about 40 m, native to southeastern Queensland, where it grows in open forest on hills. It is a landscape and forest tree rather than a garden plant, and it is grown from seed and suited to full sun and well-drained soils.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young trees regularly until established, then rely on rainfall; mature trees tolerate drought.
Soil
Well-drained stony clay or loam soils.
Temperature
Subtropical conditions; tolerates frost once established, but young plants need protection from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland
Climate
subtropical

About

Eucalyptus decorticans, commonly known as the gum-top ironbark, is a species of tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has rough, dark grey or black "ironbark" on the trunk and larger branches, smooth white bark on the thinner branches, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and conical, cup-shaped or barrel-shaped fruit.

Where it grows

Eucalyptus decorticans grows in open forest on hills and hillsides in stony clay soils. It is widespread in southeastern Queensland.

Other Eucalyptus plants

Eucalyptus abdita · Badgingarra Box · Wattle Leaved Peppermint · Powder Bark Wandoo · Woolbernup Mallee · White-mahogany · Lakefield Coolibah · Wellstead Mallee · Eucalyptus aenea · Welcome Hill Gum · Blue-leaf stringybark · Black Gum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus decorticans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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