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Grey Ironbark

Eucalyptus placita

Also called Shiny Leaved Grey Ironbark

Grey Ironbark
Photo: Ian McMaster, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
E. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Eucalyptus placita, commonly known as grey ironbark or simply, ironbark, is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to New South Wales. It has rough, furrowed grey but soft ironbark on the trunk and branches, glossy green, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and conical fruit.

Where it grows

Grey ironbark grows in moist areas in the mid north coast region of New South Wales, from Cessnock to Kempsey.

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 placita by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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