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Eucalyptus siderophloia
Also called Grey Ironbark, Northern Grey Ironbark, Black Ironbark, Broad Leafed Ironbark, Ironbark, Red Ironbark, Red Ironbark Tree
Northern gray ironbark is a medium to tall forest tree from eastern Australia, known for hard, furrowed bark and a timber used for flooring, poles and sleepers. It is grown as a shade or landscape tree in warm, frost-free climates rather than as a houseplant.
Eucalyptus siderophloia, commonly known as the northern grey ironbark, is a medium-sized to tall ironbark tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has hard, dark, furrowed bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped or conical fruit.
This ironbark grows in forests on the coast and adjacent foothills in soils of reasonable fertility, from about Maryborough and Springsure in Queensland to near Sydney in New South Wales.
The sapwood is usually resistant to the lyctus borer. Not an easy timber to work, however it has a beautiful appearance similar to some rainforest species. Uses include flooring and decking, shipbuilding, poles, construction, railway sleepers and heavy engineering.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus siderophloia 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.
