Eucalyptus nova-anglica

taxobox
name = New-England Peppermint

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image_caption = "Eucalyptus nova-anglica"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Eucalyptus"
genus_authority = L'Hér.
subdivision_ranks = Species| "Eucalyptus nova-anglica", New England Peppermint, is a small to medium-sized tree to 25 metres. The bark is persistent on the trunk and larger branches, fibrous, thick, grey to grey-brown, shedding in short ribbons. Small branches are green.

Juvenile leaves are opposite, orbiculate, straight, entire, glaucous, sessile, 8 cm long, 6 mm wide. Adult leaves are disjunct, narrow lanceolate or lanceolate, falcate, acute, basally tapered, dull to semi-glossy, green or grey-green, thick, concolorous and 7–15 cm long, 0.7–1.3 mm wide.

Flowers are white or cream.

Grows on reasonably good soils on flats, prefers clayey loams. Distribution is on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales and on the adjacent areas of Queensland.

References

[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/euctax.pl?/PlantNet/Euc=&name=Eucalyptus+nova-anglica/ EucaLink]

NSW Forestry, "Handbook of Trees and Shrubs", 1969-1970