- Eucalyptus gregsoniana
taxobox
name = Wolgan Snow gum
image_caption = "Eucalyptus gregsoniana",Melbourne
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperm s
unranked_classis =Eudicot s
unranked_ordo =Rosid s
ordo =Myrtales
familia =Myrtaceae
genus = "Eucalyptus "
species = "E. gregsoniana"
binomial = "Eucalyptus gregsoniana"
binomial_authority = |"Eucalyptus gregsoniana", Wolgan Snow gum and also Mallee Snow Gum is a mallee that is found in the highlands of
New South Wales [ http://www.australiaplants.com/Eucalyptus_gregsoniana.htm - has its previous name as Eucalyptus pauciflora "nana"] ] Located in the Blue Mountains, Budawang Range and south of Braidwood in New South Wales. [http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/cold-climate/eucalypts-cold-climates.html Eucalypts for Cold Climates ] ]It can grow to 5 metres [ http://www.australiaplants.com/eucalyptus_g_h_i_j.htm has 18 feet ] . With bark smooth throughout, white or grey, shedding in long ribbons to shedding in short ribbons with green branchlets.
Adult leaves are alternate, lanceolate, falcate, acute, oblique or basally tapered, glossy, grey-green, thick, concolorous, 7–11 cm long, 1.2–2.5 mm wide.
White or cream flowers appear in summer in clusters of 7.
Distribution is Sporadic and scattered; mallee heath on sandy soils of limited drainage in elevated areas. [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/euctax.pl?/PlantNet/Euc=&name=Eucalyptus+gregsoniana| Euclid - however cf with http://www.australiaplants.com/eucalyptus_g_h_i_j.htm which suggests good drainage required ] associated with mallee and shrubland vegetation
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