Eucalyptus baxteri

taxobox
name = brown stringybark
status = secure
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Eucalyptus"
species = "E. baxteri"
binomial = "Eucalyptus baxteri"
binomial_authority = (Benth.) Maiden & Blakely|The brown stringybark ("Eucalyptus baxteri") is a eucalypt which is native to Australia's southeast, found in from southern New South Wales through Victoria and into the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island of eastern South Australia. It is a medium-sized tree which can reach 40 m in height. The rough stringy bark is grey - brown in colour. The broad juvenile leaves are 13 cm by 8 cm, while the leathery adult leaves are 13 cm by 3 cm and lanceolate or falcate and green in colour. Flowering occurs from December to April and the white profuse flowers are up to 2 cm in diameter.

References

*cite book |author=Eliot RW, Jones DL, Blake T |title=Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: Vol. 4: Eu-Go |year=1992|pages=31 |publisher=Lothian Press |location=Port Melbourne |isbn=0-85091-213-X