Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Eucalyptus baeuerlenii
Baeuerlen's gum
Myrtaceae
Wet forest or woodland in sheltered often sloping sites. Between west of Ulladulla and Wadbilliga National Park. Ranges and tablelands.
Mallee or tree to 20 m tall. Bark smooth throughout, shedding in long ribbons. Juvenile stems rounded or square in cross section, warty or smooth. Juvenile leaves opposite each other for 10-15 pairs, then alternating up the stems, but often reverting for a few pairs, stalkless or stalked, 3.5-8 cm long, 13-28 mm wide, green or slightly grey-green, dull. Adult leaves 7-17.5 cm long, 6-30 mm wide, glossy or dull, green. Flowers white, with 0 petals. Flower clusters 3-flowered. Mature flower buds 7–10 mm long, caps shorter than the base. Flowers autumn and spring. Gumnuts 6-12 mm in diameter. Gumnuts that have dropped their seed have strongly protruding valves.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eucalyptus~baeuerlenii (accessed 22 January, 2021)
EUCLID description: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/entities/eucalyptus_baeuerlenii.htm (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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