Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. camaldulensis
Common name
River gum, River red gum, Murray red gum
Family
Myrtaceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, and along streams. Western Slopes. Tablelands north of the ACT. Rarely ACT.
Notes
Tree to 45 m tall. Bark smooth, shedding in short ribbons or flakes. Sometimes with a few rough loose grey slabs at the base. Juvenile stems square in cross section, sometimes slightly winged. Juvenile leaves opposite each other for 4 to 7 pairs then alternating up the stems, 8–18 cm long, 13–25 mm wide, dull, green to grey-green. Adult leaves alternating up the stems, 5-30 cm long, 7-32 mm wide, glossy or dull, green or grey-green. Flowers white to cream, with 0 petals. Flower clusters 5-11 flowered. Mature flower buds 6-11 mm long, caps about the same length as the base, or longer than the base. Flowers most of the year. Gumnuts 4-10 mm in diameter. Gumnuts that have dropped their seed have sharply triangular protruding valves.
Intergrades with Eucalyptus blakelyi.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
Endangered population of Eucalyptus camaldulensis population in the Hunter catchment, just north of the area covered by this key.
Endangered population profile: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10968 (accessed 5 January, 2021)
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eucalyptus~camaldulensis (accessed 5 January, 2021)
EUCLID description: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/entities/eucalyptus_camaldulensis_subsp._camaldulensis.htm (accessed 5 January, 2021)
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