Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Eucalyptus goniocalyx subsp. goniocalyx
Common name
Long-leaved Box, Bundy, Olive-barked Box, Apple
Family
Myrtaceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, grassy areas, and rocky ridges. Tablelands, ACT, and Western Slopes. Occasionally the Blue Mountains and Kosciuszko National Park.
Notes
Tree to 15 m tall. Bark rough on all but the smallest branches or the branches smooth. Rough bark fibrous-flaky or box-type, grey-brown or mottled with grey and whitish patches. Smooth bark above shedding in short ribbons. Juvenile stems rounded or square in cross section, glaucous or occasionally non-glaucous. Juvenile leaves opposite each other and stalkless for many pairs, 3.5–11 cm long, 35–110 mm wide, dull, grey-green to glaucous, rarely green. Adult leaves alternating up the stems, 6–25 cm long, 13–40 mm wide, green, glossy. Flowers white, with 0 petals. Flower clusters 5-7 flowered. Mature flower buds 6–13 mm long, caps much shorter than the base. Flowers Autumn-Winter. Gumnuts 6–11 mm in diameter, sometimes angular. Gumnuts that have dropped their seed have valves that are not very noticeable.
Eucalyptus goniocalyx in PlantNET.
Hybridises with Eucalyptus nortonii.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description (as Eucalyptus goniocalyx): http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eucalyptus~goniocalyx (accessed 1 May 2021)
EUCLID description: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/entities/eucalyptus_goniocalyx_subsp._goniocalyx.htm (accessed 1 May 2021)
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