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Eucalyptus conica (Fuzzy Box)

Synonyms: Eucalyptus baueriana var. conica (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Eucalyptus conica, known as the Fuzzy Box is a common eucalyptus tree of the slopes and plains of New South Wales and adjacent areas in Queensland. Occurring as far north as the Carnarvon Range. Growing to 20 metres tall, the bark is grey flaky box type bark with some paler patches, shedding in short ribbons. Adult leaves are lanceolate or narrow-lanceolate in shape, 7 to 12 cm long, 0.8 to 2.5 cm wide. Greyish dull green on both sides. Locally frequent, in grassy or dry sclerophyll woodland. Mostly found on decomposed granite, heavily alluvial soils, light loamy soils of medium fertility; north from Wagga Wagga. A honey producing tree. The gumnuts are conical in shape.
View Wikipedia Record: Eucalyptus conica

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Eucalyptus conica

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [3]  0.926
Structure [2]  Tree

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0