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Eucalyptus dawsonii (slaty gum)

Synonyms: Eucalyptus polyanthemos var. glauca

Wikipedia Abstract

Eucalyptus dawsonii, known as the slaty gum is found in a restricted area from Scone to Capertee Valley in New South Wales. It occurs on loamy soils of moderate fertility and is locally abundant in grassy dry sclerophyll woodland. Growing to 30 metres tall, with a smooth grey, yellow or white trunk, often spotted. Over this are strips or plates of flaking bark. Adult leaves lanceolate in shape, 7 to 15 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide. The same greyish dull green on both sides of the leaf. Gumnuts small, 0.4 cm by 0.5 cm. conical in shape with a glaucous bloom.
View Wikipedia Record: Eucalyptus dawsonii

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Eucalyptus dawsonii

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Tree

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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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
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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