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Eucalyptus tereticornis (forest redgum)

Synonyms: Eucalyptus angulosa (homotypic); Eucalyptus semisupera (homotypic); Eucalyptus triplinervis (homotypic); Eucalyptus umbellatus

Wikipedia Abstract

Eucalyptus tereticornis is a species of tree native to eastern Australia. Eucalyptus tereticornis has several common names, including forest red gum, bastard box, blue gum, flooded gum, grey gum, mountain gum, Queensland blue gum, red gum, red ironbark, red irongum and slaty gum.
View Wikipedia Record: Eucalyptus tereticornis

Infraspecies

Eucalyptus tereticornis basaltica
Eucalyptus tereticornis mediana
Eucalyptus tereticornis rotunda
Eucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis
Eucalyptus tereticornis var. tereticornis

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  Medium
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Carbon Capture [1]  Medium-Low
Shade Percentage [1]  83 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Medium-Low
Wind Reduction [1]  High
Janka Hardness [3]  2700 lbf (1225 kgf) Very Hard
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Specific Gravity [5]  0.827
Structure [2]  Tree
Height [1]  46 feet (13.9 m)
Width [1]  29 feet (8.9 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate to Low

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Criconema obtusum[6]
Fergusobia tumifaciens[6]
Hemicriconemoides mangiferae[6]
Hemicycliophora brevicauda <Unverified Name>[6]
Shelter for 
Petaurus gracilis (mahogany glider)[14]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 5Chave 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.
♦ 6Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 8HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 9Winter habitat use by the endangered, migratory Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) in New South Wales, Debra L. Saunders and Robert Heinsohn, Emu, 2008, 108, 81–89
♦ 10Petauroides volans (Diprotodontia: Pseudocheiridae), JAMIE M. HARRIS AND K. SHANE MALONEY, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 42(866):207–219 (2010)
♦ 11FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF THE SQUIRREL GLIDER IN REMNANT HABITAT IN BRISBANE, MATT DOBSON, ROSS L. GOLDINGAY AND DAVID J. SHARPE, Australian Mammalogy 27: 27-35 (2005)
♦ 12The Spectacled Flying-Fox, Pteropus conspicillatus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), in North Queensland 2. Diet, seed dispersal and feeding ecology, G. C. Richards, Australian Mammalogy, Vol 13 Nos. 1 & 2, pp. 25-31
♦ 13del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 14Petaurus gracilis (Diprotodontia: Petauridae), STEPHEN M. JACKSON, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 43(882):141–148 (2011)
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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