About Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden
Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden is a tree that reaches a height of 20–25 metres (66–82 ft), and forms a lignotuber. The bark on its trunk and branches is smooth, with base pale grey, cream, and white tones mixed with patches of other colours. Young plants and coppice regrowth have square cross-sectioned stems, and typically have egg-shaped leaves that are 40–100 mm (1.6–3.9 in) long, 33–70 mm (1.3–2.8 in) wide, and borne on a petiole. Adult leaves are lance-shaped to curved, the same bluish green colour on both sides, 60–200 mm (2.4–7.9 in) long and 5–45 mm (0.2–2 in) wide, attached to a 10–25 mm (0.4–1 in) long petiole. Flower buds are most often arranged in groups of seven in leaf axils, though groups can sometimes have up to fifteen buds. They form on a 5–19 mm (0.2–0.7 in) long peduncle, with each individual bud on a 1–7 mm (0.04–0.3 in) long pedicel. Mature buds are oval to spindle-shaped, 8–14 mm (0.31–0.55 in) long and 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) wide, with a conical to horn-shaped operculum that is 5–11 mm (0.20–0.43 in) long. Flowering takes place between October and December, and the flowers are white. The fruit is hemispherical to compressed hemispherical, 2–5 mm (0.08–0.2 in) long and 4–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) wide, borne on a 1–6 mm (0.04–0.2 in) long pedicel, with protruding valves. Blakely's red gum grows in woodland and open forest. It occurs mainly on the tablelands of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, and also grows in far south-east Queensland and north-eastern Victoria. It can sometimes be found growing in seasonally waterlogged depressions, and also on stony rises.
