About Eucalyptus seeana Maiden
Eucalyptus seeana Maiden is a tree that typically grows up to 40 metres (130 feet) tall and forms a lignotuber. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull, greyish green leaves that are linear to lance-shaped. These leaves are 50–120 mm (2.0–4.7 in) long, 8–20 mm (0.31–0.79 in) wide, and grow on petioles. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, are the same shade of green on both sides, and are narrow lance-shaped to lance-shaped. They are 100–180 mm (3.9–7.1 in) long, 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) wide, and taper to a petiole that is 10–22 mm (0.39–0.87 in) long. Flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of seven, nine or eleven, carried on an unbranched peduncle 5–13 mm (0.20–0.51 in) long, with individual buds attached to pedicels 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long. Mature buds are oblong to spindle-shaped, 10–16 mm (0.39–0.63 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide, with a horn-shaped operculum 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long. Flowering has been recorded in November and December, and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, hemispherical capsule 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long and 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) wide, with strongly protruding valves. This species, commonly called narrow-leaved red gum, mostly grows as scattered individual trees in forest, and its distribution ranges from near Caloundra in Queensland to near Telegraph Point in New South Wales.
