About Eucalyptus tricarpa (L.A.S.Johnson) L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill
Eucalyptus tricarpa (L.A.S.Johnson) L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill is a tree that typically reaches 35 meters (115 feet) in height and forms a lignotuber. It has thick, rough ironbark ranging in color from reddish brown to black that covers its trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have green to greyish, elliptical to lance-shaped leaves that are 40–110 mm (1.6–4.3 in) long, 13–30 mm (0.51–1.18 in) wide, and borne on petioles. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, have the same shade of green to greyish green on both sides, and are lance-shaped to curved. They measure 80–220 mm (3.1–8.7 in) long and 10–26 mm (0.39–1.02 in) wide, tapering to a 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long petiole. Flower buds grow in groups of three, or sometimes seven, in leaf axils, on an unbranched peduncle 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) long. Individual buds are borne on pedicels 5–18 mm (0.20–0.71 in) long. Mature buds are oval, 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long and 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) wide, with a conical to beaked operculum. Flowering occurs between February and November, and the flowers are white or pale pink. The fruit is a woody capsule that is cylindrical to shortened spherical, 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) long and 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) wide, with its valves enclosed below the capsule rim. This eucalypt grows in forest and woodland, in coastal areas south from Araluen in New South Wales. It is also common in the goldfields near Bendigo, near Anglesea, and in coastal and near-coastal regions of Gippsland. The subspecies Eucalyptus tricarpa subspecies decora occurs in open woodland around St Arnaud in Victoria.
