Source: Brooker, M.I.H & Kleinig, D.A. 1999, Field Guide to Eucalypts, South-eastern Australia, Vol. 1, Second Edition.
Centre for Plant and Biodiversity Research, 2006, EUCLID - Eucalypts of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.
Nicolle, D 2006, Eucalypts of Victoria and Tasmania, Bloomings Books, Melbourne.
Eucalyptus globulus subsp. globulus
Eucalyptus globulus Labill. subsp. globulus
Family: Myrtaceae, Genus: Eucalyptus, Subgenus: Symphyomyrtus, Section: Maidenaria, Series: Globulares
Common Name: Tasmanian Blue Gum
Distribution: coastal eastern and south eastern TAS, King & Flinders Islands, Otway ranges, VIC.
General Information: Medium to very tall tree. Bark mainly smooth, shedding in strips.
Adult leaves petiolate, falcate, lanceolate, alternating. concolorous, glossy green.
Single or three flowered, buds relatively large, sessile, with distinct ribs, glaucous, scar visible, operculum flattened, warty.
Flowering period Sept-Dec, white stamens.
Fruit sessile, disc broad with 4 or 5 valves, ribbed, level to ascending.
