Tasmanian Snow Gum Tree Wood

15 c soil.

Tasmanian snow gum tree wood. This tuber can produce new branches as needed. Eucalyptus coccifera tasmanian snow gum is a spreading evergreen tree boasting beautiful twisted branches and striking smooth mottled bark a lovely mix of light gray to creamy white often tinged with pink. 0 5 1m per year hardiness. A tree with this structure is called a mallee.

Eucalyptus coccifera commonly known as the tasmanian snow gum is a small to medium sized tree endemic to tasmania. It has mostly smooth bark juvenile leaves that are whitish and waxy on the lower surface glossy green lance shaped adult leaves glaucous ribbed flower buds arranged singly or in groups of three or seven in leaf axils white flowers and woody fruit. Eucalyptus coccifera tasmanian snow gum. Decorative white and grey bark reveals yellow or pink bark underneath creating a rainbow like striped pattern.

Green to blue grey foliage is rounded when young but longer when mature. The leaves are oblong to oblong oval gray green to whitish shimmer. The wood is primarily used for pulp and fuel though some is harvested for woodworking purposes. It has smooth grey and cream coloured bark elliptic to lance shaped adult leaves flower buds in groups of between three and nine usually white flowers and conical hemispherical or cup shaped fruit.

Blue gum is generally regarded as a utility lumber. The cool streaks are just very thin layered strips of bark. They don t run through the wood. Plantation grown lumber tends to be lighter and softer with forest grown blue gum being harder and more dense.

For mille the snow gum eucalyptus pauciflora is always on her list. Oil from the gum tree leaves is used in a variety of medications. Some gum trees form a lignotuber underground root tuber with buds often as a way to recover from fires. A favourite among the staff here as a strong growing and attractive tree.

Very hardy and grows well in a tub or container and produces an interesting hedge. The leaves are variable in shape depending on the age of the tree. Imagine peeling an onion where the top couple of layers are different colours but the rest of the onion is just normal. Creamy white flowers from january february.

Adaptable species great for shelter or a highly ornamental tree on cold sites. Eucalyptus globulus commonly known as southern blue gum is a species of tall evergreen tree endemic to southeastern australia. The leaf margin is smooth. While this iconic tree is often associated with the alpine regions of australia the species is far more widespread than that with at five additional sub species now recognised across the east coast of australia and tasmania.

Honey is made by bees that visit the trees and many of the species have wood. 5 10m rate of growth.