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  1. 30th October 2013, 07:08 PM #1
    johnnyrsa
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    Default Help with tree id

    I need some help identifying this tree which grows all around my city, I know it's some kind of gum tree but I'm not sure which.
    The reason I'm asking is because one or two of them blows over every couple of months and then they just lay there, some of them are quite huge.
    Below are a couple of pics I took:







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  3. 30th October 2013, 09:02 PM #2
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    Default Mugga, Red Ironbark or Mugga Ironbark

    Depending where you are eucalyptus tricarpa or Eucalyptus sideroxylon.
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  4. 31st October 2013, 06:47 AM #3
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    Pretty sure its red ironbark johnny, Eucalyptus sideroxylon.
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  5. 31st October 2013, 07:48 AM #4
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    Sure looks like Mugga to me.

    They must be growing in reasonably good soil.
    Out here they grow on the western slopes of the Divide
    where the conditions are pretty tough. Stony ground is the norm
    so they don't grow to be very big. Beautiful looking tree with that
    grey-blue foliage against the black trunk. The flowers provide excellent
    honey. The timber is hard an dense and great for heavy structural
    work, fence posts etc.
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  6. 31st October 2013, 08:35 AM #5
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    If it were here (Victorian goldfields) I'd say red ironbark without a blink. Euc. Sideroxylon as bench1holio says.
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    Jim
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  7. 31st October 2013, 04:36 PM #6
    johnnyrsa
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    Thanks gents. Yeah they must really love our saffa soil, I've seen quite a few of them with trunk diameter of at least 1.5 meter. There are also quite a few red river gums of similar size growing here.
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