Thread: What kind of tree is this?

Wild guess, Ironbark maybe? Have you got a picture of the seed pods?

No pics of the nuts. They are very small eucalyptus nuts about 6mm dia x 7mm long.
The timber is soft for a gum. Very strong eucalypt smell though. It gets radial splits very very quickly.

As I said, wild guess at Ironbark, the leaves look similar and the size of the seed pods you describe suggest this. I'll leave the final opinion to the experts

These look like the nuts/pods
The bark is similar to a bloodwood but I dont recall any red or pink sap

Ill certainly post some pics of the planks when it is all cut up.

Looks more like a Stringybark than an Ironbark. At least the Red Ironbark we get in abundance here has totally different bark, but we do get a Red Stringybark that has similar leaves and bark, don't know what type of nut they have off hand.

Bark don't look corky enough for Ironbark, ..is the bark persistent to the upper branches or is it smooth ??

I is persistant all the way. Very deep crevices and the bark at the base of the tree is nearly 3" deep!

I canr post any more pics till I get home next week on Thurs.
The tree is too big to snig and load even in 3 pieces so mill it on the ground or cut it up for firewood.

As the leaves have a blue colour would the tree be called a Blue Gum? My reason is that I have a large gum in my backyard that looks similar and I've always called it a Blue Gum, other than that I wouldn't have a clue. I'll post some pictures of it tonight.

Definitly not a blue gum. (E. globulous)
My pick is a red ironbark Possibly E. tricarpa.
if you think it might be an indigenouse tree ie self sown then a location might assist identification. E. tricarpa is a popular street and backyard tree so it may not be indigenouse

Red ironbark
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eucalyptus~sideroxylon

Red stringybark (E.Macrorhyncha)

http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/He...crorhyncha.PNG

I would have said Ironbark but you say the timber is soft, so for me that rules out Ironbark.

It is not a Bloodwood type bark, but doesn't really look like Ironbark bark. Looks like a crosss betwee Stringy and Ironbark barks, so

This tree looks very similar to Eucalyptus cephalocarpa -sometimes called Mealy Stringybark. This is one of the Silver-leaved Stringybarks.

The leaves are dull green, narrow, lance shaped, but the young leaves are grey.
The buds are in close clusters of 7: it's hard to tell if the ones in your photo are the few still attached from larger clusters.

The bark is grey-brown, fibrous, thick, coarsely fissured, quite rough and persistent to small branches.

The timber is quite red in colour, but I wouldn't call it soft. Like other green timbers it is not as hard as dried timber. It would check fairly quickly if the weather was hot.

This species does not get a mention in"Wood in Australia" by Keith Bootle, possibly because it would take about 100 years to reach 15 metres. It does make good firewood.


Rob

A further thought might be E. Nichollii variously refered to as willow leaved peppermint, black butt peppermint

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3421/3...70707187_m.jpg.

The very small bluegreen leaves in your photo lead me in this direction.
The seed capsules on the one i have acess to are tiny 2mm x 2mm. buds are in groups of 7 or less with the center bud being erect. Fiborous bark is persistant to the small branches.