Eucalyptus ovata

Eucalyptus ovata
Eucalyptus ovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. ovata
Binomial name
Eucalyptus ovata
Labill.[1]
E. ovata, field distribution

Eucalyptus ovata, commonly known as Swamp Gum or Black Gum, is a widespread occurring Australian eucalypt. The species was first described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière in Novae Hollandiae plantarum specimen.[2] The locality given in that work is "in terrâ Van-Leuwin", indicating Southwest Australia, but the species does not occur in that region.

Description

The swamp gum is a small to medium-sized tree, rarely a mallee, with bark that sheds over most of the trunk revealing a smooth, grey, whitish or pinkish-grey surface. The rough bark is retained at the base on larger trees. Leaves are stalked, broad lanceolate, undulate to 19 x 8.5 cm dull and green. White flowers appear in autumn to mid-winter. It can reach a height of 30 metres.[3] It is variable in habit from straggly saplings (in east Gippsland) to stout boled trees.[4]

Distribution and habitat

The tree is widespread from the western end of Kangaroo Island, the southern Mount Lofty ranges and the south-east of South Australia, Tasmania, the southern part of Victoria and south-eastern New South Wales, preferring valleys and poorly drained flat areas.

References

  1. ↑ Labillardiere, J.J.H. de (1806). Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen. 2. Paris, France: Ex typographia Dominæ Huzard. p. 51.
  2. ↑ "Eucalyptus ovata Labill.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. ↑ Hill, K. "Eucalyptus ovata Labill.". PlantNET. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  4. ↑ Brooker & Kleinig, Field Guide to Eucalypts, Vol 2 South Western and Southern Australia, Bloomings Books, Melbourne, 2001, ISBN 1-876473-28-2
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