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Eucalyptus eremophila eremophila

(Eucalyptus eremophila eremophila)

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Description

The tree or mallee typically grows to height of 4 to 25 metres (13 to 82 ft) with the diameter of approximately 0.5 metres (1.6 ft). The form of the tree is to usually have a short trunk which branches fairly low to form several stout primary branches. The canopy is predominantly terminal, giving the tree an umbrella-like appearance, and is moderately dense.It forms rough, fibrous and flaky dark grey or black bark mostly on the trunk that becomes conspicuously smooth white, sometimes powdery, on the upper trunk and branches.Adult leaves are glossy-green in colour with a lanceloate shape. Seedling or coppice growth is often present with conspicuous dull blue-green broadly ovate leaves.It flowers early for most Eucalypts, in its first year of growth.It produces cream-white flowers between September and May.Seeds are produced in the fruit and can be collected between October and February. Seeds are blackish-brown in colour 1 to 2 millimetres (0.04 to 0.08 in) long, angularly ovoid or flattened ovoid with 150 to 300 viable seeds per gram.E. occidentalis is closely related to Eucalyptus sargentii, which is also a rough-barked tree species usually found on saline sites but differing in having terete peduncles, smaller fruit and smaller buds in clusters of seven.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Eucalyptus
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