Eucalyptus jacksonii

Description

The tree typically grows to a height of 8 to 55 metres (26 to 180 ft) and has rough,stringy and furrowed grey-brown or red-brown bark.It can have a circumference up to 24 metres (79 ft) round at the base and grow to a height of 75 m (246 ft).The tree can live for up to 400 years.It has a dense compact crown that forms a heavy canopy.The adult leaves are disjunct,glossy,green,thin,discolorous.The leaves have a lanceolate shape and are oblique or basally tapered.The lateral veins of the leaf are obscure,acute or obtuse The tree flowers between January and March producing a white blossom.Each conflorescence is simple and axillary with 3 to 7 flowered umbellasters.It s supported on peduncles that are terete or narrowly flattened.These later form globose fruits with a depressed disc and enclosed valves.The trees often have shallow root systems and grow a buttressed base.Forest fires often act to hollow out the base of the trees creating a large cavity.