White ash | |
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Eucalyptus fraxinoides on Brown Mountain | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Eucalyptus |
Species: | E. fraxinoides
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Binomial name | |
Eucalyptus fraxinoides | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Eucalyptus fraxinoides, commonly known as the white ash or white mountain ash,[2] is a medium-sized to tall tree of mountain country and is endemic to south eastern Australia. It has rough, compacted greyish bark on the lower trunk, smooth white bark with scribbles above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and eleven, white flowers and barrel-shaped or urn-shaped fruit.