Blue Mountains ash | |
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Eucalyptus oreades at Narrow Neck, Katoomba, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Eucalyptus |
Species: | E. oreades
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Binomial name | |
Eucalyptus oreades | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Eucalyptus oreades, commonly known as the Blue Mountains ash, white ash or smooth-barked mountain ash,[2] is a species of medium-sized to tall tree that is native to eastern Australia. It has smooth, powdery whitish bark with rough bark near the base, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped to cylindrical fruit.