Eucalyptus nitens

taxobox
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Eucalyptus"
species = "E. nitens"
binomial = "Eucalyptus nitens"
binomial_authority = H.Deane & Maiden|

"Eucalyptus nitens", commonly known as Shining Gum, is an Eucalypt species native to Victoria and eastern New South Wales, Australia. It grows in wet forests and rainforest margins on fertile soils in cool high-rainfall areascite web | url = http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm | title = Flora of New South Wales | publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney] .

Description

"Eucalyptus nitens" is a tall to very tall forest tree growing to 60 m, in Victoria occasionally to 90 mBoland, D. J. "et al.": Forest Trees of Australia. Csiro Publishing, Collingwood] Brooker, M. I. H. & Kleinig, D. A. 2006: Field Guide to Eucalypts, Volume 1 South-eastern Australia. Bloomings Books, Melbourne] tall. Bark is persistent on lower trunk, grey to grey-brown, fibrous-flaky, smooth above, white, grey or yellow, shedding in long ribbons. The juvenile leaves are opposite, ovate to elliptic, cordate, glaucous, and the adult leaves narrow-lanceolate or lanceolate, 15–25 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, green, glossy, concolorous. The inflorescence is 7 flowered, the peduncle narrowly flattened or angular, 6–15 mm long. Buds are sessile, ovoid or cylindrical, 5–7 mm long, 3–4 mm in diameter, the ring scar caused by shedding of outer operculum is present; the calyptra is conical, acute or obtuse, shorter than and as wide as hypanthium. The fruit is cylindrical or ovoid, 4–7 mm long, 4–6 mm in diameter; the disc is depressed and the valves enclosed or rim-level.

Uses

In Tasmania "Eucalyptus nitens" is one of the most important plantation tree species along with "Eucalyptus globulus" (Tasmanian Blue Gum) and "Pinus radiata" (Monterey Pine).

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