Eucalyptus archeri, also known as alpine cider gum,[1] is a mallee or a small tree that is endemic to Tasmania. It has smooth white or greyish bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three, white flowers and conical to barrel-shaped fruit. It intergrades with E. gunnii.
Eucalyptus archeri is a mallee or a small tree that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert, has smooth white to greyish or pinkish bark and forms a lignotuber. Leaves on young plants and on coppice regrowth are arranged in opposite pairs, egg-shaped to more or less round, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, elliptic to lance-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide on a petioleШаблон:Convert long. The flowers are borne in groups of three in leaf axils on a peduncleШаблон:Convert long. The mature buds are oblong to oval, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with a rounded or conical operculum. Flowering occurs between November and May and the flowers are white. The fruit is conical to barrel-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and wide.[1][2]
Eucalyptus archeri is similar to and intergrades with E. gunnii but lacks the bluish grey flower buds and fruit of that species.[1]
Apple cider gum is found at altitudes above Шаблон:Convert, on the northern slopes of the Central Plateau and forms the tree line at Ben Lomond. It grows in shallow soil among rock outcrops on mountain tops and in open woodland.[2][6][7]
