Eucalyptus muelleriana, commonly known as yellow stringybark,[1] is a species of medium-sized to tall tree that is endemic to southeastern Australia. It has rough, stingy bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and eleven, white flowers and cup-shaped to shortened spherical fruit.
Eucalyptus muelleriana is a tree that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, stringy, greyish bark from the base of the trunk to the thinnest branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have lance-shaped leaves that are glossy dark green on the upper surface, paler below, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide and petiolate. Adult leaves are lance-shaped to curved, glossy green but slightly paler on the lower surface, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of seven, nine or eleven on an unbranched peduncleШаблон:Cvt long, the individual buds on pedicelsШаблон:Cvt long. Mature buds are oval, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with a conical to rounded operculum. Flowering occurs between January and May and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, cup-shortened to shortened spherical capsuleШаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with the valves level with the rim or slightly protruding.[1][2][3][4]
Yellow stringbark grows in wet forests on coastal plains, ranges and escarpments from Wollongong in New South Wales to Wilsons Promontory in Victoria.[2][3][4] It has also been planted in New Zealand. [7][8]
Uses
Yellow stringbark provides a valuable timber which is strong, durable, straight-grained and has been widely used, particularly in Victoria for posts and piles. [7][8]
