An Introduction to the Eucalypts [This information taken from - Chippendale, G.M. Eucalyptus. In: Chippendale, G.M. (1988). Flora of Australia Vol. 19, Myrtaceae, Eucalyptus, Angophora, Australian Government Publising Service, Canberra.]

Eucalyptus delegatensis R.Baker

Reference:

R.Baker, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 25: 305 t. 16 (1900).

Type:

T: Delegate Mtn, N.S.W., Jan. 1899, W.Bäuerlen s.n.; lecto: NSW, fide D.J.Boland, Austral. Forest Res. 15: 174 (1985).

Description:

Tree usually to 40 m, sometimes to 90 m. Bark fibrous, grey to brown on lower half of trunk, smooth and white above, usually with insect `scribbles'. Juvenile leaves dull-green or glaucous. Adult leaves narrowly to broadly lanceolate, falcate, oblique, green, shining; lateral veins conspicuous, at 15°-35°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole flattened or channelled. Umbels 5-27-flowered, but usually 11-flowered; peduncle terete or angular, 9-20 mm long; pedicels 2-7 mm long. Buds clavate; operculum hemispherical, apiculate, c. 2 mm long, 3 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 3-4 mm long, c. 3 mm wide. Fruits ovoid or pyriform, sometimes hemispherical, 8-19 mm long, 6-11 mm wide; disc descending, sometimes level; valves 3-5, included. Seeds brown.

Common name:

Alpine Ash.

Distribution:

Occurs widely in N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic. and Tas., from the Brindabella Ra. to southern Tas., often in pure stands.

Notes:

There are 2 subspecies. Only subsp. delegatensis occurs in the A.C.T.

Stems of seedlings glabrous; seedling leaves broadly lanceolate, subsp. delegatensis.

Stems of seedlings prominently warty; seedling leaves orbicular with a prominent short drip-tip, subsp. tasmaniensis.

The wood of both subspecies has been used for flooring, plywood, veneers, furniture, panelling and turnery, and also for pulp.