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 pauciflora Sieber ex Sprengel
subsp. pauciflora

Illustrations:

S.Kelly et al., Eucalypts 1: t. 168 (1983); M.I.H.Brooker & D.A.Kleinig, Field Guide to Eucalypts 1: 90 (1983); D.J.Boland et al., Forest Trees Australia th edn, 323 (1984).

Description:

Tree to 20 m. Bark white to grey-white with insect `scribbles'. Juvenile leaves ovate, oblique, apiculate, dull. Adult leaves lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, acute to acuminate, thick, blue-green; lamina 7-16 cm long, 1.2-3.2 cm wide, shining, green or blue-green; lateral veins almost parallel with midrib or up to 20°; intramarginal vein distinct, up to 3 mm from margin; petiole channelled or angular, 10-20 mm long. Umbels 7-15-flowered; peduncle terete or flattened, 3-16 mm long; pedicels absent or to 3 mm long. Buds clavate, sometimes warty or glaucous; operculum hemispherical or conical, 2-4 mm long, 3-5 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 4-6 mm long, 3-5 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical, pyriform or obconical, 6-10 mm long, 5-9 mm wide.

Common name:

Snow Gum.

Distribution:

Occurs in Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic. and Tas., on the highest and coldest mountains and tablelands from just N of the Qld-N.S.W. border to near Mt Gambier and Tas. Grows in woodland and forest, often in pure stands but also associated with other eucalypts.

Notes:

Distinguished from the other subspecies by the non-glaucous buds.