Eucalyptus scopulorum is a species of small tree that is endemic to a small area of northern New South Wales. It has rough ironbark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and barrel-shaped or conical fruit.
Eucalyptus scopulorum is a tree that typically grows to a height of 8m (26ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has soft, corky, pale grey bark on the trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have stems that are more or less square in cross-section and dull greyish green leaves that are egg-shaped, 35–110mm (1.4–4.3in) long and 25–50mm (0.98–1.97in) wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of dull green on both sides, lance-shaped to broadly lance-shaped, 60–110mm (2.4–4.3in) long and 15–38mm (0.59–1.50in) wide, tapering to a petiole8–25mm (0.31–0.98in) long. The flower buds are arranged on the ends of branchlets in groups of seven on a branched peduncle7–15mm (0.28–0.59in) long, the individual buds on pedicels6–9mm (0.24–0.35in) long. Mature buds are oval to diamond-shaped, 7–9mm (0.28–0.35in) long and about 4mm (0.16in) wide with a conical operculum. Flowering has been recorded in October and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody barrel-shaped or conical capsule6–9mm (0.24–0.35in) long and 5–7mm (0.20–0.28in) wide with the valves below rim level.[3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming
Eucalyptus scopulorum was first formally described in 1997 by Ken Hill in the journal Telopea from specimens he collected in the Gibraltar Range State Forest in 1996.[5][6] The specific epithet (scopulorum) is from the Latin word scopulus meaning "a cliff", referring to the usual habitat of this species.[5]
Distribution and habitat
This eucalypt grows in rocky crevices on steep cliffs and is only known in a few places on the Gibraltar Range.[5]
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