E polyanthemos
Red Box
Bark is often rough at base but smooth on upper branches.
Flowers in September October, buds 3-7 on umbels
Broad adult leaves, waxy often bluish.
Juvenile leaves very similar.
E
melliodora
Yellow Box
Bark rough at base upper branches smooth white or grey
Flowers December January buds 7 on umbels but some soon lost.
Adult leaves lance shaped
Juvenile leaves similar but broader.
E
blakelyi Blakely's Red Gum
Bark smooth with large blotches often reddish brown
Flowers November December buds 4-12 at leaf base, buds have very long caps.
Adult leaves long(15 cm) thick and "leathery"
Juvenile leaves often waxy and more rounded
E
rubida Candlebark
Bark often rough near base smooth on branches with long "candles"
hanging down
Flowers November December 3 b uds per umbel
Adult leaves elongated, slightly waxy
Juvenile leaves very waxy, rounded, with no leaf stalk.
E
pauciflora Snow Gum
Smooth bark, white or grey, often surface scribbles
Flowers October, 2- 15 buds per umbel
Adult leaves thick with parallel veins
Juvenile leaves waxy, rounded, set alternate on stem.
E
rossii Scribbly Gum
Smooth bark white or grey often scribbled
Flowers December January 5-12 buds per umbel at end of branchlets. Branches
with pressure ridges at base
Adult leaves with veins fanning from mid vein
Juvenile leaves similar.
E mannifera Red
Spotted Gum
Bark smooth,white to grey often spotted
Flowers February to March, regular 7 buds per umbel
Adult leaves lance like, not waxy
Juvenile leaves wirh short leaf stem.
These
images of buds, nuts and leaf shape are taken from the pamphlet "A guide
to eucalypts in the ACT" the concept of Peter Ormay
