''Eucalyptus fastigata'', commonly known as brown barrel or cut-tail, is a species of medium-sized to tall tree that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to southeastern Australia. It has fibrous or stringy bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth bark above, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of eleven or more, white flowers and conical or pair-shaped fruit. Eucalyptus fastigata buds

Description

''Eucalyptus fastigata'' is typically a tall, straight tree that grows to a height of but does not form a

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. It has rough, fibrous or stringy bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth white to brown bark above which often hangs in strings in the

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. Young plants and

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regrowth have petiolate, broadly elliptical to egg-shaped leaves long and wide. Adult leaves are more or less the same glossy green on both sides, lance-shaped to curved, long and wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf

axil A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, ...

s in groups of eleven, thirteen fifteen or more, the groups often paired, on a

peduncle Peduncle may refer to: *Peduncle (botany), a stalk supporting an inflorescence, which is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed *Peduncle (anatomy), a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body **Peduncle (art ...

long, the individual buds on

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long. Mature buds are oval or club-shaped, long and wide with a conical or rounded operculum. Flowering occurs between December and February and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody conical or pear-shaped capsule, long and wide with the valves at about rim level. ''

Eucalyptus regnans ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including ''Corymbia'', they are commonly known as euc ...

'' is similar to ''E. fastigata'' but has rough bark only at the base of the trunk, smaller buds and fruit, and a wider distribution in Victoria.

Taxonomy and naming

''Eucalyptus fastigata'' was first formally described in 1897 by Henry Deane and

Joseph Maiden Joseph Henry Maiden (25 April 1859 – 16 November 1925) was a botanist who made a major contribution to knowledge of the Australian flora, especially the genus ''Eucalyptus''. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing ...

in ''

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales The Linnean Society of New South Wales promotes ''the Cultivation and Study of the Science of Natural History in all its Branches'' and was founded in Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) in 1874 and incorporated in 1884. History The Society succ ...

''. The

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is from the

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word (''fastigatus'') meaning "bring to a point" or "sharpen".

Distribution and habitat

Brown barrel grows in tall open forest in valleys and on slopes between the

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district on the

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of New South Wales to the

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in far north-eastern Victoria. It is widely planted in New Zealand.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2559111 fastigata Myrtales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Victoria (Australia) Trees of Australia Trees of mild maritime climate Plants described in 1897 Taxa named by Henry Deane (engineer) Taxa named by Joseph Maiden