''Eucalyptus signata'' is a species of

evergreen In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has Leaf, foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which lose their foliage completely during the winter or dry season. Consisting of many diffe ...

tree native to eastern Australia. It is one of many trees known as the Scribbly Gum. The habitat is dry

sclerophyll Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that is adapted to long periods of dryness and heat. The plants feature hard leaves, short Internode (botany), internodes (the distance between leaves along the stem) and leaf orientation which is parallel or ...

forests or swampy areas at low altitude. Occurring from

Morisset, New South Wales Morisset ( ;) is a commercial centre and suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area in the Hunter region in New South Wales, Australia. Morisset is a part of the Greater Newcastle area, it is located west of the lake of Lake Ma ...

up the coast and ranges to beyond the

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border. The original specimen was collected at the

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Description

A small to medium-sized tree, up to 25 metres tall. Closely related to

Eucalyptus haemastoma ''Eucalyptus haemastoma'', commonly known as scribbly gum, is a species of tree that is endemic to the Sydney region. It has white or silvery grey bark, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between nine and fifteen, whit ...

, however with smaller flower buds and gumnuts. Fruit more hemispherical being 7mm by 7mm in size. The bark is typical of the scribbly gum, being blotchy white with scribbles caused by the scribbly gum moths. White flowers form between July and September.

References

* * A Field Guide to Eucalypts - Brooker & Kleinig volume 1, page 125 signata Myrtales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller {{Australia-rosid-stub