Yellow Gum

Yellow Gum
Yellow Gum

Yellow Gum

Eucalyptus leucoxylon

Mostly found in Box-Ironbark open forests, on flat to hilly terrain.

Details Description
Type
Tree
Group
Eucalypt
Identifying Characteristics

Small to medium-sized tree, 5-30 m tall. Adult leaves are tapered at each end but broad at the base, 7-14 cm long and 1.5-3 cm wide. Deep olive or grey-green in colour. Veins are distinct. Juvenile leaves are heart-shaped, opposite and are bluish-grey in colour. Buds appear in groups of three on slender stalks. Flowers are creamy or pink-red. Flowers May-December. Fruit in groups of three at most on slender stalks with 4-6 valves.
Distinctive Features

Bark is dark, rough and scaly at the base. The remainder is smooth, pale and often spotted with shades of yellow, white and blue-grey.
Life Form Group
Tree
Life Form Codes
Understorey Tree or Large Shrub (T)
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Eucalyptus
Species
leucoxylon
Yellow Gum
Occurs in Victoria and South Australia.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.