Gum Tree Bark Types

Close up of bark texture on a sweet gum tree a large deciduous tree.

Gum tree bark types. In some areas it has become invasive. Shedding eucalyptus tree bark may help keep the tree healthy. 12 species of gum trees blue gum. In rough bark eucalyptus the bark doesn t fall off as easily but accumulates in entwined stringy masses of the tree.

Angophora costata is found growing right across the sydney sandstone region. Eucalyptus corymbia and angophora are three genera within the myrtaceae family that are all known as gum trees because of the gooey sap they exude. 5 elder tree bark sambucus nigra elder tree bark is greyish brown crossed with deep corky ridges. Sweetgum grows from connecticut southward throughout the east to central florida and eastern texas and is a very common commercial timber species of the south.

List of different types of gum trees. Blue gum tree common eucalyptus tree. In smooth bark types the bark comes off in flakes curls or long strips. Sweetgum is easy to identify in both summers and in winter.

The blue gum is the most commonly planted eucalyptus around the world. A member of the stringybark family. Red cap gum tree red helmet gum. As the species name hispida indicates this tree has red bristles on the stems and new leaves.

Commonly called sweetgum sweet gum in the uk gum redgum satin walnut or a eucalyptus tree with unique peeling bark layers with whitish under layer and red shedding surface in western australia. For garden play areas equestrian rubber crumb 25kg bags and smaller quantities black crumb as shown in photo 20 for 25kg bag various types ie rubber bark effect small quantity finer crumb various colours red green brown yellow phone 07808 77. Red flowering gum tree named for its scarlet red flowers. Recently dead s red stringybark.

The rainbow gum tree is the only type of eucalyptus tree that grows natively in the northern hemisphere and is the only eucalyptus tree that grows in a rainforest habitat. It s commonly known as sydney red gum because its sap is red. Sweetgum is sometimes called redgum probably because of the red color of the older heartwood and its red fall leaves. Lemon scented gum tree its strong lemon scent repels insects.

Manna gum tree the bark peels off in strips. These two species can occur in the same paddock in the strathbogie ranges. Aspen tree bark is pale grey or off white with dark diamond shaped lenticels that fuse into channels as the tree ages. Messmates have much smaller gum nuts and glossy green leaves.