Eucalyptus delegatensis

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Eucalyptus delegatensis

Eucalyptus delegatensis, commonly known as Alpine Ash or Gum-topped stringybark or White-top, is a sub-alpine or temperate

Temperate

In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally mild, rather than extreme hot or cold....
tree

TREE

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of southeastern Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. A straight, grey-trunked tree, it reaches heights of over 90 metres in suitable conditions. The tallest currently known specimen is located in Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
and is 87.9 m tall.

Among flowering plants, only the Eucalyptus regnans
Eucalyptus regnans

Eucalyptus regnans, known variously by the common names Mountain Ash, Victorian Ash, Swamp Gum, Tasmanian Oak or Stringy Gum, is a species of Eucalyptus native to southeastern Australia, in Tasmania and Victoria ....
(Mountain Ash) grows taller, the Tasmanian Blue Gum, the Manna Gum

Manna Gum

Eucalyptus viminalis, Manna Gum, also known as White Gum, Ribbon Gum or Viminalis is an Australian eucalypt.It is a straight erect tree, often around 40 metres tall, with rough bark on the trunk and base of larger branches, it's upper bark peels away in long "ribbons" which can collect on the branches and surrounding...
, the Messmate Stringybark, the Shorea faguetiana
Shorea faguetiana

Shorea faguetiana is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The tallest documented tropical angiosperm is a 88.3 m tall Shorea faguetiana in the Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah on the island of Borneo....
, the Koompassia excelsa
Koompassia excelsa

Koompassia excelsa is an emergent tropical rainforest tree species in the Fabaceae family . It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand....
and possibly also the Eucalyptus nitens
Eucalyptus nitens

Eucalyptus nitens, commonly known as Shining Gum, is an Eucalypt species native to Victoria and eastern New South Wales, Australia. It grows in wet forests and rainforest margins on fertile soils in cool high-rainfall areas....
and the Allantospermum borneense
Allantospermum borneense

Allantospermum borneense is a species of rainforest tree up to 90 metres tall in the Ixonanthaceae family. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo....
about the same.

The bark is thick and fibrous at the base, smooth on the smaller branches.

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Eucalyptus delegatensis, commonly known as Alpine Ash or Gum-topped stringybark or White-top, is a sub-alpine or temperate

Temperate

TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
of southeastern Australia

Australia

Tasmania

Manna Gum

Tasmania

Subspecies

In biology, subspecies is the taxonomic rank immediately subordinate to a species. A subspecies is a taxonomic group which is less distinct than the Common descent or species from which it originates....
, the entire trunk and the larger limbs are thick-barked; in the mainland subspecies the rough bark extends only part-way up the trunk.

The nominate subspecies is native to cool, deep soiled, mountainous areas between 850m and 1500 m in Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
and New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
; E. d. tasmaniensis is found in most higher-altitude parts of Tasmania apart from the south-west.

Alpine Ash requires very high rainfall by Australian standards — over 1200mm (47 inches) per year and snow or frosts during the winter months. It is an important tree for the timber industry, often grouped with Mountain Ash, Messmate Stringybark and sold as Vic(torian) Ash or Tas(manian) Oak.

Alpine Ash regenerates only from seed. While occasional fires do not severely impact Alpine Ash forest, repeated fires in the same area can wipe stands out because it takes roughly twenty years for seedlings to reach sexual maturity.

Eucalyptus delegatensis

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