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A stringybark can be any of the many Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of Flowering plant trees in the Myrtus family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia....
 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 which have thick, fibrous bark. Like all eucalypts, stringybarks belong to the Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae

The Myrtaceae or Myrtle family are a family of dicotyledon plants, placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtus, clove, guava, feijoa, allspice, and eucalyptus belong here....
 family. In exceptionally fertile locations some stringybark species (in particular Messmate Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua
Eucalyptus obliqua

Eucalyptus obliqua, commonly known as Australian Oak, Brown Top, Brown Top Stringbark, Messmate, Messmate Stringybark, Stringybark and Tasmanian Oak, is an hardwood tree native to south-eastern Australia....
) can be very large, reaching over 80 metres in height.






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A stringybark can be any of the many Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of Flowering plant trees in the Myrtus family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia....
 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 which have thick, fibrous bark. Like all eucalypts, stringybarks belong to the Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae

The Myrtaceae or Myrtle family are a family of dicotyledon plants, placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtus, clove, guava, feijoa, allspice, and eucalyptus belong here....
 family. In exceptionally fertile locations some stringybark species (in particular Messmate Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua
Eucalyptus obliqua

Eucalyptus obliqua, commonly known as Australian Oak, Brown Top, Brown Top Stringbark, Messmate, Messmate Stringybark, Stringybark and Tasmanian Oak, is an hardwood tree native to south-eastern Australia....
) can be very large, reaching over 80 metres in height. More typically, stringybarks are medium-sized trees in the 10 to 40 metre range.

Early European colonists often used the bark for roofing and walls of huts.

There are many different species of stringybark, including:

  • Blue-leaved Stringybark (Eucalyptus agglomerata)
  • Brown Stringybark (Eucalyptus baxteri
    Eucalyptus baxteri

    The brown stringybark is a Eucalyptus which is native to Australia's southeast, occurring from southern New South Wales through Victoria and into the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island of eastern South Australia....
    , Eucalyptus laevopinea    )
  • Mealy Stringybark (Eucalyptus cephalocarpa)
  • Messmate Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua
    Eucalyptus obliqua

    Eucalyptus obliqua, commonly known as Australian Oak, Brown Top, Brown Top Stringbark, Messmate, Messmate Stringybark, Stringybark and Tasmanian Oak, is an hardwood tree native to south-eastern Australia....
    )
  • Red Stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhyncha
    Eucalyptus macrorhyncha

    Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, commonly known as Red Gum, Red Stringybark, Cannons Stringybark or Capertee Stringybark, is a small to medium-sized tree with rough, thick fibrous and stringy, dark-brown bark....
    )
  • Yellow Stringybark (Eucalyptus acmenoides, Eucalyptus muelleriana
    Eucalyptus muelleriana

    Eucalyptus muelleriana, commonly known as Yellow Stringybark, is a species of Eucalyptus which is native to New South Wales and Victoria in Australia....
    , Eucalyptus umbra)
  • Thin-leaved Stringybark (Eucalyptus eugenioides)
  • White Stringybark (Eucalyptus globoidea
    Eucalyptus globoidea

    Eucalyptus globoidea, known by the common name White Stringybark, is a tree native to eastern Australia. It has thick, fibrous bark usually colored light gray over reddish brown....
    )


Studies have shown that Blue-leaved Stringybark is one of the 20-odd eucalypts preferred by Koala
Koala

The Koala is a wikt:thickset arboreal marsupial herbivory native to Australia, and the only Extant taxon representative of the family Phascolarctidae....
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