Eucalyptus eugenioides

Eucalyptus eugenioides, the thin-leaved stringybark, is a medium to tall tree of the Myrtaceae endemic to eastern Australia, particularly New South Wales and southeastern Queensland. Mature trees reach 25 to 35 m, with persistent, fibrous, longitudinally furrowed grey-brown stringy bark covering the trunk and larger branches. Juvenile leaves are opposite, ovate, and pale green; adult leaves are alternate, narrowly lanceolate, 7 to 15 cm long, with a slightly glossy green upper surface and paler underside. Inflorescences are axillary umbels of seven to fifteen creamy white flowers with numerous stamens; the operculum (bud cap) is conical to beaked. Fruits are small, hemispherical or cup-shaped woody capsules with enclosed valves. It grows in dry sclerophyll forest on poor sandy or loamy soils, often forming pure stringybark stands.