Gum Tree Bark Types
A dark stocking of rough and scaly texture is abruptly replaced by very smooth and light grey coloured bark higher up the trunk.
Gum tree bark types. On younger specimens the stocking is more deeply furrowed and paler in colour 2 3. Aspen tree bark is pale grey or off white with dark diamond shaped lenticels that fuse into channels as the tree ages. List of different types of gum trees blue gum tree common eucalyptus tree. Apr 7 2015 explore joy froebel s board gum trees on pinterest.
See more ideas about beautiful tree australian native plants eucalyptus tree. Angophora costata is found growing right across the sydney sandstone region. Shedding eucalyptus tree bark may help keep the tree healthy. It s commonly known as sydney red gum because its sap is red.
Manna gum tree the bark peels off in strips. 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. 5 elder tree bark sambucus nigra elder tree bark is greyish brown crossed with deep corky ridges. See more ideas about tree bark gum scribble.
Close up of bark texture on a sweet gum tree a large deciduous tree. The two type bark is very characteristic feature for this tree. Lemon scented gum tree its strong lemon scent repels insects. Other species that can be affected by the scribbly gum moth and also known as scribbly gum are eucalyptus sclerophylla eucalyptus rossii eucalyptus racemosa and eucalyptus signata.
In rough bark eucalyptus the bark doesn t fall off as easily but accumulates in entwined stringy masses of the tree. The name scribbly gum is inspired by the tunnels left by the scribbly gum moth larvae ogmograptis scribula as they burrow in the bark. These trees can grow up to 100 feet tall and are one of the few species of gum trees that can actually tolerate cooler climates. Jan 8 2020 explore jane cornford s board scribble gum on pinterest.
The manna gum tree is a species that is immediately identifiable by its bark which comes off in strips. In smooth bark types the bark comes off in flakes curls or long strips.