Eucalyptus camaldulensis     
Red gum   
Myrtaceae Family     

Form: massive tree, weeping habit, spreading crown

park specimen of Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Seasonality: evergreen
Size: 80-120ft tall, spread 30 to 50ft, fast growth
Leaves: simple, slender, lanceolate, straight or curved, color varies sometimes more silvery than green
Flowers: creamy white or yellow; not ornamental; bloom in early summer
Fruit: pea-like capsule containing tiny (pepper grain sized) seeds
Stems/Trunks: exfoliates bark to reveal distinctive
mottled, multicolored trunk; trunk may be tan, gray or white
Range/Origin: Australia, used throughout desert southwest
Hardiness: mid to high teens

LANDSCAPE VALUE:

• too massive for residential use
• park tree, skyline tree
• wind break
• reforestation

trunk & bark detail

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Exposure: full sun, reflected heat
• Water: low; deep and infrequent (1-2 per month in summer); drought resistant
• Soil: very tolerant, susceptible to iron chlorisis
• Propagation: seed, hybridizes easily
• Maintenance: high; very messy; drops leaves and seed capsules; sheds bark; self prunes by dropping branches; roots are aggressively invasive

NOTES:

seed capsules and leaves

aka Red River Gum

other Eucalyptus are of a more residential size
most common in older areas of Tucson
widely planted world wide

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