Gum Tree Bark Types

Lemon scented gum tree its strong lemon scent repels insects.

Gum tree bark types. Due to its beautiful bark it is widely planted as an ornamental tree but it is also mass cultivated for the production of pulp to make white paper. The rainbow gum tree is the only type of eucalyptus tree that grows natively in the northern hemisphere and is the only eucalyptus tree that grows in a rainforest habitat. Bark usually smooth and pale grey over creamy white. Trunk rough and moderately fissured on the base.

Blue gum tree common eucalyptus tree. Red flowering gum tree named for its scarlet red flowers. Red cap gum tree red helmet gum. 5 elder tree bark sambucus nigra elder tree bark is greyish brown crossed with deep corky ridges.

Manna gums can be differentiated from candlebarks by. Manna gum tree the bark peels off in strips. Aspen tree bark is pale grey or off white with dark diamond shaped lenticels that fuse into channels as the tree ages. 12 species of gum trees blue gum.

A the smooth bark of a beech fagus sp tree b vertically furrowed bark of a live oak quercus virginiana c flaky bark of a sycamore tree d warty bark of the sugarberry tree celtis laevigata and e lenticels on the bark of a black cherry prunus serotina tree. Some different bark textures include. Paddock manna gums at caveat. List of different types of gum trees.

A forest species. Sweetgum grows from connecticut southward throughout the east to central florida and eastern texas and is a very common commercial timber species of the south. Rainbow gum tree spectacular rainbow colored trunk. It s commonly known as sydney red gum because its sap is red.

A tall upright tree to 50m in height. Sweetgum is easy to identify in both summers and in winter. In some areas it has become invasive. For garden play areas equestrian rubber crumb 25kg bags and smaller quantities black crumb as shown in photo 20 for 25kg bag various types ie rubber bark effect small quantity finer crumb various colours red green brown yellow phone 07808 77.

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. Sweetgum is sometimes called redgum probably because of the red color of the older heartwood and its red fall leaves. Angophora costata is found growing right across the sydney sandstone region. Sheds conspicuous long ribbons of bark.

Eucalyptus corymbia and angophora are three genera within the myrtaceae family that are all known as gum trees because of the gooey sap they exude. Provides major koala forage.