''Eucalyptus campanulata'', commonly known as the New England blackbutt, gum-topped peppermint or New England ash, is a tree that is

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to eastern Australia. It has rough, finely fibrous greyish bark on the trunk and larger branches, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds arranged in groups of between eleven and fifteen, white flowers and cup-shaped to conical fruit.

Description

''Eucalyptus campanulata'' is a tree that grows to a height of , sometimes and has rough, finely fibrous, greyish brown bark on the trunk and main branches, smooth whitish bark on the thinner branches. The leaves on young plants are lance-shaped to egg-shaped or curved, long, wide and bluish or greyish green. The adult leaves are lance-shaped to curved, long and wide on a petiole long. The leaves are the same bluish green on both surfaces. The flower buds are arranged in groups of between eleven and fifteen on a peduncle long, the individual buds on a

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long. Mature buds are club-shaped, long and wide with an operculum as wide as, but shorter than the

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. Flowering occurs from October to December and the flowers are white. The fruit is a bell-shaped or conical capsule, long and wide on a pedicel long. This species is distinguished from '' E. andrewsii'' by the shape of the fruit, being bell-shaped rather than cup-shaped.

Taxonomy and naming

''Eucalyptus campanulata'' was first formally described in 1912 by Richard Baker and Henry Smith who published the description in '' Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales''. The

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(''campanulata'') is a

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word meaning "bell-shaped", referring to the fruit.

Distribution and habitat

New England blackbutt is widespread and common on fertile soils in wetter areas between south-east

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and the southern end of

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, especially on the eastern side of the Northern Tablelands.

References

* A Field Guide to Eucalypts - Brooker & Kleinig volume 1, page 82 {{Taxonbar, from=Q5405559 campanulata Myrtales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Trees of Australia Plants described in 1912 Taxa named by Richard Thomas Baker Taxa named by Henry George Smith