Red Ironbark
Eucalyptus sideroxylon
Summary 5
Eucalyptus sideroxylon, or Mugga, Red Ironbark or Mugga Ironbark, is a small to medium-sized or occasionally tall tree. The bark is persistent on the trunk and large branches, hard and deeply furrowed, dark grey to black, with upper limbs smooth and whitish. This species has blue leaves and pink flowers that emerge from a whitish capsule that tends to be very round after it matures. Pay close attention to the bark color/texture and shape of pods to distinguish this species from other common cultivars of eucalpytus.
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- (c) HelloMojo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Eucalyptus_sideroxylon1.jpg
- (c) John Tann, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3372043981_4fd6f9c920.jpg
- (c) mchopra, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
- Adapted by laearthwatch from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_sideroxylon
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Calflora
- CalPhotos
- eFloras.org
- EUCLID
- Flora Digital de Portugal
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Jepson eFlora
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
