Flooded Gum Rose Gum (Qid) Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden Flooded gum is tall to very tall forest tree generally 45 155 m in height and 1.2-2 m dbh, Exceptional specimens attain 75 m in height and exceed 3 m doh, A tree near Bulahdelals in New South Wales is reported to be 87 m tall, Form is generally excellent sith clear, straight boles often to two-thirds or three-quarters ofthe total height. Flooded gum has one major area of occurrence from around Newcastle in New South Wales northwards to around Bundaberg in Queensland, Smaller stands occur to the west of Mackay in central Queensland, near ‘Townsville in the ranges north-west and Me Elliot to the south and near Daintree in northern Queensland. ‘This species occurs on flats or lower slopes of deep, fertile valleys, very commonly fringing rainforest. It pre- fers moist, well-drained, deep, loamy soils of alluvial or voleanic origin. Flooded gum occurs in tall open forests, either in pure stands or associated with species such as pink bloodwood (E. intermedia), blackbutt(E. pilulars), al- Towweood (F, micracorys), tod mahogany (F. resinifera) and Sydney blue gum (E. saligna). Other associates inelude turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera), brush box (Lophostemion confertus) and forest oak (Allocasuarina rorulosa). Occasionally occurs within closed rainforests Related species: Brooker (2000) placed flooded gum in the series Traveriae with two other species, It diffrs fom round-leaved gum (E, dean) bythe frequent black bt of ough bark, the crown wholly of lanceolate adult eaves, and the shorter pedicels, ifes from Sydney bie gum E saligna) most conspicuously by the valves of the fruits ‘which re or 3 in number, broadish, blunt, incurved and ‘often pruinose, those of .saligna ate in a, thin, pointe, Strongly erect or outward curved snd non pruinose Publication: Proc. Roy. Soe. N.SIW. 52,501 (1919) Type [New South Wales, W. Hill 74 [Names: Botanical—Latn grandis lange, big, all, refers to the large size this species commonly attains. Commos—refers to prefered habitat in very moist (but well-drained) ates. ark: Geneilly with chor ‘stocking’ of greyish, ky rough batk for tm, smooth, powdery, white, greyish white or lush grey above Leaves: Seeding —opposie fr 4 or 5 pairs then alternate, petiolate, ovate, 2.5 24cm, gran to dark green, strongly iscolorous uvenile—alternate, petiolate ovate, 10-14 55-8. cm, green to dark gree, stongly discolorous. Tntermediate—altersate, petiolate, vate wo broad-lanceoate, 16-18 3-5 em, dak green, dscalorous. Adalt—alterna petolt, lanceolate, 10-163 2-3 cm, dark green, disolorovs Inflorescences: Simple axillary 7 to 1l-lowered peduncles fattened, 0-1. longs peels absent or up 9 03 em Jongand angular, angles continuing as ribs along hypanthivms buds more or less pyiform to owe, 05-08% 0.3-0.sems ‘opercula conical or somewhat rostrate Flowers Ape-Ag. Fruits: Sessile or very shortly peicelate, broadly obsonical, slightly contacted at rim, 05-08 0.40.7 em; dite marrove, 292 ‘more orles level valves 405, relatively broad, exserted and ncurved, usually pruinos; branchlets and fruts sometimes pruinose eds ovoid, brown or yellow hilum ventral Wood: sapwood pale pink, generally resistant to attack by yeas borers heartwood pink light red, witha rather coarse texture very similar o Syney blue gum (slg) and. bangalay(E botryotdes) kino (gum) veins common, straight- sained, moderately strong, moderately durable; density rather ‘ariabe, airdry density 543-955 kg m9; used for general, onstruction, joinery, plywood, panelling boa building and ‘looting. Major plantations established overseas for pulp and paper production, Climate: Altudinal range near se level to 600m, bot upto 1100 m inthe tropical north; Hotestioldest months 24-30°C/3-a°C; Frost incidence: low (but occasional a high ‘elevations; Rainfall: 1000-3500 mm per yar, summer max. Distinctive features: tll non-ignotuberous tre of excellent form, bark moot, white apart roma shor black ough bt leaves discoloronsatall sages: fuits with 403 relatively broad, slightly exseredincurved vases, often ruinose.Myrtaceae Ja Caen Maro Eucalyptus grandis 1. Adult leaves 2, Seedling 3. Fruits 4, Intermediate leaf 5. Buds 6. Adult leaf venation 7. Juvenile leaves 8. Stand, near Bulahdelah, N.SW. 9, 10. Bark 293