stringybark
IPA: strˈɪŋibɑrk
noun
- Any of a number of Australian eucalyptus trees with fibrous bark, or the wood or bark of such trees.
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Examples of "stringybark" in Sentences
- Blue leaved stringybark is a koala food tree.
- An easy walk through the forest near Stringybark Campground.
- Blue leaved stringybark is found within 120 kilometres of the sea.
- An easy 20 minute nature trail the stringybark and yacca bush forest.
- The original industry was driven by the use of stringybark trees for timber.
- Gumnuts similar to the related stringybark group, however with longer stems.
- Red mahogany, red stringybark, large-fruited red mahogany, Daintree stringybark
- Thin-leaved stringybark (E. eugenioides) Southern coastal regions of this ecoregion.
- Darwin stringybark (Eucalyptus tetrodonta) dominated communities cover 36.3 percent of the ecoregion.
- Brown stringybark is restricted to soils of low fertility, whereas messmate stringybark becomes more frequent as soil quality improves.
- Dominant species include brown stringybark (Eucalyptus baxteri), manna gum (E. viminalis), messmate stringybark (E. obliqua), and mountain grey gum (E. cypellocarpa).
- The New England Tableland region is dominated by ash, stringybark, peppermint, and box species, including E. andrewsii, E. caliginosa, E. nova-anglica, E. melliodora, and E. blakleyi.
- Eucalypt open forests extend across most of the landscape, typically dominated by Darwin stringybark (Eucalyptus tetrodonta) and Darwin woollybutt (E. miniata) growing up to 20 meters (m) tall.
- The most extensive vegetation, especially on sand and loam soils, are bloodwood eucalypts (Corymbia spp.) or, on deeper soils in higher rainfall areas, eucalypt-dominated woodlands with Darwin stringybark (Eucalyptus tetrodonta) and Darwin woollybutt (E. miniata).
- Over large areas, either of two eucalypts, messmate stringybark Eucalyptus obliqua and Smithton peppermint Eucalyptus nitida, is found emergent from rain forest, the former species on the better soils in the east and the latter on the poorer soils mainly in the west.
- Coastal plains of the Northern Territory below the Gulf Fall and Uplands are vegetated by woodlands of Darwin stringybark (Eucalyptus tetrodonta), while the Fall is covered by open eucalypt woodlands including Darwin box (E. tectifica) and long-fruited bloodwood (Corymbia polycarpa).