Silver-leaf Stringybark - native (Eucalyptus cephalocarpa)

Other names: Silver Stringybark, Mealy Stringybark.

Silver-leaf Stringybark can be recognised by

• the silvery juvenile leaves, which are oval, silvery, and in opposite pairs
• the adult leaves are also often silvery and may be in opposite pairs.
• the rough, stringy bark.

It is rare in this district. All records have been in an east-west band from Metcalfe to Glenluce. Silver-leaf Stringybark was once abundant in the Ringwood-Blackburn districts.

1. Buds. 2: Juvenile leaves. Metcalfe. 3: Bark. Bairnsdale.

4: Clump of Silver-leaf Stringybark. Fryers Ridge. 5: Metcalfe. 6: Fruit.