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Eucalyptus fastigata

Lucy’s Gully, Egmont National Park. Jun 2012.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Juvenile foliage. Lucy’s Gully, Egmont National Park. Jun 2012.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Adult foliage. Lucy’s Gully, Egmont National Park. Jun 2012.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Adult foliage showing venation. Lucy’s Gully, Egmont National Park. Jun 2012.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

brown barrel

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

White

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Myrtaceae

Authority

Eucalyptus fastigata H.Deane & Maiden

Ecology

Year naturalised

1988

Origin

N.S.W. Victoria

Other information

Myrtle Rust

Affected by Myrtle Rust (Austropuccinia psidii), an invasive fungus which also threatens native myrtle species. Learn more myrtlerust.org.nz

Etymology

eucalyptus: From the Greek eu ‘good or well’ and calypha ‘covered’, alluding to the calyx which covers the flower like a lid.

Manaaki Whenua Online Interactive Key

Key to the Myrtaceae of New Zealand

NVS code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

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