Candlebark

Eucalyptus rubida, commonly called candlebark or ribbon gum, is a medium to tall evergreen tree in the family Myrtaceae endemic to south-eastern Australia, where it grows in open eucalypt forests and woodlands at higher elevations from southern New South Wales through Victoria into Tasmania. Mature trees reach 20 to 40 meters tall, with a straight trunk and a smooth white, cream or pale pink bark that is shed annually in long ribbons, exposing a fresh chalky-white surface that gives the species its common name. Juvenile leaves are opposite, sessile, roundish and glaucous blue-green; adult leaves are alternate, lance-shaped, dull grey-green and 8 to 18 centimeters long. White flowers are borne in axillary umbels of three, each with a hemispherical to conical bud cap, and are followed by small woody hemispherical to cup-shaped fruit (gumnuts) containing many fine seeds.