Stringybark or box? Know your gum trees

By Roger Thomas
July 20 2017 - 5:00pm
MONIKER: Today, Australia's smooth-barked eucalypts are known as gums. However, other members of the eucalyptus group are typically known as stringybarks, peppermints, ironbarks and boxes.
MONIKER: Today, Australia's smooth-barked eucalypts are known as gums. However, other members of the eucalyptus group are typically known as stringybarks, peppermints, ironbarks and boxes.

Almost every Australian can identify a gum tree.

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