Smooth white bark and rough almost sandpaper-textured leaves are distinctive features of this beautiful tree of desert areas. The mature crown of these trees is made up of juvenile-type leaves that are opposite, sessile and quite scabrid or rough in texture. Buds, flowers or fruits were not seen.
Flowering start in November and ends in December.
Identification
The main flower colour is white. Also known as Corymbia aspera. Brooker and Kleinig gives the location for E. aspera as extending across the Great Sandy Desert, although Florabase (and EUCLID) suggest the species extends eastwards from about Halls Creek. Corymbia candida is cited as the only other species that could be confused with C. aspera, and while it is said to be found in the GSD its habit is a weeping form, which is not the case with this tree. On balance I think these trees from the CSR are E. (orC.) aspera.
References
https://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/euclid3/euclidsample/html/Corymbia_aspera.htmField Guide to Eucalypts. Vol 3. Brooker and Kleinig
Created: 01 Jan 2015 - Member - John and Val
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