| Common Name: | Brown Stringybark |
| Synonym: | |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Size: | 10-40m x 6-20m |
| Description: | Medium tree with thick stringy bark to small branches. |
| Leaves: | Juvenile leaves briefly opposite & rough, elliptic to egg-shaped 3-13cm x 2-8.5cm, minute tufts of hair below. Adult - thick, glossy dark green, broadly lance-shaped asymmetric leaves, 7-15cm x 1.5-3cm. |
| Flowering: | Thick-stalked, 9-15-flowered clusters, buds warty, club-shaped. Large rounded fruit, rim above the widest part, valves protruding. |
| Flower Colour: | White |
| Flowering Time: | December to April |
| Growing Conditions: | Well drained soils in foothills. Frost tolerant. Full sun or partial shade. |
| Garden Use: | Shade or shelter tree. |
| Related Species: | |
| Plant Communities: | 2, 4, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 32, 38, 46 |
| Conservation Status: | Locally common within its preferred growing conditions |
| Aboriginal Use: | Eucalypts provided food, medicines, containers, string and tools. |
| Commercially available: | Indigenous nursery |
| Bird Attracting: | General - food and habitat |
| Butterfly Attracting: | Food plant for caterpillars |
| Frog Habitat: | No |
| Photographer: | 1, 2, 4 Peter Kinchington ©; 3 Marilyn Gray © |