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Mugga Ironbark tree

Eucalyptus sideroxylon

Description:

Tree with silver-green lanceolate leaves and pink, bottle brush flowers. Seed pods are red. The trunk is brownish gray.

Habitat:

Planted on the banks of Lake Poway

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3 Comments

Kurtis Farthing
Kurtis Farthing 10 years ago

Definitely Eucalyptus

LeahFerneReed
LeahFerneReed 11 years ago

Some form of eucalyptus for sure ;)

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Eucalyptus torquata? The leaves look right but I didn't see orange barrel-shaped buds with horned caps but that could be because it was already in bloom.

Poway, California, USA

Spotted on Feb 9, 2012
Submitted on Feb 9, 2012

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