{"id":70836,"key":"Scribbly_gum","title":"Scribbly gum","latest":{"id":1223060,"timestamp":"2026-01-08T21:48:59Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Scribblygum.png|thumb]]\n\n'''Scribbly gum''' (''Eucalyptus rossii'') is a gum tree native to Australia. It grows to a height of approximately 25 metres and measures up to 15 metres wide. It is also known as \"white gum\".<ref name=\"anbg\">https://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/interns-2011/eucalyptus-rossii.html</ref>\n\nIt grows on shallow, stony soils. It is usually found on dry slopes in its natural environment. It grows in the New South Wales Tablelands, the Western Slopes and the Central Coast.<ref name=\"anbg\" /> Once established, the tree is hardy and requires little attention.\n\n== Description ==\n\nThe tree is named after the \"scribbles\" that often be seen on its smooth, white bark. These scribbles are marks made by small insects, the burrowing larvae of the moth ''Ogmograptis scribula''.<ref name=\"anbg\" />\n\nThe leaves are narrow in shape and are coloured a greyish green.\n\nThe bark is a white to yellowish-creamy white colour. The bark is shed in patches each year and the scribbles become evident with each shedding.<ref name=\"anbg\" />\n\nThe tree flowers annually, from December to February. The flowers are white. After flowering, gumnuts are formed. Honey eaters feed on the flowers.<ref name=\"anbg\" />\n\n== Growing scribbly gum ==\n\nGrow the tree from seed or purchase a seedling from the nursery and plant from the container into the desired garden position.\n\nAlways take care when choosing the planting position, as it will shed limbs with ease.<ref name=\"anbg\" /> Do not position it where limbs could grow over dwellings, sheds or other structures that could be damaged by a falling limb.\n\n== Sources and citations ==\n\n<references />\n\nFor information on the broad-leaved scribbly gum (''Eucalyptus haemastoma''), see [http://www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/media/documents/environment-and-waste/bushland-and-biodiversity/native-tree-database-fact-sheets/Fact-sheet-Eucalyptus-haemastoma-Broad-leaved-Scribbly-Gum.pdf Fact sheet]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| description = The Scribbly Gum tree thrives in dry Australia. Appropedia explains its habitat, bark patterns, and how to grow and care for this unique native tree.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Trees]]"}