Eucalyptus dorrigoensis

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Eucalyptus dorrigoensis, commonly called the Dorrigo white gum, is a tree native to New South Wales, Australia. It is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN.

Description
The tree typically grows up to about 30 meters tall and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth bark that is white, grey, or pink, sometimes with rough bark at the base. Young plants have warty stems and leaves arranged in opposite pairs. Adult leaves are the same color on both sides, lance-shaped to curved, and longer than those of the young plants. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven in the leaf axils on an unbranched stalk, and the flowers are white, usually flowering in May. The fruit is a woody conical or hemispherical capsule.

Taxonomy
The species was first described in 1934 by William Blakely as Eucalyptus benthamii var. dorrigoensis. In 1990, Lawrie Johnson and Ken Hill raised it to full species status as Eucalyptus dorrigoensis. The name dorrigoensis refers to the Dorrigo area.

Distribution and habitat
Eucalyptus dorrigoensis grows in deep soils in valley forests from near the upper Macleay River to east of Tenterfield, mainly around Dorrigo.