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Silver Gimlet – Eucalyptus campaspe 


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Natural History
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​Other Names: Gimlet, Silver-Topped Gimlet.
 
Distinctive Characteristics:
This single- or multi-trunked, medium-sized evergreen eucalypt has striking shiny copper, bronze, to salmon-red-colored smooth bark that weathers to a greenish or greyish brown, shedding in thin strips. The heartwood is brown, tinted with pink, red, grey, mauve, or orange. The trunk tends to form spiral fluting. Silver refers to the silvery grey leaves.
 
Distribution: Native to limited areas in southern Western Australia in a 50 km radius around Coolgardie. Elevation: between about 1,300 and 1,640 ft. (400–500 m).
 
Ecosystem: Lives on low hilly areas in open woodland with other Eucalypts like Salmon Gum, Snap and Rattle, and Redwood.
 
Maximum Age: Estimated at 100 years.

 
Maximum Height and Girth: 33 ft. (10 m) in height; about 5 ft. (1.5 m) in circumference.
 
Animal Community: The nectar is consumed by various birds and bees.
 
Modern Uses: The wood has been used for mine props and firewood.
 
Threats and Conservation: Not threatened. 
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    • African Baobab
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    • Blue Gum
    • Big Leaf Maple
    • Brush Box
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    • Boab
    • California Bay Laurel
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    • California Sycamore
    • Camphor
    • Canyon Live Oak
    • Cherry (Sakura)
    • Coast Live Oak
    • Coast Redwood
    • Cork Oak
    • Douglas Fir
    • English Oak
    • European Beech
    • European Yew
    • Fever Tree
    • Fony Baobab
    • Giant Sequoia
    • Ginkgo
    • Grandidier's Baobab
    • Green Fig
    • Hiba (Asunaro)
    • Huon Pine
    • Indian Banyan
    • Japanese Beech
    • Japanese Red Cedar (Sugi)
    • Japanese Red Pine
    • Katsura
    • Kauri
    • King Billy Pine
    • Leadwood
    • Little Leaf Linden
    • Mangrove
    • Mesquite
    • Monterey Cypress
    • Moreton Bay Fig
    • Mountain Ash
    • Northern Rata
    • Nyala Tree
    • Olive
    • Ombu
    • Oregon White Oak
    • Pacific Dogwood
    • Red Bloodwood
    • Red Cedar (Australia)
    • Red River Gum
    • Sakhalin Fir
    • Sessile Oak
    • Sierra Juniper
    • Sierra Lodgepole Pine
    • Silver Beech
    • Silver Gimlet
    • Sitka Spruce
    • Small Leaved Fig
    • Spotted Gum
    • Stewartia
    • Sweet Chestnut
    • Sycamore Fig
    • Tallowwood
    • Tanoak
    • Totara
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