Blue gum

Blue gum is a common name for subspecies or the species in Eucalyptus globulus complex, and also a number of other species of Eucalyptus in Australia. In Queensland it usually refers to Eucalyptus tereticornis, which is known elsewhere as forest red gum.

E. globulus

  • Tasmanian blue gum: Eucalyptus globulus (syn. E. globulus subsp. globulus)
  • Gippsland blue gum: Eucalyptus pseudoglobulus (syn. E. globulus subsp. pseudoglobulus)
  • Spotted blue gum: Eucalyptus maidenii (syn. E. globulus subsp. maidenii)
  • Southern blue gum: Eucalyptus bicostata (syn. Victorian blue gum or E. globulus subsp. bicostata)

Other Eucalyptus spp.

  • Inland blue gum: E. leucoxylon
  • Large-fruited blue gum: E. leucoxylon
  • Mountain blue gum: E. cypellocarpaE. deanei
  • Round-leaved blue gum: E. deanei
  • South Australian blue gum: E. leucoxylon
  • Sydney blue gum: E. saligna
  • Other species, such as shining gum (E. nitens), and the Sydney blue gum (E. notabilis), are sometimes regarded as blue gums