Stringybark is tough as boots (and gave us the word 'Eucalyptus')
- Written by Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne
The Eucalyptus obliqua as seen in Merthyr Park, Tasmania. Cowirrie/Flickr, CC BY-SAFew eucalypts are as versatile, varied and valuable as messmate stringybark. It was the first eucalypt to be scientifically named, and in fact gives us the name “Eucalyptus”.
Gum trees had been seen and collected on earlier expeditions, but a specimen...