Eucalyptus nova-anglica, New England Peppermint, is a small to medium-sized tree to 25 metres. The bark is persistent on the trunk and larger branches, fibrous, thick, grey to grey-brown, shedding in short ribbons. Small branches are green.

Juvenile leaves are opposite, orbiculate, straight, entire, glaucous, sessile, 8 cm long, 6 mm wide. Adult leaves are disjunct, narrow lanceolate or lanceolate, falcate, acute, basally tapered, dull to semi-glossy, green or grey-green, thick, concolorous and 7–15 cm long, 0.7–1.3 mm wide.

Flowers are white or cream.

Grows on reasonably good soils on flats, prefers clayey loams. Distribution is on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales

Northern Tablelands, New South Wales

The Northern Tablelands, also known as the New England Tableland, is a plateau and a region of the Great Dividing Range in northern New South Wales, Australia. It includes the New England Range, the narrow highlands area of the New England region, stretching from the Moonbi Range in the south to...

 and on the adjacent areas of Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

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