Eucalyptus umbra, known as the Broad-leaved White Mahogany is a common eucalyptus

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...

 tree of the high rainfall coastal areas of New South Wales

New South Wales

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 and adjacent areas in south eastern Queensland

Queensland

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. The bark is rough, resembling a "stringybark", though not as coarse, and in flat strips. Thick, fibrous bark, greyish brown in colour. A small or medium sized tree, up to 25 metres tall. Sometimes a shrub in the poorer skeletal soils.

This tree occurs in dry sclerophyll forest or woodland, usually on poor shallow dry soils; north from Port Jackson

Port Jackson

Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia. It is known for its beauty, and in particular, as the location of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge...

. The type was collected from near Mosman, New South Wales

Mosman, New South Wales

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