Spotted Gum
On favourable sites, these species grow to 45 m in total height and 1.3 m in stem diameter, but attain only half these dimensions on poorer sites. They have straight slender trunks with smooth bark. This is shed in patches leaving slight depressions in the surface, which give a characteristic spotted appearance. Colour tones range from pink to grey-blue. Corymbia citriodora subsp variegata occurs mainly in the coastal areas of northern NSW andsouthern Queensland, but also in western areas of southern Queensland. C. citriodora subsp.citriodora – mid-north NSW coast to the Windsor Tableland, north Queensland. C. maculata – Bega (NSW) to mid-north NSW coast, and also a disjunct occurrence in eastern Victoria. C. henryi - northern New South Wales and southern Queensland.
Sawn timber from these species has been readily available from native forests, and spotted gum is currently the highest volume native hardwood harvested in Queensland. Open the PDF to see a sequence of photos depicting the stages of harvest for a Spotted Gum forest in South East Qld
Spotted gum sequence – Standing Timber to Milled Timber
