Mount Compass swamp gum

Scientific name: Eucalyptus paludicola

National status (EPBC Act 1999): Endangered

South Australian status: (NPW Act 1972): Endangered

Description:

Single or multi-stemmed tree to 10 m high. Lower bark is rough, fibrous and dark brown, upper bark is smooth and grey to cream coloured. Thickish green to blue-green leaves to 210 mm long and 40 mm wide, lanceolate to broad-lanceolate, becoming glossy with age. Flowers are creamy white in groups of 7 in the axils of the leaves. Flowering during spring. Fruits are cone-shaped to cylinder-shaped, to 14 mm long and 12 mm wide.

Distribution:

Endemic to South Australia and found on the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island. Grows in seasonally wet areas such as swampy gullies, depressions and creeks.

Specific threats:

Threats to Eucalyptus paludicola include vegetation clearance and habitat loss (many trees occur in roadside vegetation or on private farmland), altered hydrology (caused by dam construction), livestock grazing and a small and fragmented distribution.