Eucalyptus crebra
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Eucalyptus crebra''
| image = Eucalyptus crebra.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Myrtaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Eucalyptus]]''
| species = '''''E. crebra'''''
| binomial = ''Eucalyptus crebra''
| binomial_authority = [[F. Muell.]]
}}
[[Image:Eucalyptus crebra tree.jpg|365px|thumb|none|''E. crebra'' coastal Central Queensland.]]
'''''Eucalyptus crebra''''' ( [[Ferdinand von Mueller |F. Muell.]]), Narrow-leaved ironbark or Narrowleaf red ironbark, is a type of '''[[Ironbark]]''' [[tree]] native in a limited range in [[Australia]]. This plant is a medium-sized (less than 50 feet, 20-30 m) spreading tree. The bark is gray mottled with yellow and orange. The flowers are white. This tree is in [[Family (biology) | family]] [[Myrtaceae]] (Myrtle family).
This ironbark is available as a cultivar, used as a shade tree or to line roadways.
[[Koala]]s can consume the leaves.
[[Image:Eucalyptus Crebra bark.jpg |365px|thumb|none|''E. crebra'' bark]]
== See also ==
* [[Eucalyptus]]
== External links ==
* [http://australiaplants.com/Eucalyptus_crebra.htm ''Eucalyptus crebra'']
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EUCR USDA profile]
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[[Category:Eucalyptus|Crebra]]