This is an upright form of Populus nigra growing to 25 m in height. It has triangularshaped dark green leaves which turn a brilliant yellow in late autumn. Poplars have separate male and female trees and the ones first introduced to the ACT were male.

Indigenous to Victoria, Qld, NSW, Tas and SA the Manna Gum is the primary food tree for Koalas. Tolerant of most situations with the tallest trees found in mountain regions. Bark is shed in ribbons during summer leaving the upper trunk and branches white but the base of the tree remains bark-coated The leaves are dark green and often sickle-shaped. Flowers are cream coloured in a cluster.

This Australian native tree grows on dry, upland soils where drainage is free, irrigation is occasional, and frosts are common. It is relatively fast growing, and will grow up to 50cm per year in nature. It usually forms a single trunk and has a wide-spreading canopy. The trunks are white and chalky with reddish flecks all the way up the stem and are amongst the most attractive of all the eucalypts.

Red Spotted Gum has been used extensively in urban planting, and is highly successful in Canberra.

A deciduous medium-sized graceful tree providing light shade in summer. It will grow 6 to 15 m high by 5 to 8 m wide. It may have one or several main trunks and will grow in sun or part shade and prefers a moist soil.. The bark is brown when young but gradually develops to silvery-white papery-bark when mature.