Characteristics: A hardwood, Eucalyptus regnans is the tallest of all flowering plants, and possibly the tallest of all plants. They grow very quickly, at more than a metre a year, and can reach 65 metres in 50 years, with an average life-span of 400 years. The fallen logs continue supporting a rich variety of life for centuries more on the forest floor.
Perferred Conditions: It prefers cool, deep soil with high rainfall of over 1200 mm per year.
Characteristics: It is a hardwood with thick, rough, stringy bark, and glossy green leaves from six to 22 centimetres long, and 1½ to 7 centimetres wide. Inflorescences consist of seven to 15 white flowers.
Perferred Conditions: It occurs on a wide range of soils in hilly or mountainous areas. In cool mountainous areas it forms tall open-forest.
