Angophora costata
Sydney red gum · also Rusty gum, Smooth-barked apple, Kino
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Angophora costata, also known as Sydney red gum, is a striking evergreen tree native to eastern Australia, characterized by its smooth, peeling bark that transitions from pinkish-orange to grey and produces white flowers in spring and summer. This fast-growing species tolerates coastal conditions and low water, thriving in sandy soils of open forests and woodlands. Its beauty and adaptability make it a potentially underused urban tree.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 6350.41%—3.8 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 100 ft
- Canopy spread
- 50 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Soil
- Sandy
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Tolerates
- coastal
- Blooms
- Oct, Nov, Dec
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.8 in, mean 3.7 in, 90th percentile 7.5 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Southeast Australia temperate forests
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Southeast Australia temperate savanna
Other Angophora in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
