Blackbutt is a large tree, up to 45 m tall, which grows in valleys by rivers and streams in the Darling Range and higher rainfall parts of the south west. It is similar to Jarrah, but has heavier foliage, its bark is more furrowed and its timber is yellow-brown in colour. Fire blackens it’s trunk, giving its common name. It produces bountiful flowers in summer.
Ref:
“Leaf and branch: trees and tall shrubs of Perth” by Robert Powell. Published by the Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation, 2009.
“Common trees of the south-west forests” by Judy Wheeler. Published by the Western Australian Department of Conservation
and Land Management.
“Eucalypts of Western Australia. The south-west coast and ranges”. Second edition. By Malcolm French and Dean Nicolle. 2024.