Ghost gum and Snow gum

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Ghost gum noun - Small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips.

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Snow gum is a synonym for ghost gum. In some cases you can use "Snow gum" instead a noun phrase "Ghost gum".

Snow gum noun - Small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips.

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Ghost gum is a synonym for snow gum. You can use "Ghost gum" instead a noun phrase "Snow gum".

Some of the varieties are names for where they grow (the snow gum which is the variety that can withstand the snowfields of Victoria, Southern New South Wales and Tasmania) or their appearance (the pale ghost gum), but many are named after the properties of their bark.

Source: Useful Notes / Australian Wildlife

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