tuart

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1. Eucalyptus gomphocephala, an Australian tree with heavy, durable wood.

   2009, Richard Allen, Australia's Remarkable Trees, Melbourne University Publishing (The Miegunyah Press), page 8, Today only a quarter of the original Tuart forests and woodlands remain.

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   Tuart is usually a tall tree attaining 25–40 m in height and 1–2 m dbh, but in the northern part of its distribution it may be reduced to about 10–15 m in height.

   2006, Douglas J. Boland et al., Forest Trees of Australia, 5th edition, CSIRO Publishing, page 284

   As an artist keenly attracted to Western Australian gums, specifically karris and tuarts, van Raalte prioritized imaginative figurations of trees, rather than humans, in his etchings.

   2018, John C. Ryan, Forest Family: Australian Culture, Art, and Trees, page 104

   However, due to overlogging, the tuart is a protected tree with conditions placed on logging.

   2019, Morris Lake, Australian Forest Woods, CSIRO Publishing, page 105