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{{taxobox
|image = Eucalyptus coolabah leaves.jpg
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperm]]s
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicot]]s
|unranked_ordo = [[Rosid]]s
|ordo = [[Myrtales]]
|familia = [[Myrtaceae]]
|genus = ''[[Eucalyptus]]''
|species = '''''E. coolabah'''''
|binomial = ''Eucalyptus coolabah''
|binomial_authority = [[William Faris Blakely|Blakey]] & [[Maxwell Ralph Jacobs|Jacobs]]
|}}

'''''Eucalyptus coolabah''''' is a [[Eucalyptus|eucalypt]] of [[riparian zones]] and is found throughout [[Australia]] from arid inland to coastal regions. The plant is commonly called coolibah or coolabah, the name being a [[loanword]] from the [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous Australian]] [[Yuwaaliyaay]] word, ''gulabaa''.<ref>The Macquarie Concise Dictionary, The Macquarie Library, Sydney, 1998, ISBN 0949757950</ref> 

Propagation is dependent on periods of immersion under water to sterilise seedbeds and as a result the species is restricted to locales that experience at least periodic flooding. Nonetheless the tree can be found over extensive areas of floodplain far from permanent water as well as near seasonally flooded springs or close to permanent bodies of water.

''E. coolabah'' is a wide-spreading tree (often more wide than tall) and reaches up to 15m in height. The [[bark]] is box-like (persistent, dark grey, thick, furrowed) on the trunk and lower branches; but smooth pale grey up the top.

==Similar species==
''E. coolabah'' is very similar to ''[[Eucalyptus microtheca|E. microtheca]]''. The main external difference is that the latter has completely smooth bark. ''E. coolabah'' was once known under ''E. microtheca'' (which now has a number of subspecies), before splitting.

==See also==
"[[Waltzing Matilda]]"&mdash;the ''coolabah'' tree is mentioned in this famous [[folk song]] by [[Banjo Paterson]]
[[Image:Riparian coolabah savanna.jpg|thumb|Extensive coolabah woodland established on a floodplain in Northern [[Australia]]. Note the smooth white bark on the upper trunk and larger branches characteristic of the species.]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Holliday, I. ''A field guide to Australian trees (3rd edition)'', Reed New Holland, 2002
* Cronin, L. ''Key Guide to Australian Trees'', Envirobook, 2000

==External links==
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[[Category:Trees of Australia]]
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