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Persistent rough, tessellated bark in reddish brown squares over the whole trunk and branches, quite different from the smooth barked gums it grows beside. Large urn shaped gumnuts are a reliable feature. Red gum resin often bleeds from wounds, which gives the tree its name.
Very common on Sydney sandstone across the Northern Beaches, Ku-ring-gai and Hornsby Shire, usually alongside Scribbly Gum and Sydney Red Gum on ridges and upper slopes.
Dense timber and heavy limbs make for slow rigging work. Councils treat mature bloodwoods as high value habitat, particularly where hollows are present, so removal applications commonly attract a request for a hollow assessment or a condition to install nest boxes.
Not necessarily. Kino bleeding is a normal wound response for bloodwoods and often follows insect attack or minor damage. Persistent heavy flows with canopy dieback are worth an inspection.
Yes. Hollows are scarce habitat and councils will often refuse removal, or approve it with a condition to retain part of the trunk as a habitat stem or install nest boxes.
