snow gum

Noun

 * 1)  Any of various eucalypts associated with snowy areas, especially, a flowering shrub of southeastern Australia and Tasmania occurring either side of the snowline; and  of subalpine Tasmania.
 * 2) * 1999,, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 16:
 * A toppled snow gum blocks the track and Jack stands aside while M hacks a step into both sides of the giant log.
 * 1) * 2004,, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 78:
 * On they went, crawling and tottering across the dolerite mountains of the Central Highlands and scattering kangaroos and wombats that looked back at them from between the snow gums.