Victorians would never accept the local common name because they are so proud of their Mountain Ash Eucalyptus regnans the tallest of all eucalypts.
Silvertop is an early coloniser and dense stands of saplings appear within a few years of clearing, because it is not very long lived it is gradually replaced by slower growing denser species such as Red Bloodwood. It is readily distinguished from stringybarks by the white bark on the top branches that give it its common name.
The timber is light in colour and of moderate durability with a regular straight grain. It is widely used for cheap flooring and for house framing, it is easily cut into firewood but burns rather quickly. It is the main species harvested from regrowth areas of local hardwood forests. Unfortunately it has a relatively low lignin content and is ideal for woodchips exported for paper manufacture!
The mature trees have deeply furrowed bark. Old trees lose large limbs but do not form nesting hollows.
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