Habitats range from coastal mangroves, swamps, heath, grasslands and blue gum forests. Pine and blue gum plantation cover large areas. Jesmond's commercial centre is situated on Blue Gum Road. Waitara has just one hotel, the Blue Gum Hotel. The main timber varieties were blackbutt, stringybark, iron bark and blue gum. Aboriginal artefacts have been found close to the Blue Gum Forest. The New Cool, is depicted in neon blue gum. Much of the lower-lying ground is forested with pine and blue gum. The sky is a blue gum streaked with rose. Wood samples revealed it is made from Sydney Blue Gum, Stringybark and Spotted Gum. Blue gum is one of the most extensively planted eucalypts. Tasmanian blue gum leaves are used as a herbal tea. The school originally centred on a large blue gum tree, where it held assemblies. The Blue Gum Forest may be accessed from Perrys Lookdown. In particular the Blue Gum Forest was damaged by back burning.