Tree to 40 m high; bark smooth, white or grey, shedding in long ribbons.

Locally dominant but sporadic, in wet forest on fertile soils in sheltered areas in ranges away from the coast; south from the Carrai Plateau.

https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eucalyptus~bicostata