On favourable sites, it may attain 50 m in height and exceed 3 m dbh. This species occurs on coastal plains and adjacent ranges in south eastern Australia from near Wollongong, New South Wales, in the north to Wilson's Promontory in Victoria. Yellow stringybark typically occurs in tall open-forest formation. Trial plantings have been established in south-west Western Australia for power poles. Sapwood is very pale brown, to 2.5 cm thick.
Texture is medium and even and the grain interlocked.
Needs care in drying to minimise checking and splitting. Hard and heavy timber to work. Common on the south coast of New South Wales. Not readily available in Western Australia.