This medium to tall tree can be identified at any time of the year though mature trees (with capsules) are required to confirm the identity of this species. The species intergrades with Eucalyptus amygdalina.
Eucalyptus radiata subsp. radiata is largely restricted to the Forth River catchment where it occurs on basalt, granite, quartzite, sediments and metamorphic substrates and inhabits forest types from dry sclerophyll to wet sclerophyll.