It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark on the trunk and branches, egg-shaped adult leaves, oval to diamond-shaped flower buds arranged in groups of seven, white flowers and conical fruit.Eucalyptus baueriana is a tree that grows to a height of about 20 metres (66 ft), sometimes a small tree or mallee to 12 metres (39 ft) high, and forms a lignotuber.

It has persistent, light grey, fibrous or flaky bark with whitish patches, on the trunk and larger branches.

The higher branches have smooth, grey bark that is shed in short ribbons.

The leaves are the same dull or glossy green colour on both sides and sometimes have a whitish bloom.

[3][4][5][6] Eucalyptus baueriana was first formally described in 1843 by Johannes Conrad Schauer and the description was published in Repertorium Botanices Systematicae.