Eucalyptus baxteri, commonly known as brown stringybark,[3] is a medium-sized tree that is endemic to the south-east of mainland Australia.

It has rough, stringy bark to the thinnest branches, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, green to yellow flower buds in groups of between nine and fifteen, and cup-shaped or hemispherical fruit.

[8][9] In 1926, John McConnell Black published the name Eucalyptus baxteri in Volume 3 of the Flora of South Australia.

It occurs in the far south-east of South Australia, including the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island.

[3][5][7] The seeds of trees of this species that are over 100 years old are an important source of food for the endangered south-eastern subspecies of the red-tailed black cockatoo.