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Eucalyptus Polyanthemos

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Price:
$110.00 (including GST)
Common Name:
RED BOX
Quantity of Trays:

PLEASE NOTE: Orders are by full tray only. Each tray contains 40 plants. When ordering, please choose how many trays you would like.


WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

  • Tree to 20m high with short trunk and dense spreading crown of rounded dull grey-green or blue-green leaves. 
  • "Box" bark on trunk and larger branches.
  • Flowering white, cream or pinkish, September to December. Profuse.
  • Red, fine-textured, interlocked grain. Hard, strong and durable. 

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

  • Widespread, in most catchments and districts on the drier hills and slopes.
    Grassy woodlands on various soils. Commonly moderately fertile soils.
    Compact loams, below 800m elevation. 
    Tolerates frost, winter waterlogging and drought.
    Widespread in most catchments and districts on slopes and rises.
  • Grassy or sclerophyll woodland on light, shallow soils.
  • Well-drained soil. Tolerates frost and wind. Moderately drought tolerant.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

  • Useful medium-level cover in windbreaks. Useful shade due to large spreading crown.
  • Useful for recharge areas as uses large volumes of ground-water.
  • Excellent for fuel.
  • Excellent habitat. Flowers are a nectar source for various native birds and insects. Insect-eating birds attracted. Birds such as treecreepers and sittellas glean bark. Native birds eat seeds and fruits. Koalas occasionally eat foliage. Hollows are nesting sites for various native birds and mammals.
  • Shapely, attractive specimen, shade and street tree.

 

 

Image Source: Matilda at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons