Eucalyptus Albens

Price:

$110.00 (including GST)

Common Name:

WHITE BOX

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:

Large tree to 25m high with grey bark with whitish patches.
Large crown of dull, grey-green leaves.
Flowering creamy-white from May to September. Heavy flowering usually every 2-3 years.
Timber is hard, heavy, durable and pale coloured.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

Widespread in most catchments west of Hume Highway.
Grassy or sclerophyll woodland on range of soils, usually of higher fertility. Often dominant tree species.
Moderate growth rate.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

Relatively fertile, well-drained soil.
Tolerates short periods of inundation and drought, and moderately frost tolerant.
Useful medium to high-level cover in windbreaks. Excellent shade for livestock and dwellings.
Timber used for fencing and farm constructions.
Useful for recharge control plantings as uses large amounts of ground water. Useful in erosion control due to large spreading roots.
Fuel - Burns very well, for long periods due to its density.
Excellent habitat. Flowers important nectar source for birds such as honeyeaters, including the Regent Honeyeater, and parrots, including the Swift Parrot, over winter when other nectar sources are scarce. Food source for gliders, native moths, butterflies and other insects, which provide food for insect-eating birds. Hollows provide refuge and nesting sites for many birds and mammals, including the Sugar Glider and Squirrel Glider, which obtain sap from trunks.
Very attractive for larger gardens and parks.

SIMILAR SPECIES:

Distinguished from Eucalyptus Microcarpa - Grey Box - by its blue-grey adult leaves, which are generally wider, and its larger glaucous (white-waxy) buds and fruit. The Eucalyptus Microcarpa has greener leaves and smaller buds and fruit, both of different shape to those of Eucalyptus Albens.

Image Source: Fagg, M. via Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG)

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