Eucalyptus Camaldulensis

Price:

$110.00 (including GST)

Common Name:

RIVER RED GUM

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:

Fast growing tree to 30m high (occasionally taller) with smooth bark shedding in short ribbons or flakes.
Large spreading crown with often heavy twisting branches and dull green or grey-green leaves.
Flowering white, generally December to February. Flowers heavily every two or three years depending on season.
Timber is red, moderately hard, heavy and very 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.
Locally common along flats and watercourses in most districts.
Dominant species in grassy woodlands or forests on deep rich alluvial soils adjacent to large permanent water bodies.
Prefers low country, inundated occasionally, or where underground water is generally available.
Tolerates wind.
Tolerance characteristics strongly related to provenance. Some provenances tolerate salinity, drought, flood and fire (regenerating from a lignotuber).

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

Fast growing when young, and very long-lived.
Useful high-level cover in windbreaks. Grass grows up to trunk.
Useful in controlling gully erosion. Can be planted in the bed of the gully, or further back behind fibrous-rooted understorey plants. Useful in controlling underground seepage, due to deep rooting. Water use in winter reduces waterlogging. Salt-tolerant provenances planted in salt discharge sites assist rehabilitation.
Very good for firewood.
Excellent hollows, important nesting sites for many mammals and birds. Prolific pollen and nectar for wide range of insects and birds. Insect-eating birds attracted. Foliage important food for koalas, and nesting sites for many birds. Important for fish habitat, providing shade, an insect source, and fallen branches for snags that are egg-laying sites for fish such as the Murray Cod.
Specimen and shade for large gardens and parks, useful in bog gardens and pond edges.
Excellent honey tree. Dyes of varying colours produced from leaves, depending on mordants used.
Timber resists decay and termites.

SIMILAR SPECIES:

Distinguished from the Eucalyptus Blakelyi - Blakely's Red Gum - by its buds which are beak-shaped rather than cone-shaped.

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

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