Eucalyptus Dalrympleana

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Common Name:

MOUNTAIN WHITE 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:

Large tree to 40m high with smooth bark on lower trunk shedding in long ribbons.
Large crown of glossy green leaves.
Leaves produce red-orange dye with alum as mordant.

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.
Fast-growing. Develops spreading habit in open situations. Hybridises with Candlebark on Northern Tablelands.
Mostly in upper reaches of catchments including Tooma, Maragle and Paddy"s River-Burra Valley.
Grassy or sclerophyll woodland or forest on loamy or sandy soils at higher elevations.
Moist, well-drained deep soils. Tolerates frost.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

Could be included in wide windbreaks as high-level cover.
Straight-grained, moderately coarse and hard, but not durable. . Similar but superior to Candlebark timber. Used in framing, paneling, flooring, joinery and tool handles. Useful timber for farm forestry planting on sheltered sites.
Important hollow source for birds, including the Sooty Owl, and mammals, including the Yellow-bellied Glider.

SIMILAR SPECIES:

Distinguished from Eucalyptus Rubida - Candlebark Gum - mainly by its glaucous juvenile and intermediate leaves.

Image Source: Brooker & Kleinig via Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG)

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