Eucalyptus Dealbata

Price:

$110.00 (including GST)

Common Name:

HILL 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:

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.
Usually on dry rocky hills.
Grassy woodland on skeletal soils, usually on basic rocks. Also with Callitris Glaucophylla - White Cypress Pine.
Tolerates most frost and dryness once established.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

Useful medium-level cover in windbreaks.
Useful for recharge plantings.
Wood is durable in ground. Suitable for fencing and heavy construction, although trees often crooked. Potential for woodlot planting.
Birds attracted to good supplies of nectar and pollen. Hollows are nesting and refuge sites for many native birds and mammals.
Decorative specimen for larger gardens and parks. Saplings develop crown of attractive broad silvery leaves.
Very important in NSW due to pollen production for apiculture.

SIMILAR SPECIES:

Resembles Eucalyptus Blakelyi - Blakely's Red Gum - particularly on better sites.
Distinguished from Eucalyptus Dwyeri - Dwyer's Red Gum - by its wider leaves, especially in seedlings.

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

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