Eucalyptus Delegatensis

Price:

$110.00 (including GST)

Common Name:

ALPINE ASH

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 50m high (sometimes higher) with fibrous to stringy bark on lower trunk, shedding in long ribbons above.
Dark-green glossy adult leaves.
Flowering December to March; Early Jan to late Feb, although seed usually available throughout year. Heavy crops infrequent.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

Restricted to upper areas such as upper reaches of Gilmore and Paddy"s River-Burra Valley.
Grassy or wet sclerophyll subalpine forest on deep fertile, often sloping soil.
Well-drained deep soils on moderately steep slopes.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

Regeneration after fire, from seed.
Useful high-level cover in windbreaks.
One of the most important Australian timber species. Timber yellow-brown to pink-brown and easily worked. Used widely in building trades and for producing paper and hardboard.
Bees, birds and other insects attracted to abundant pollen and nectar.
Specimen and shade for large parks, gardens and roadsides where sufficient space.

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

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