Eucalyptus Microcarpa

Price:

$110.00 (including GST)

Common Name:

GREY 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:

Tree to 25m high. Open crown of dull olive-green leaves.
Grey, fibrous-flaky "box" bark with whitish patches, upper branches smooth-barked.
Flowering white, February to June. Flowers freely each year.
Timber is pale, very durable, tough and strong.
Leaves produce a range of dyes depending on mordants used.

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.
Widespread west of the Hume Highway on lower slopes and plains country.
Grassy woodland on moderately fertile loamy soils.
Heavy loamy soils. Tolerates moderately alkaline soil, frost, wind, infrequent flooding and extended dry periods.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

Useful medium-level cover in windbreaks. Good shade due to spreading crown.
Useful in gully erosion control behind fibrous-rooted understorey species.
Very good for fuel
Excellent habitat. Flowers are a food source for Sugar Gliders, Squirrel Gliders, native birds and insects. Insect-eating birds attracted. Hollows are nesting and refuge sites for native birds and mammals. Critical habitat for the Grey-crowned Babbler, Stone Curlew and goannas.

SIMILAR SPECIES:

Often confused with Eucalyptus Albens - White Box. Eucalyptus Microcarpa has greener and narrower leaves than Eucalyptus Albens, and smaller buds and fruit.

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

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