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Eucalyptus Stellulata

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Price:
$110.00 (including GST)
Common Name:
BLACK SALLEE
Quantity of Trays:

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 15m high with spreading branches and fairly dense crown of green glossy leaves.
  • Flowering White-cream from April to October. Prolific.
  • Pale timber - not durable. 
  • Attractive specimen, leaves produce pale-fawn 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.
    Rarely lower than 800m elevation. Grassy woodland. Fertile loamy or alluvial soils on cold flats at higher altitudes.
  • Poorly-drained soils. 
  • Resists frost, snow and wind.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

  • Seed collection generally throughout the year, particularly spring-summer.
  • Useful shelter for exposed, high altitude sites. Useful low to medium-level cover in windbreaks.
  • Useful for poorly-drained areas.
  • Good stove fuel.
  • Excellent habitat. Flowers are a valuable nectar source for birds, such as honeyeaters, and insects. Various native birds feed on seeds and fruits.

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