Family | Myrtaceae |
Description | Medium tree, variable in form from quite straight to low and spreading. |
Flowering time | Late-summer-autumn |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Grassy woodland and dry sclerophyll forest |
Soil types | Well drained acidic soils, commonly sandstones and granites. |
Values/uses | |
-habitat values | Dominant or co-dominant canopy tree. Flowering is prolific in some years, attracting large numbers of nectar feeding birds. |
-amenity/ornamental values | Flowers are quite showy and sweetly scented. The bark is very attractive and old specimens have great character |
-economic/functional values | The timber is heavy and durable, commonly used for fence posts. Used for mine-site rehabilitation in central Queensland |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | extremely high |
-compaction | low |
-waterlogging | low |
-shade | low |
-soil salinity | not known |
-salt spray | not known |
-pH | 5-6 |
-minimum temperature | -5 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 130 |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | none |
-treatment | none |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | 5-14 |
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