| Family | Myrtaceae |
|---|---|
| Description | medium sized tree with striking white trunk. |
| Flowering Time | spring-summer |
| Distribution & Botanical Details | Click Here |
| Florabank Profile | |
| Vegetation Communities | NSW Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyl Forests and Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyl Forests |
| Soil Types | Specialises in low-nutrient, dry, rocky, skeletal soils on a variety of substrates including sandstone, granite, and mudstones. |
| Values / Uses | |
| Revegetation / Habitat Values | Dominant or co-dominant canopy tree. Old trees frequently shed limbs and are particularly abundant in nesting hollows. |
| Amenity / Ornamental Values | Attractive tree, the trunk is very striking, varying in colour across the year from white, to blothchy grey, salmon and pink. White only reasonably showy. Limb-shedding habit limits its use to broadacre landscapes. |
| Other Values | Extremely useful for revegetation of eroded sites, quarries and mines with rocky, skeletal substrates without topsoil, particularly those of sedimentary origin or coarse texture. |
| Tolerances | |
| Water Deficit | extremely high |
| Compaction | low |
| Waterlogging | low |
| Shade | low |
| Minimum Temperature | -8 degrees |
| Seed & Germination Details | |
| Average no. Seeds per Gram | 123 |
| Viability Period | long |
| Dormancy | none |
| Treatment | none |
| Days From First to Last Germination at 25 Degrees | 5-28 |
| Direct Seeding |