Height |
9.0m - 25.0m (900-2500cm) |
Flowers |
Umbels with 7-23 flowers. |
Fruit |
Woody capsule |
Form |
Trees sometimes with pendulous branches. |
Municipalities |
Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman |
Communities |
Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland |
Habitat Notes |
Tas. endemic. Occurs mostly on mudstone, uncommon on sandstone, dolerite and granite. Abundant in the south and south-east from sea level to c500m. |
Site Tolerance |
Dry; Rocky; Windy |
Soil Tolerance |
Loam; Poor; Well-drained |
General Notes |
Some forms are very ornamental with a graceful open crown and haing thin branches pendulous to ground level almost like a weeping willow. The leaves are silvery. Not suitable below powerlines. |