Eucalyptus scoparia (Wallangarra White Gum)

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Eucalyptus scoparia flowers and buds

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Flower buds of Eucalyptus scoparia

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Credits:
Description, Habitat and Distribution information is sourced from: G.M.Chippendale (2017) Eucalyptus scoparia. In: Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Eucalyptus%20scoparia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Eucalyptus scoparia in Australia

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Common Name
Wallangarra White Gum

Description
Tree to 15 m. Bark smooth, powdery throughout, white to pale grey. Juvenile leaves opposite to subopposite, petiolate, narrowly elliptic, green, slightly discolorous. Adult leaves alternate, narrowly lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 10-15 cm long, 0.6-1 cm wide, shining, green; lateral veins faint, at 12° -15° ; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 8-12 mm long. Peduncle slightly flattened or terete, 4-8 mm long; pedicels terete, 2-4 mm long. Buds ovoid; operculum conical, slightly rostrate, c. 3 mm long, 3-4 mm wide; hypanthium cylindrical, 2-3 mm long, 3-4 mm wide. Fruits ovoid, 4-5 mm long and wide; disc ascending; valves usually 3, level or slightly exserted.

Habitat
Grows on granite outcrops and slopes often as scattered trees in open forest and woodland.

Distribution
Restricted to Mt Norman and Castle Rock, Qld.

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 9 - 16
Spread (m): 8 - 10
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 600
Flower Colour: white
Flower Season: summer, autumn, winter

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Eucalyptus
Species:	scoparia
Common Name:	Wallangarra White Gum

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  Eucalyptus curtisii
  Eucalyptus dealbata
  Eucalyptus dumosa
  Eucalyptus eugenioides
  Eucalyptus forrestiana
  Eucalyptus goniocalyx
  Eucalyptus grandis
  Eucalyptus intertexta
  Eucalyptus largiflorens
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