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Eucalyptus socialis ssp. socialis
Red Mallee
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Uses: As a broad scale planting along wider roadside verges for wind-breaks and erosion control.
Attracts nectar eating birds and insects for food and habitat.
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 2 by SA Water and requires written approval before being planted in any street or drainage area. It should not be planted closer than 3.5 metres to any sewer main or connection.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.


:LE: Lake Eyre    
:GT: Gairdner-Torrens   
:FR: Flinders Rangers  
:EA: Eastern   
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Canopy Shape canopy-open Open
  • Height 2.5-12m
  • Spread 5-12m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Myrtaceae
  • Botanical Name Eucalyptus socialis ssp. socialis
  • Common Name Red Mallee
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW,
  • Habit Open to moderately dense, Single or multi-trunked
  • Landscape Coastal footslopes, 2nd line coast, Plains, Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Cream, White
  • Flowering Time Summer, Winter
  • Foliage Dark-green
  • Flower Type Eucalypt-type
  • Purpose Ornamental, Habitat, Wind protection
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Trunk Smooth
  • Form Medium Tree (Usually between 5m & 11m)
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region