Detail
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Eucalyptus microcarpa
Grey Box
Notes

Uses: As a shade or shelter tree in open parks and reserves and suitable as a street tree in wider locations.
Attracts nectar eating birds and insects for food and habitat.
Cultural use: Wood used to make fighting sticks and shields by indigenous peoples.
Note: These trees and shrubs are listed in Regulation 24.3 under the Sewerage Act and may be planted in any street or road in any drainage area not closer than 3.5 metres to any sewer main or connection. In home gardens, too, they should not be planted closer than 3.5 metres to any sewer pipe.

  • Canopy Shape canopy-open Open
  • Height 6-20m
  • Spread 8-20m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Myrtaceae
  • Botanical Name Eucalyptus microcarpa
  • Common Name Grey Box
  • Origin SA, VIC, NSW, Qld
  • Habit Upright to spreading
  • Landscape Plains, Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour White
  • Flowering Time Spring, Winter
  • Foliage Mid-green
  • Flower Type Eucalypt-type
  • Purpose Ornamental, Habitat
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Trunk Smooth
  • Form Tall Tree (Usually exceeds 10m)
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region