Detail
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Eucalyptus oleosa ssp. oleosa
Red Mallee
Notes

Uses: As a shade or shelter tree in open parks and reserves or as a wind-break and soil control on wider roadside verges.
May be difficult to find in cultivation. Can be grown from seed.
Attracts nectar eating birds and insects for food and habitat.
Note: This species is classified schedule 2, Regulation 24.3 under the Sewerage Act and may be planted in any street or road in any drainage area provided they are not planted closer than 3.5 metres to any sewer main or connection. They should also not be planted closer than 3.5 metres to any sewer pipe in home gardens.

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

:NW: North Western  
:NU: Nullarbor   
:GT: Gairdner-Torrens   
:FR: Flinders Rangers  
:MU: Murray
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Canopy Shape canopy-open Open
  • Height 1.5-12m
  • Spread 4-10m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Myrtaceae
  • Botanical Name Eucalyptus oleosa ssp. oleosa
  • Common Name Red Mallee
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW, WA
  • Habit Spreading, Moderately dense, Multi-trunked
  • Landscape 2nd line coast, Coastal footslopes, Plains
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Yellow, Green
  • Flowering Time Summer, Winter
  • Foliage Grey-green
  • Flower Type Eucalypt-type
  • Purpose Ornamental, Habitat, Wind protection
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Trunk Rough
  • Form Tall Tree (Usually exceeds 10m)
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region