Detail
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Eucalyptus porosa
Mallee Box
Notes

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.

 
:FR: Flinders Rangers  
:EA: Eastern   
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Canopy Shape canopy-open Open
  • Height 2-14m
  • Spread 5-12m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Myrtaceae
  • Botanical Name Eucalyptus porosa
  • Common Name Mallee Box
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW,
  • Habit Open to moderately dense, Single or multi-trunked
  • Landscape 2nd line coast, Coastal footslopes, Plains, Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour White, Cream
  • Flowering Time Summer, Winter
  • Foliage Dark-green
  • Flower Type Eucalypt-type
  • Purpose Ornamental, Wind protection, Habitat, Screen, Erosion
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Trunk Rough
  • Form Medium Tree (Usually between 5m & 11m)
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region