Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Eucalyptus baxteri 2 synonyms: Eucalyptus santalifolia var. baxteri , Eucalyptus sp. aff. baxteri |
| Common Name: | brown stringybark |
| Status: | DISABLED: Unavailable for now & possibly forever |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Insect Attracting |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 40 m high |
| Foliage: | Juvenile leaves briefly opposite & rough, elliptic to egg-shaped 3-13 cm x 2-8.5 cm, minute tufts of hair below. Adult - thick, glossy dark green, broadly lance-shaped asymmetric leaves, 7-15 cm x 1.5-3 cm. |
| Flowers: | White thick-stalked, 9-15-flowered clusters, buds warty, club-shaped. Large rounded fruit, rim above the widest part, valves protruding. December-April |
| General Comments: | Medium tree with thick stringy bark to small branches. Birds use it for food and habitat, caterpillars feed on it. Frost tolerant. |
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