medium sized tree with striking white trunk.
Distribution & botanical details
NSW Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyl Forests and Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyl Forests
Specialises in low-nutrient, dry, rocky, skeletal soils on a variety of substrates including sandstone, granite, and mudstones.
Dominant or co-dominant canopy tree. Old trees frequently shed limbs and are particularly abundant in nesting hollows.
Attractive tree, the trunk is very striking, varying in colour across the year from white, to blothchy grey, salmon and pink. White only reasonably showy. Limb-shedding habit limits its use to broadacre landscapes.
Extremely useful for revegetation of eroded sites, quarries and mines with rocky, skeletal substrates without topsoil, particularly those of sedimentary origin or coarse texture. The timber is light and brittle.
Seed and germination details
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