Eucalyptus incrassata
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| Eucalyptus incrassata | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. incrassata |
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Eucalyptus incrassata Labill. |
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Eucalyptus incrassata, commonly known as the lerp mallee, yellow mallee, ridge fruited mallee or rib fruited mallee, is a mallee that is native to southern Australia.
The single stemmed or multi-stemmed mallee typically grows to a height of 2 to 5 metres (7 to 16 ft) but can reach as high as 10 metres (33 ft), it usually will grow to a width of 4 to 7 m (13 to 23 ft). It has rough bark on the truck that becomes smooth on the branches. The bark is smooth with a grey or grey-brown colour, it sheds in strips to reveal a paler layer beneath. The adult leaves are alternate, glossy, thick and palish-green in colour. The leaves are usually 150 millimetres (5.9 in) in length and 30 mm (1.2 in) wide and have a lanceolate shape. Leaves are aromatic when crushed. It blooms between August and April producing cream-white-yellow blossoms. The flowers appear in groups of 3 to 7 in the axils of the leaves. Buds form later that are 23 mm (0.9 in) long and 11 mm (0.43 in) wide. The buds are ellipsoid or narrowly obovoid to urn-shaped and are on stalks up to 7 mm (0.28 in) long.
It is often found along sandplains and hillsides and is distributed from the Mid West, through the Wheatbelt and along the south coast in the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils. It is also found in the south of South Australia extending into Victoria and New South Wales. Attracts nectar eating birds and insects for food and habitat.
It is one of the most wide-spread mallee species in Australia. The species is associated with the the western mallee subgroup which is characterised by several eucalypts including Eucalyptus oleosa, Eucalyptus moderata, Eucalyptus eremophila, Eucalyptus foecunda, Eucalyptus redunca and Eucalyptus uncinata. The understorey is predominantly shrubby with species of Melaleuca and Acacia along with the occasional Triodia.
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