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Eucalyptus albens
White Box (Eucalyptus albens) is a large Australian eucalypt that grows 15 to 25 m tall in grassy woodlands of inland south-east Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. It is a species of tree grown mainly in its native range, and it tolerates dry, frosty winters once established.
Eucalyptus albens, known as the white box, is a common tree in Australia. It is found on the western slopes and plains of New South Wales and adjacent areas in Queensland and Victoria. It has rough, fibrous bark on the base of its trunk and smooth, white bark above. The leaves are lance-shaped and groups of seven spindle-shaped flower buds are arranged in leaf axils or on the ends of the branches. White flowers are mostly present between August and February and the fruit are barrel-shaped to urn-shaped.
The white box is a tree of grassy eucalypt woodlands on plains or gently sloping areas from south-east Queensland to the western slopes of New South Wales and north-eastern Victoria extending as far south as Yea. Isolated populations occur in the Flinders Ranges and near Melrose South Australia.
The heavy and hard wood is used for railway sleepers and fence posts. The flowers produce nectar for the honey industry.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus albens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
