Bull mallee is a multi-stemmed mallee or small tree from south-eastern Australia, growing to about 12 m, with white flowers and rough bark at the base. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant eucalypt best suited to open, sunny sites with well-drained soil.
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young plants regularly until established, then rely mostly on rainfall and water sparingly in dry periods.
Soil
Well-drained soil; tolerates poor, sandy or clay soils common in its mallee habitat.
Temperature
Frost-hardy once established; protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SC. New South Wales to SE. South Australia
Climate
subtropical
About
Eucalyptus behriana, commonly known as bull mallee and broad-leaved box, is a species of mallee or small tree that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has rough, fibrous bark on the lower part of the trunk and smooth bark above, broadly lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped or barrel-shaped fruit.
Where it grows
Eucalyptus behriana has a disjunct distribution in south-eastern Australia. In New South Wales it occurs in mallee shrubland near West Wyalong. In Victoria it occurs in the Mallee and Wimmera in the north-west, with the exception of a small outlying population in the south near Bacchus Marsh including Long Forest Nature Conservation Reserve. In South Australia, it has a scattered distribution across the south-east.
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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.