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Eucalyptus calcareana
Nundroo mallee is a eucalyptus that grows as a multi-stemmed mallee or a small tree up to about 8 m, native to the south coast of Western and South Australia. It is grown in exposed sites and as a windbreak or shade tree, and it tolerates wind and poor soils once established.
Eucalyptus calcareana, commonly known as the Nundroo mallee or Nundroo gum, is a mallee or a small tree that is endemic to the south coast of Australia. It has smooth, greyish or cream-coloured bark, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven or nine, creamy-white flowers and cup-shaped to conical fruit.
This eucalypt is grown in exposed locations and is suitable as a windbreak or shade tree.
Nundroo mallee is found along the south coast of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia and the south coast of South Australia. It is found from the east of Esperance to coastal areas of the western Eyre Peninsula.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus calcareana 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.
