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Eucalyptus recta
Also called Wongan Hills Silver Mallet
Eucalyptus recta, commonly known as silver mallet, Cadoux mallet or Mount Yule silver mallet, is a species of mallet or tree that is endemic to a small area in Western Australia. It has smooth silvery bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of nine or eleven, creamy white to pale yellow flowers and pendent, flattened spherical fruit.
Silver mallet grows in mallet woodland, although standing slightly above the surrounding vegetation. It is only known from the wheatbelt near Cadoux and the foothills of the Wongan Hills. It occurs on gravel rises and gravelly sands on slopes typical of mallet eucalypts and is associated with the blue mallet (E. gardneri) and salmon gum (Eucalyptus salmonophloia) in the Cadoux area, and with salmon gum near Wongan Hills. Its distribution is fragmented as much of its former range has been cleared for agriculture. The population is estimated to occupy a total area of 15.6 ha (39 acres) spread over an area of 360 km2 (140 sq mi).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus recta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
