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White's Ironbark

Eucalyptus whitei

White's Ironbark
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

White's ironbark is a eucalypt tree native to central and northern Queensland, growing up to about 15 m with dark, rough ironbark. It is a drought-tolerant tree grown in dry, sunny conditions, typically in open landscapes rather than as a common houseplant.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young trees regularly until established, then rely mostly on rainfall, with deep watering during long dry spells.
Soil
Well-drained soil; tolerates poor, dry soils.
Temperature
Suited to warm, seasonally dry tropical climates; protect young plants from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Eucalyptus whitei, commonly known as White's ironbark, is a eucalypt that is native to Queensland.

Where it grows

The tree has a scattered distribution and is endemic to central and northern parts of Queensland from around Jericho in the south extending to the north-west to around Hughenden with another disjunct population in the Newcastle Range that is further to the north and is also found on the Windsor Tableland.

Other Eucalyptus plants

Eucalyptus abdita · Badgingarra Box · Wattle Leaved Peppermint · Powder Bark Wandoo · Woolbernup Mallee · White-mahogany · Lakefield Coolibah · Wellstead Mallee · Eucalyptus aenea · Welcome Hill Gum · Blue-leaf stringybark · Black Gum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus whitei 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.

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