Eucalyptus crucis crucis

Description

Eucalyptus crucis, commonly known as the silver mallee, is a eucalypt that is native to Western Australia.The mallee typically grows to a height of 2 to 15 metres (7 to 49 ft) and has red-brown-grey minni ritchi type bark which curls and peels to expose lighter coloured bark underneath. It blooms between September and March producing white-cream flowers. The small tree with silvery coloured foliage and a multi-stemmed mallee habit. It grows to a width of 4 to 10 metres (13 to 33 ft).The inflorescences have a capsular disc with a very incurved rim. The adult leaves are rather thick, very shortly petiolate, from lanceolate to nearly ovoid and ovoid-lanceolate in shape.It is found in a area in the Goldfields-Esperance and Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy, clay or loam soils amongst granite outcrops.The tree is associated with sheoak (Allocasuarina), wattle (Acacia) and One-sided Bottlebrush (Calothamnus).It is frost and drought tolerant and is suitable for alkaline soils. Commonly used as a windbreak, street tree, decorative fruit, erosion control, honey producing plant and a bird nesting plant.