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Eucalyptus sideroxylon (red ironbark)

Wikipedia Abstract

Eucalyptus sideroxylon, or mugga, red ironbark or mugga ironbark, is a small to medium-sized or occasionally tall tree. The bark is persistent on the trunk and large branches, hard and deeply furrowed, dark grey to black, with upper limbs smooth and whitish. Adult leaves are stalked, lanceolate to 14 x 1.8 cm, sub-glaucous or dull green. Flowers are white, pink, red or pale yellow from early autumn until mid-spring. Distribution is wide but sporadic: south-eastern Queensland, widespread on the western slopes and plains of New South Wales south into north-central Victoria.
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Infraspecies

Eucalyptus sideroxylon improcera
Eucalyptus sideroxylon sideroxylon
Eucalyptus sideroxylon var. rosea
Eucalyptus sideroxylon var. sideroxylon

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  None
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Carbon Capture [1]  Medium-Low
Shade Percentage [1]  83 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Medium-Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium-Low
Janka Hardness [3]  2920 lbf (1324 kgf) Very Hard
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Specific Gravity [5]  0.926
Structure [2]  Tree
Height [1]  48 feet (14.5 m)
Width [1]  43 feet (13 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 10 Low Temperature: 30 F° (-1.1 C°) → 40 F° (4.4 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate to Low

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Fergusobia tumifaciens[10]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 5Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 6Regent Honeyeater (Xanthomyza phrygia) Recovery Plan 1999 - 2003, Peter Menkhorst, Natasha Schedvin and David Geering, Australia Department of Natural Resources and Environment, May 1999
♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 8Food of some birds in eastern New South Wales: additions to Barker & Vestjens. Emu 93(3): 195–199
♦ 9Winter habitat use by the endangered, migratory Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) in New South Wales, Debra L. Saunders and Robert Heinsohn, Emu, 2008, 108, 81–89
♦ 10Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0