Eucalyptus botryoides
Southern mahogany · also Bangalay, Woollybutt, Bastard mahogany
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Eucalyptus botryoides is a tall evergreen tree native to southeastern Australia, reaching up to 130 feet high with rough bark and bluish-green leaves. It produces fluffy, cream-white blooms in late summer and autumn. This species is tolerant of drought, poor soils, and coastal salt exposure, and can resprout after bushfire.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1480.10%—6.6 in
- 10.00%—4.0 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 40–130 ft
- Canopy spread
- 30–75 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Soil
- Sandy, Sandstone-based, Shale-based
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.6 in, mean 6.7 in, 90th percentile 9.4 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Eucalyptus in the catalogue
57 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
