Eucalyptus eremophila
Sand mallet · also Tall sand mallee, Sand mallee, Eastern Goldfields horned mallee
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Eucalyptus eremophila, also known as sand mallet, is a smaller evergreen Eucalyptus species endemic to semi-arid Western Australia. It features smooth pale brown and greyish bark, narrow lance-shaped leaves, and showy yellow flowers in winter and spring. This drought-adapted tree has a modest height, rounded shape, and dense canopy, making it suitable as an ornamental or shade tree in small gardens, attracting nectar-eating birds and insects.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 180.01%—3.8 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Multi-trunk
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Acidic
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.8 in, mean 4.3 in, 90th percentile 5.6 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
- Western Australian Mulga shrublands
Other Eucalyptus in the catalogue
57 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
