RUTACEAE

Mountain Correa

 

10.0m (1000cm) 

Terminal or axillary flowers, greenish yellow, 1-3 together on short stalks usually drooping. 

Nutlets 

Slender shrub 1-4 metres or small tree to 10 metres; very variable 

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar 

Rainforest; Wet Eucalypt Forest 

Widespread and frequent, from sea level to mountains; local in understorey of woodland and forest and more common higher up the mountain. 

Moist; Rocky; Shady 

Hardy 

Clay; Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained 

An excellent plant for bird habitat; honeyeaters especially seek it for food and shelter. Withstands extended wet periods. Form from the east coast and Asbestos Range has reddish stems. Not suitable below powerlines. 

Collect seed-bearing capsules when flowers wither; fruit 'explodes' when ripe, ejecting seed, so close monitoring required. bagging recommended. dry out material in paper bag and sieve to extract seed 

Leaching 

 

 

Difficult to propagate from seeds; seeds contain a chemical inhibitor and need to be leached in running water for several weeks. Germination may be improved by covering seed box with twigs and leaves 2-3 cm deep and setting fire to the litter, raising temp of soil surface to 93o C. 

 

No 

 

 

No 

May be easily propagated from cuttings taken with heels in spring or autumn. Treatment with rooting hormones '500 IBA' or '500 NAA' improves strike rate. Material should be suitable for cuttings if it springs back into position when stem is bent at right angles. If it breaks or stays bent it is unsuitable.