MYRTACEAE

Swamp Gum , Stringy Gum

 

100.0m (10000cm) 

Often 2 umbels together in an axil, each with 7-16 flowers. 

Woody capsule 

Tree with a shaft-like trunk which, in mature tees, is buttressed at the base. 

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

Wet Eucalypt Forest 

Found on well-drained sites with moderate ferility and high rainfall, usually in sheltered valleys in the south and central plateau but not on the west coast. 

Moist 

Tender 

Clay; Fertile; Loam; Well-drained 

Fast growing. The tallest known flowering plant in the world. An important source of timber marketed as 'Tasmanian Oak'; also used extensively as a raw material for newsprint pulp. Also suitable for firewood. Will not coppice after damage by fire or after felling. Not suitable below powerlines. 

Capsules, wiith relatively thin walls and usuallly 3 small valves. collect capsules and store in paper bags until valves open to release seed.produces a heavy seed crop every 4 years 

Cold 

10 years at 4oC 

181 

6-8 weeks to pricking out. Will germinate best after stratification at 3-5oC for 4 weeks. Although not as sucessful as stratification, treatment of seed with gibberallic acid or a 15 per cent solution of potassium nitrate for 48 hours can overcome the need for cold storage. 

2-4 weeks 

Yes 

 

 

No