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Scientific Name
Exocarpos strictus
Family Name
SANTALACEAE
Common Name
Dwarf Cherry; Pale-fruit Ballart
Status
Height
1.0m - 2.5m (100-250cm)
Flowers
Flowers small or minute, in small axillary clusters of 2-4 together.
Fruit
Nuts
Form
Large, upright or spreading shrub with many vertical branches; leaves reduced to minute scales.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Coastal Vegetation; Heath; Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes
Found on a wide variety of climatic and soil conditions, including in wet forests, on the coast, subalpine and inland regions. Also is widespread but occasional in dry heath.
Site Tolerance
Dry; Moist; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Clay; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Some growers recommend seedlings be planted out where Casuarinaceae, Fabaceae, Mimosaceaea, Myrtaceae, or Proteaceae family are growing. One successful method from seed is feeding to hens, extracting from droppings , and sowing with Themeda triandra (Kangaroo Grass). Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Oct
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Dec
Seed Collecting Months
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Oct
Nov
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Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
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Nov
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Cutting Months
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Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seed is contained in hard nuts that become green topurplish-black on maturity, attached to a succulent whitish to pale-purplish stalk. harvest fruits individually by hand
Seed Treatment Method
Standard
Seed Storage Life
Short
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Difficult to grow from seed. Seed has short viability period; use fresh seed. Because of the semi-parasitic root development, it may be advisable to provide a host from the potting-on stage. Small shrubs or native grasses may be suitable hosts.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
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Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
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Cutting Notes
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