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Scientific Name
Correa lawrenceana
Family Name
RUTACEAE
Common Name
Mountain Correa
Status
Height
10.0m (1000cm)
Flowers
Terminal or axillary flowers, greenish yellow, 1-3 together on short stalks usually drooping.
Fruit
Nutlets
Form
Slender shrub 1-4 metres or small tree to 10 metres; very variable
Municipalities
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
Communities
Rainforest; Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes
Widespread and frequent, from sea level to mountains; local in understorey of woodland and forest and more common higher up the mountain.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Rocky; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Clay; Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained
General Notes
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.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Feb
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
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
Seed Treatment Method
Leaching
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
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.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
No
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
No
Cutting Notes
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.
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