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Scientific Name
Cyathodes glauca
Family Name
EPACRIDACEAE
Common Name
Cheeseberry
Status
Height
0.6m - 10.0m (60-1000cm)
Flowers
White tubular flowers in clusters among the leaves at the ends of branches.
Fruit
Berries or drupes
Form
Shrub or small tree
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; 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
Montane Vegetation; Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes
Tas. endemic. Widespread and abundant on wet hillsides and mountain foothills, reaching an altitude of 1100m. Usually a straggling shrub but sometimes (on the west coast) a small tree up to 10m high.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained
General Notes
Susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Not suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
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
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Red, pink or purple (rarely white) rounded and somewhat flattened drupe. masticate seed , leave on a hot window sill or store in paper bags and then remove dried seed case
Seed Treatment Method
Fermentation
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Fruit is present for much of the year. Difficult to propagate from seed collected from plants. Seeds are said to germinate better after passage through a bird's intestine.
Germination Time
May take 1-3 years
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
Cuttings are difficult. Excessive care must be taken in handling the typically fine roots of epacrids.
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