- Mallet (habit)
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A mallet is a is small-tree form of Eucalyptus found in Western Australia.
Unlike the mallee, it is single-stemmed and lacks a lignotuber. Trees of this form have a slender trunk, steeply-angled branches and sometimes form thickets. The mallet does not produce lignotubers and has a relatively long trunk, a steeply branching habit and often a conspicuously dense terminal crown.
Mallet species include:
- Brown Mallet (Eucalyptus astringens)
- Blue Mallet, Blue-leaved Mallet , Gardners Mallet ( Eucalyptus gardneri)
- Green Mallet (Eucalyptus clivicola)
- Newbeys Mallet ( Eucalyptus newbeyi)
- Salt River Mallet, Sargents Mallet ( Eucalyptus sargentii)
- Silver Mallet (Eucalyptus falcata or Eucalyptus ornata)
- Steedmans Mallet ( Eucalyptus steedmanii)
- Swamp Mallet ( Eucalyptus spathulata)
- White Mallet ( Eucalyptus falcata or Eucalyptus spathulata)
See also
References
- "Habit of Eucalypts". Euclid. Australian National Botanic Gardens. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/Euclid/sample/html/habit.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
- Debenham, C. (1971). The Language of Botany. Chipping Norton, NSW, Australia: Society for Growing Australian Plants. ISBN 0909830010.
Categories:- Plant morphology
- Flora of Western Australia
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