Scientific Name: Eucalyptus barberi Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: barbers gum

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Myrtaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Shrubby mallee or sometimes a small tree. Leaves: Juvenile – elliptical with marked oil glands on a short petiole. Adult – lanceolate, green and glossy. Concolorous. Bark: Smooth copper to light grey, sheds in ribbons.

Height (m): 5 – 10

Flowers: 7-flowered umbels.

Fruit: Woody capsule – cup-shaped to cylindrical with a narrow disc slightly sunken; usually 3 valves.

Municipality
Break O’DayGlamorgan-Spring BayMeander ValleyNorthern Midlands
Plant Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Forms small stands in well-drained rocky situations in the east of the State. Confined to shallow soils on dolerite rock outcrops.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Rocky

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Fertile, Nutrient-poor, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

General Notes

An informal and ornamental small eucalypt for the smaller garden, easily kept small by minimal tip pruning. Graceful and very hardy. Being a mallee type tree it makes an excellent low windbreak. Bird attracting.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Collect capsules and store in paper bags until valves open to release seed.

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Seed Storage Life

More than 10 years dry stored in refrigerator at 3-5°C

Seed Treatment Notes

Suitable for direct seeding. Germinates readily.

Germination Time

6days – 3weeks

Cutting & Division Information

Impracticable