Scientific Name: Eucalyptus gunnii subsp. gunnii Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: cider gum

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Myrtaceae

Form Description: Small to medium woodland tree, often with obvious forked branches, and small, rounded, bluish-green, stalkless leaves which occur in opposite pairs along the stem. Leaves: Juvenile – round with an indented apex and a heart-shaped base, glaucous blue. Adult – lanceolate to ovate, green to glaucous. Concolorous. Bark: Rough and scaly at the base but smooth pinkish-grey above.

Height (m): 12 – 30

Flowers: Flowers are stalkless, in clusters of 3 and are borne in the axils.

Fruit: Woody capsules – slightly bent at the tip like a hook with waxy bloom; capsule glaucous, 7-9mm long.

Municipality
Central Highlands
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationDry Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Restricted to poorly drained frost hollows in open woodland around the Great Lake region, Central Plateau over 800m above sea level.

Site Tolerance

Rocky

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Highly frost tolerant.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

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

Seed Treatment Method

Cold Some species require exposure to cold before they germinate. These species are best sown in early winter and left to germinate in a shade house.

Seed Storage Life

3 years

Seed Treatment Notes

Stratification at 3-5°C for 3-10 weeks. Surface sow or cover lightly, as requires light for germination.

Germination Time

2-4 weeks