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Eucalyptus phaenophylla Brooker & Hopper
Common Southern Mallee

Reference
Nuytsia 8(1):76, Figs 36, 37, 38 (1991)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

(Mallee), 1-6 m high, bark smooth, occasionally with ribbons of bark near base. Fl. yellow-green/white, Jan to Mar or Sep or Nov. White, grey or yellow sand, gravel, laterite. Gently undulating terrain, sandplains, breakaways, ridges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Broomehill-Tambellup, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Katanning, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Three Springs, Wagin, Wickepin, Williams, Yilgarn.