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Eucalyptus horistes L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill
Pointed-Bud Mallee

Reference
Fl.Australia 254-255, 509, Fig. 77I-J (1988)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

(Mallee) or tree, to 12 m high, bark rough, fibrous, fissured, grey on lower trunk, smooth grey-brown above; leaves grey-green. Fl. white-cream, Nov to Dec or Jan. Sandy loam, laterite. Sandplains, dunes, roadverges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 August 2003
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Central, Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coorow, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dundas, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Koorda, Laverton, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Sandstone, Three Springs, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.