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Eucalyptus oleosa Miq.
Giant Mallee

Reference
Ned.Kruidk.Arch. 4:127 (1859)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

(Mallee) or tree, to 11 m high, bark rough, fibrous & flaky on trunk, smooth above, grey. Fl. yellow, Nov to Dec. Sandy or loam soils, limestone. Sub-coastal regions, flats, plains, desert sandhills, gravl pits.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 August 2003
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Carlisle, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Hampton, Maralinga, Mardabilla, Nullarbor Plain, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Eucla, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Mukinbudin, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.