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Ehretia saligna R.Br.
False Cedar

Reference
Prodr. 497 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Weeping tree or shrub, 1-6 m high. Fl. white-cream/green, Mar to May or Aug to Nov. Alluvium, sandy & clayey soils. Coastal dunes, along drainage lines, rock outcrops, claypans.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 November 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Tanami Desert.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Wyndham-East Kimberley.