Mallet (habit)
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A mallet is a is small-tree form of Eucalyptus
found in Western Australia
.
Unlike the mallee
, it is single-stemmed and lacks a lignotuber
.
Trees of this form have a slender trunk, steeply-angled branches and sometimes form thickets. The mallet does not produce lignotuber
s and has a relatively long trunk, a steeply branching habit and often a conspicuously dense terminal crown.
Mallet species include:
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...
found in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
.
Unlike the mallee
Mallee (habit)
Mallee is the growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, usually to a height of no more than ten metres...
, it is single-stemmed and lacks a lignotuber
Lignotuber
A lignotuber is a starchy swelling of the root crown possessed by some plants as a protection against destruction of the plant stem by fire. The crown contains buds from which new stems may sprout, and a sufficient store of nutrients to support a period of growth in the absence of...
.
Trees of this form have a slender trunk, steeply-angled branches and sometimes form thickets. The mallet does not produce lignotuber
Lignotuber
A lignotuber is a starchy swelling of the root crown possessed by some plants as a protection against destruction of the plant stem by fire. The crown contains buds from which new stems may sprout, and a sufficient store of nutrients to support a period of growth in the absence of...
s and has a relatively long trunk, a steeply branching habit and often a conspicuously dense terminal crown.
Mallet species include:
- Brown Mallet (Eucalyptus astringens)
- Blue Mallet, Blue-leaved Mallet , Gardners Mallet ( Eucalyptus gardneri)
- Green Mallet (Eucalyptus clivicola)
- Newbeys Mallet ( Eucalyptus newbeyi)
- Salt River Mallet, Sargents Mallet ( Eucalyptus sargentii)
- Silver Mallet (Eucalyptus falcata or Eucalyptus ornata)
- Steedmans Mallet ( Eucalyptus steedmanii)
- Swamp Mallet ( Eucalyptus spathulata)
- White Mallet ( Eucalyptus falcata or Eucalyptus spathulata)