Family:
Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus cinerea
Argyle Apple
Other Names:
First Nations Name(s):
Name Origin:
cinerea — meaning ashen, referring to leaf colour.
Regional Subspecies:
Occurrence:
Regional:
Tumut region.
Australia:
NSW.
Habitat:
Grassy or sclerophyll woodland, on shallow relatively infertile soils.
Habit:
Tree to 15 m high, with red-brown to grey-brown fibrous or stringy bark. Distinctive dull grey- green adult leaves.
Site Preference:
Poorer soils on lower slopes of hill country. Tolerates most frost. Drought resistant.
Characteristics:
Adaptable to most well-drained soils.
Seed Collection:
Monitoring required as seeds shed after maturity.
Propagation:
From seed (± 500 viable seeds per gram).
Regeneration:
Coppices after fire.
VALUES:
Shade & Shelter:
Useful medium-level cover in windbreaks.
Wildlife:
Attracts foliage-gleaning and scale-feeding birds such as thornbills and pardalotes. Flowers a food source for various insects. Insect-eating birds attracted. Favoured by treecreepers and sittellas. Fruits and seeds a food source for a range of native birds.
Timber:
Not valuable.
Ornamental:
Very attractive for gardens and parks, due to dense blue-grey foliage.
Other:
Silvery foliage used in floral industry.