Grey Box

Grey Box

Grey Box

Eucalyptus microcarpa

 Mostly found on inland slopes to plains.  

Details Description
Type
Tree
Group
Eucalypt
Identifying Characteristics

Medium-sized tree, 10-25 m tall. Long ascending branches forming a fairly large crown. Adult leaves are tapered at each end, but broad through the middle, 9-15 cm long and 1-2.5 cm wide, glossy green or grey-green in colour. Juvenile leaves are narrow or oval in shape. Four to eight buds per cluster, with conical caps, 3-5 mm long often with ridges and bent tips. Flowers February-July. Fruit is variable, 3-5 mm wide.
Distinctive Features

Bark is grey and scaly on trunk and large branches. Bark is pale, smooth and ribbony on smaller branches.
Life Form Group
Tree
Life Form Codes
Understorey Tree or Large Shrub (T)
EVC types
EVC 175: Grassy Woodland
EVC 803: Plains Woodland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Eucalyptus
Species
microcarpa
Grey Box
Occurs in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.