Yellow Box

Yellow Box

Yellow Box

Eucalyptus melliodora


Common in woodlands and open forests of foothills to tableland country.


Details Description
Type
Tree
Group
Eucalypt
Identifying Characteristics

Medium-sized tree, 12-30 m tall. Adult leaves are dull grey-green, thin and rather small, 6-12 cm long and 12-25 mm wide. Veins are faint. Juvenile leaves are elliptic and grey-green. Buds are in clusters of 3-7. Cap is short. Flowers September-February. Fruit is egg-shaped, 5-7 mm in diameter, with closed valves.

Distinctive Features

Bark is grey-brown, rough and scaly, becoming dark with age. Upper trunk to limbs are smooth and pale.

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
melliodora
Yellow Box
Occurs in Victoria, 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.