Key Benefits
 | Quite attractive bark |
| Perfumed foliage |
| Does well in salt affected areas |
Problem Solving Features
| Does well in poor soils |
| Low nutrient needs |
| Low maintenance |
| Hedges or windbreaks |
| Salt affected areas |
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Eucalyptus doratoxylon Spearwood mallee |
SUBGENUS SYMPHYOMYRTUS Section Bisectae Subsection Destitutae Series Decurvae |
Description: A small mallee 9-21 x 9-21' from West Australia. The bark is smooth, pinkish, gray-brown or white and powdery. The mature leaves are opposite, quite different from what you would normally find. From coastal and sub-coastal areas of West Australia. Eucalyptus doratoxylon (Greek dorato-, spear and xylon, wood, referring presumably to an Aboriginal use for the stems).
Culture: Sun, sand, sandy gravels soil, pH 5.5 to 6.4, annual rainfall minimum of 16 inches per year.
Uses: Ornamental, hedges or windbreaks, salt affected areas, perfumed foliage.
| Temperature Rating | USDA Zone 9 |
| Type | Small mallee 9-21', lignotuber |
| Flower Color | White to pale yellow |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Native | WA |
| Family | Myrtaceae |
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