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title: Silver Peppermint
date: 2024-02-14T14:19:00+11:00
author: Private Forests Tasmania
canonical_url: "https://pft.tas.gov.au/tree-species/silver-peppermint"
section: Tree Species
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#  Silver Peppermint 

 

 

 

 

 

 ![Silver Peppermint 2](https://pft.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/Tree-Species/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/105659/Silver-Peppermint-2.webp) 

## Scientific Name

Eucalyptus Tenuiramis

## Family Name

MYRTACEAE

## Common Name

Silver Peppermint

 

 

### General Information

 

  Height 9.0m - 25.0m (900-2500cm)   Flowers Umbels with 7-23 flowers.   Fruit Woody capsule   Form Trees sometimes with pendulous branches.   Municipalities Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman   Communities Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland   Habitat Notes Tas. endemic. Occurs mostly on mudstone, uncommon on sandstone, dolerite and granite. Abundant in the south and south-east from sea level to c500m.   Site Tolerance Dry; Rocky; Windy   Soil Tolerance Loam; Poor; Well-drained   General Notes Some forms are very ornamental with a graceful open crown and haing thin branches pendulous to ground level almost like a weeping willow. The leaves are silvery. Not suitable below powerlines.   

 

### Propagation Details

Flowering MonthsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSeed Collecting MonthsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSowing MonthsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecCutting MonthsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 

 

 

### Seed Information

 

  Seed Collection Collect capsules and store in paper bags until valves open to release seed   Seed Treatment Method Standard   Seed Storage Life 10 years @ 4oC   Seed Treatment Notes 6-8 weeks to pricking out.   Germination Time 2- 4 weeks   Suitable For Direct Seeding Yes   

 

### Cuttings

 

  Propagation By Division No