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title: Stringybark
date: 2024-02-14T10:00:00+11:00
author: Private Forests Tasmania
canonical_url: "https://pft.tas.gov.au/tree-species/stringybark"
section: Tree Species
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2. Stringybark
 

#  Stringybark 

 

 

 

 

 

 ![Eucalyptus Obliqua](https://pft.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/Tree-Species/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/105897/Eucalyptus-Obliqua.webp) 

## Scientific Name

Eucalyptus Obliqua

## Family Name

MYRTACEAE

## Common Name

Stringybark

 

 

### General Information

 

  Height 15.0m - 90.0m (1500-9000cm)   Flowers Umbels with 7-16 flowers, profuse, white-cream/   Fruit Woody capsule   Form Tall straight tree with a dense crown.   Municipalities Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar   Communities Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Wet Eucalypt Forest   Habitat Notes Grows on deep soils with good drainage from sea level to c.600m. Is absent from poorly drained sites, dry sites and highly infertile soils.Generally frost and drought resistant, but this is strongly related to provenance.   Site Tolerance Dry; Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Windy   Soil Tolerance Clay; Fertile; Loam; Poor; Sandy; Well-drained   General Notes One of the most important hardwoods; used for pulp production and for a wide range of construction and manufacturing purposes. Useful in providing high-level shelter (up to 50m) in windbreaks. Its dense foliage provides useful shade. Suitable for planting for the commercial production of sawlogs. Also a possible hardwood pulp species. Large quantities of cream-coloured pollen is yielded producing a mild flavoured honey. Nectar feeding birds are attracted to the blossom and rosellas are attracted to the capsules and seed. The blossom provides food (pollen) for many native insects, which in turn attract insect-eating birds. The seed and fruit are eaten by some native birds. The leaves are used for dyes.Koori (mainland) use: Fibre from inner bark used to make coarse string for bags and fishing nets. Outer bark for tinder. 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 can be collected at most times of the year as seed-bearing capsules are retained on the tree for a long time.separate seed by sieving   Seed Treatment Method Standard   Seed Storage Life > 10 years\*   Viable Seeds Per Gram 85   Seed Treatment Notes 6-8 weeks to pricking out. Seed germinates best at 21oC. Seedling may not survive in a sterile potting mix. Problems can be overcome by adding local soil or leaf litter.Smoke treatment may improve germination \*Dry stored in refrigerator at 3-5oC.   Germination Time 2-4 weeks   Suitable For Direct Seeding Yes   

 

### Cuttings

 

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