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Corymbia gummifera – Red Bloodwood

$3.50

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Description

Height
Tree 30m to 45m high

Aspect
Full sun

Soil
Abundant, in dry sclerophyll forest or woodland on low fertility sand or sandstone

Flowers
Flowers creamy white
late summer through early autumn

Tips
Nectar production attracts a range of both invertebrate and vertebrate fauna. Fruit (seed) eaten by cockatoos. Glider possums actively scar this tree’s trunk and branches to access the sap flow for food. Older trees develop hollow bearing branches which provide breeding and roosting opportunities