Grey Box - native (Eucalyptus microcarpa)

Grey Box is very common and widespread in the goldfields forests and on the plains of central Victoria.

Recognise Grey Box from

• the buds and fruit
• the almost kite-shaped, stalked juvenile leaves
• the finely-fibrous, grey bark on the trunk
• the erect habit and typical y-shape of the main branches.
• the smooth uppermost branches.

Grey Box is most common on the alluvial flats and forest flats, often growing with Yellow Gum. Both of these two species have a similar growth habit - they are erect with usually Y-shaped branches.

1: Buds. 2: Fruit. 3: The prisoner tree in Goldsmith Crescent. Castlemaine.

5: Grey Box. Culcairn. 6: Sapling Grey Box. Crusoe Reservoir, Kangaroo Flat.

7: Firewood area. Wattle Flat. Most of the other trees were removed, leaving Grey Box. 8: Grey Box. Railway Track (at the tip turnoff), Maldon.

9: Juvenile leaves. 10. Copse. Lockwood Road, Maldon.

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