Eucalyptus globoidea (White Stringybark)
Natural Range – Central NSW and Coastal Victoria/NSW
E. globoidea occupies much of the same coastal range as E. bosistoana along eastern Victoria and southern NSW. It is a medium sized stringybark, being tall and straight stemmed, with an open rounded crown.
The mean annual rainfall is 650-1400 mm per year. It will grow on a wide range of soils
including sand, gravelly loams and clays. It can survive periods of drought and up to 40 frosts per year
E. globoidea produces a class 2 durable hardwood with densities around 900 kg/m3 in mature trees. There are small mature plantings of E. globoidea throughout the North Island,
Marlborough and a well known stand at Banks Peninsula. Northern South Island and NZ plantation material is reported to have sawn well with densities ranging from 527 to 623 kg/m3 with MOEs of around 14 GPA.
There is a small breeding programme in NSW, so some selected provenances maybe
purchased, although Proseed plan wild collections from within NSW and Victoria. There are also a reasonable number of mature stands of E. globoidea planted in New Zealand and the NZDFI plans to seek landowner support for the collection of seed from NZ stands for inclusion in the trials
for this species.
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