Mallet (habit)

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A mallet is a is small-tree form of Eucalyptus found in Western Australia.

Unlike the mallee, it is single-stemmed and lacks a lignotuber. Trees of this form have a slender trunk, steeply-angled branches and sometimes form thickets.

Mallet species include:

• Brown Mallet (Eucalyptus astringens)
• Blue Mallet, Blue-leaved Mallet , Gardners Mallet ( Eucalyptus gardneri)
• Green Mallet (Eucalyptus clivicola)
• Newbeys Mallet ( Eucalyptus newbeyi)
• Salt River Mallet, Sargents Mallet ( Eucalyptus sargentii)
• Silver Mallet (Eucalyptus falcata or Eucalyptus ornata)
• Steedmans Mallet ( Eucalyptus steedmanii)
• Swamp Mallet ( Eucalyptus spathulata)
• White Mallet ( Eucalyptus falcata or Eucalyptus spathulata)

[edit] See also

• Mallee (habit)
• Marlock

[edit] References

• Habit of Eucalypts. Euclid. Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
• Debenham, C. (1971). The Language of Botany. Chipping Norton, NSW, Australia: Society for Growing Australian Plants. ISBN 0909830010.