Mallet (habit)

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. The mallet does not produce lignotubers and has a relatively long trunk, a steeply branching habit and often a conspicuously dense terminal crown.

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)

See also

• Mallee (habit)
• Marlock

References

• "Habit of Eucalypts". Euclid. Australian National Botanic Gardens. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/Euclid/sample/html/habit.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-12. 
• Debenham, C. (1971). The Language of Botany. Chipping Norton, NSW, Australia: Society for Growing Australian Plants. ISBN 0909830010.