General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Strongly alkaline (8.5 – 9.0)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Red
Suitable Locations: Beach Front
Xeriscapic
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Erosion control
Shade Tree
Flowering Tree
Useful for timber production
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide darkness
Start indoors
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Monoecious
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Red Ironbark
  • Mugga
  • Mugga Ironbark
  • Black Ironbark

Photo Gallery
Location: Norwalk, CA
Date: 2020-01-14
The beautiful Red Ironbark bark.
Location: Norwalk, CA
Date: 2020-01-14
I found this tree, by chance, on a walk
Location: Norwalk, California
Date: 2020-01-14
Resin exudes into the bark then hardens making the bark very hard
Location: South Bella Vista Drive, Tucson, AZ
Date: 2024-09-13
Leaves of a Red Ironbark Eucalyptus tree
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Date: 2018-07-15
Nine year old Red Ironbark bark near the soil level.
Location: Tucson AZ
Date: 2018-07-15
Nine year old Red Ironbark Eucalyptus
Location: South Bella Vista Drive, Tucson, AZ
Date: 2022-10-08
The bark is starting to turn black, with no red fishures, on this

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