Corymbia tessellaris

Corymbia tessellaris, Moreton Bay Ash

Corymbia tessellaris
“Moreton Bay Ash”

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TREE 10 TO 30 METRES TALLBeautiful tree, smooth bark above & scaly rough bark on the lower trunk. Lovely white flowers attract lorikeets. Salt spray tolerant, suitable for seaside plantings. Good hard timber.

Suitability
Category	Tall Trees: 10m & Over
Family	Myrtaceae
Aspect	Full Sun
Soil	Adaptable
Habitat	Dry Sclerophyll Forest
Features
Bird Attracting, Black Cracking Soils Plants, Butterfly Plants, Clay Tolerant Species, Dry Tropics Native Plant Species, Flying Fox Food Plants, Glider Food Plants, Native Timber Trees, Salt Tolerant, Sandstone or Shale Area Plants, Seaside Plantings
Localities
Acacia Ridge, Algester, Bald Hills, Ballymore, Balmoral, Banyo, Beaudesert Shire, Belmont, Boondall, Capalaba West, Chapel Hill, Coorparoo, Dalby and surrounds, Eagle Farm, Eagle Junction, East Brisbane, Eight Mile Plains, Ekibin, Enoggera Catchment, Fitzgibbon, Fruitgrove, Greenslopes, Hamilton, Hendra, Holland Park, Kalinga, Kenmore, Kenmore Hills, Kuraby, Logan City, Lota, MacGregor, Manly, Manly West, Morningside, Mt Coot-tha, Norman Park, Northgate, Nudgee, Pine Rivers, Pinjarra Hills, Pinkenba, Pullenvale, Robertson, Rochedale, Runcorn, South Brisbane, South Stradbroke Island, St Lucia, Stones Corner, Sunny bank Hills, Sunnybank, Sunshine Coast district, Taigum, Tarragindi, The Gap, Toombul, Underwood, Upper Brisbane Valley - Dry Sclerophyll Forest, Upper Brisbane Valley - Water courses, Upper Brookfield, Upper Mt Gravatt, Wellers Hill, West End, Westlake, Windsor, Wishart, Wynnum, Zillmere
Nectar & Pollen Food source for Birds Below
Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys), Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta), Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), Fuscous Honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera), Musk lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna), New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala), Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia), Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta), Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata), Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor), The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus), White-throated Honeyeater (Melithreptus albogularis), Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops), Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)