Wandoo

Appearance & Uses

Eucalyptus Wandoo is an attractive medium-sized tree with smooth white bark. While relatively slow growing, it is drought tolerant, has excellent ornamental attributes and produces excellent honey. It is also considered moderately salt tolerant with potential for rehabilitation of saline soils. Eucalyptus Wandoo produces one of the toughest and most durable woods of any Eucalypt. In the past it was used for railway sleepers, poles, flooring and for heavy and light construction. The bark was also formerly harvested as a commercial source of tannin. Natural stands of this species are now valued for their watershed protection and in the past were a major source of honey.

Wandoo & Wildlife

Wandoo is an important tree for wildlife. Animals that inhabit hollows in standing wandoo trees include:

- Several bat species

- Rufous tree creepers

- Regent parrots

- Carnaby's Cockatoos

- Barn Owls

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Fallen logs on the ground provide homes for other animals including:

- Immature rufous tree creepers

- Brushtail possums. 

- Numbats.

- Chuditches.

- Echidnas. 

- Carpet pythons. 

- Gould's monitors. 

- Western bearded dragons. 

- Many other reptiles. 

The foliage and bark support a myriad of insects and invertebrates, making it a good habitat for insectivorous birds.

Source: Eucalyptus Wandoo Wikipedia