BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS)

TOLERANCES (SEE KEY)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

USED FOR

KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES

ACACIA dealbata

Silver Wattle

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6-10 x 5

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Firewood, showy flowers, fast grower but variable size with site.

ACACIA mearnsii

Black Wattle

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10 x 5

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Firewood, attracts insect predators, gliders

ACACIA melanoxylon

Blackwood

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8-20 x 7

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Furniture, shade, varied growth due to site, excellent all round tree

ALLOCASUARINA littoralis

Black She Oak

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7 x 5

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Corky bark, wind whistler, suckers, beaut wood grain

CASUARINA cunninghamiana

River She Oak

15 x 5

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Tall stately NSW tree, Agroforestry, best in deep soils

CASUARINA glauca

Swamp She Oak

8-12 x 6

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Tough tree for tough conditions, suckers when established

EUCALYPTUS aromaphloia

Apple Box, Scentbark

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15 x 10

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Great paddock tree for shelter, firewood, uncommon

EUCALYPTUS baxteri

Brown Stringybark

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10-15 x 8

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For sandy soils in heath country ain't pretty but tough

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS)

TOLERANCES (SEE KEY)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

USED FOR

KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES

EUCALYPTUS botryoides

Mahogany Gum

25 x 15

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Can get v. large crown. Dark fissured bark. Agroforestry

EUCALYPTUS brookerana

Brooker's Gum

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25 x 10

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Tall smooth bark swamp gum in higher rainfall areas

EUCALYPTUS cladocalyx

Tall Sugar Gum

20 x 10

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Agroforestry and firewood, coppices well, honey

EUCALYPTUS cypellocarpa

Mountain Grey Gum

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30 x 15

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Tall stately ridge tree, quick growing, Agroforestry

EUCALYPTUS globulus

Blue Gum

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30 x 15

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Local species, quick growing, honey, Agroforestry

CORYMBIA maculata

Spotted Gum

20 x 10

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Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood

EUCALYPTUS nitens

Shining Gum

50 x 20

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Agroforestry, quick grower, cream wood grain

EUCALYPTUS obliqua

Messmate

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25 x 10

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Stringybark. Firewood, quick grower, adaptable

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS)

TOLERANCES (SEE KEY)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

USED FOR

KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES

EUCALYPTUS obliqua-regnans

Otway Messmate

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50 x 20

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Agroforestry, top quality hybrid- Ash / Messmate

EUCALYPTUS ovata

Swamp Gum

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15 x 12

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Loves it wet but not salty, dense crown, exc windbreak

EUCALYPTUS radiata

Narrow Leaf Peppermint

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15 x 10

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Eucalyptus oil source, firewood, shade, nectar

EUCALYPTUS regnans

Mountain Ash

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60 x 30

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Agroforestry, world's tallest hardwood

EUCALYPTUS saligna

Sydney Blue Gum

25 x 15

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Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood

EUCALYPTUS viminalis

Manna Gum

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25 x 12

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Stately iconic Koala tree, can drop branches, quick grower

EUCALYPTUS yarraensis

Yarra Gum

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15 x 10

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East otway stately shade tree, rare, most conditions

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS)

TOLERANCES (SEE KEY)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

USED FOR

KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES

FOOTHILLS

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