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
coast ridge foothills plains size
ACACIA dealbata
Silver Wattle
*   * * 6-10 x 5 *     * * * * * *     * Firewood, showy flowers, fast grower but variable size with site.
CORYMBIA maculata

Spotted Gum         20 x 10 *       * *       *   * Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood
CORYMBIA citriadora
Lemon Scented Gum         8-15 x 6 *       * *       *     White bark to ground, scented lvs, frost tender when young
EUCALYPTUS aromaphloia

Apple Box, Scentbark     *   15 x 10           * *       * * Great paddock tree for shelter, firewood, uncommon
EUCALYPTUS baxteri

Brown Stringybark     *   10-15 x 8       *   *       *   * For sandy soils in heath country ain't pretty but tough
EUCALYPTUS botryoides

Mahogany Gum         25 x 15         * * *     *   * Can get v. large crown. Dark fissured bark. Agroforestry
EUCALYPTUS brookerana

Brooker's Gum   * *   25 x 10     *     *     *       Tall smooth bark swamp gum in higher rainfall areas
EUCALYPTUS camaldulensis

River Red Gum       * 20 x 18   * **   *   *   *   * * Iconic river edge beauty. Loves it wet and a bit salty
EUCALYPTUS cladocalyx

Tall Sugar Gum         20 x 10         * * *     *   * Agroforestry and firewood, coppices well, honey


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
coast ridge foothills plains size
EUCALYPTUS cypellocarpa

Mountain Grey Gum   * *   30 x 15       * * *           * Tall stately ridge tree, quick growing, Agroforestry
EUCALYPTUS globulus

Blue Gum *   *   30 x 15       *   *           * Local species, quick growing, honey, Agroforestry
EUCALYPTUS leucoxylon connata

Surf Coast Yellow Gum       * 20 x 10           * *       * * Lovely, tough shade tree with drooping yellow flowers, smooth bark
EUCALYPTUS leucoxylon rosea

Red Flowering Yellow Gum         10-15 x 8           * *       * * Lovely drooping red flowers in winter, smooth bark
EUCALYPTUS melliadora

Yellow Box         15 x 10         * * *     * * * Firewood, honey, tough tree for the plains
EUCALYPTUS nitens

Shining Gum         50 x 20         * * *         * Agroforestry, quick grower, cream wood grain
EUCALYPTUS obliqua

Messmate * * *   25 x 10       *   *   *       * Stringybark. Firewood, quick grower, adaptable
EUCALYPTUS obliqua-regnans

Otway Messmate   *     50 x 20         *       *     * Agroforestry, top quality hybrid- Ash / Messmate
EUCALYPTUS occidentalis

Swamp Yate         10 x 8   ** **   *   *           W.A. tree growing well in local salt discharge


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
coast ridge foothills plains size
EUCALYPTUS ovata

Swamp Gum *   * * 15 x 12     **   *       *   * * Loves it wet but not salty, dense crown, exc windbreak
EUCALYPTUS pauciflora

Snow Gum       * 8-10 x 6 *       * * *       * * White bark to ground, a few remnants in E otway region
EUCALYPTUS polyanthemos

Red Box         10-15 x 8           * *     * * * Bluish leaves, nice flowers, firewood, plains expert
EUCALYPTUS radiata

Narrow Leaf Peppermint     *   15 x 10           *   *     * * Eucalyptus oil source, firewood, shade, nectar
EUCALYPTUS regnans

Mountain Ash   *     60 x 30         *       *       Agroforestry, world's tallest hardwood
EUCALYPTUS saligna

Sydney Blue Gum         25 x 15         *             * Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood
EUCALYPTUS viminalis

Manna Gum * * * * 25 x 12       *   *         * * Stately iconic Koala tree, can drop branches, quick grower
EUCALYPTUS yarraensis

Yarra Gum     * * 15 x 10     *   * * *   *   * * 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
coast ridge foothills plains size
COASTAL GARDEN & LANDSCAPES
ALL PLANTS TREES MIDSTOREY UNDERSTOREY CLIMBERS HEDGES GROUNDCOVERS ATTRACTIVE FOLIAGE/FLOWERS BIRD ATTRACTING SEPTIC FILTERING WATERWISE FIREWISE LANDSCAPING


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