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 implexa
Lightwood       * 8-10 x 5         * * * *   *   * Firewood, shelter, shade for dry shallow soils
ACACIA mearnsii
Black Wattle     * * 10 x 5           * * *   *   * Firewood, attracts insect predators, gliders
ACACIA pycnantha
Golden Wattle       * 5 x 4         * * * *   *   * Pioneer species, Australian floral emblem
ALLOCASUARINA littoralis

Black She Oak     * * 7 x 5           * * *   * * * Corky bark, wind whistler, suckers, beaut wood grain
ALLOCASUARINA verticillata

Drooping She Oak *     * 6-10 x 5       ** * * * *   * * * Firewood, wind whistler, weeping habit, tough, beaut wood
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 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
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 occidentalis

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

Sydney Blue Gum         25 x 15         *             * Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood
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
PLAINS
ALL PLANTS TREES MIDSTOREY UNDERSTOREY CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD EROSION & SALINITY BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION SHELTER & WINDBREAK USEFUL /
EDIBLE


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