Plant lists - Plains - Agroforestry & Firewood

PLAINS

ALL PLANTS	TREES	MIDSTOREY	UNDERSTOREY	CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS
AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD	EROSION & SALINITY	BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION	SHELTER & WINDBREAK	USEFUL / EDIBLE

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 implexa

Lightwood

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8-10 x 5

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Firewood, shelter, shade for dry shallow soils

ACACIA mearnsii

Black Wattle

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10 x 5

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Firewood, attracts insect predators, gliders

ACACIA pycnantha

Golden Wattle

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5 x 4

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Pioneer species, Australian floral emblem

ALLOCASUARINA littoralis

Black She Oak

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7 x 5

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Corky bark, wind whistler, suckers, beaut wood grain

ALLOCASUARINA verticillata

Drooping She Oak

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6-10 x 5

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Firewood, wind whistler, weeping habit, tough, beaut wood

CORYMBIA maculata

Spotted Gum

20 x 10

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Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood

CORYMBIA citriadora

Lemon Scented Gum

8-15 x 6

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White bark to ground, scented lvs, frost tender when young

EUCALYPTUS camaldulensis

River Red Gum

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20 x 18

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Iconic river edge beauty. Loves it wet and a bit salty

EUCALYPTUS cladocalyx

Tall Sugar Gum

20 x 10

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Agroforestry and firewood, coppices well, honey

EUCALYPTUS leucoxylon connata

Surf Coast Yellow Gum

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20 x 10

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Lovely, tough shade tree with drooping yellow flowers, smooth bark

EUCALYPTUS leucoxylon rosea

Red Flowering Yellow Gum

10-15 x 8

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Lovely drooping red flowers in winter, smooth bark

EUCALYPTUS melliadora

Yellow Box

15 x 10

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Firewood, honey, tough tree for the plains

EUCALYPTUS occidentalis

Swamp Yate

10 x 8

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W.A. tree growing well in local salt discharge

EUCALYPTUS pauciflora

Snow Gum

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8-10 x 6

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White bark to ground, a few remnants in E otway region

EUCALYPTUS polyanthemos

Red Box

10-15 x 8

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Bluish leaves, nice flowers, firewood, plains expert

EUCALYPTUS saligna

Sydney Blue Gum

25 x 15

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Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood

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

PLAINS

CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS

AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD

EROSION & SALINITY

BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION

SHELTER & WINDBREAK

USEFUL /
EDIBLE

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