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 |
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EUCALYPTUS brookerana |
Brooker's Gum | * | * | 25 x 10 | * | * | * | Tall smooth bark swamp gum in higher rainfall areas |
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 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 regnans |
Mountain Ash | * | 60 x 30 | * | * | Agroforestry, world's tallest hardwood |
EUCALYPTUS viminalis |
Manna Gum | * | * | * | * | 25 x 12 | * | * | * | * | Stately iconic Koala tree, can drop branches, quick grower |
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 |
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BOTANICAL NAME |
COMMON NAME |
LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS) |
SOILS ETC | TOLERANCES (SEE KEY) |
USED FOR | KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES |
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NOTHOFAGUS cunninghamii |
Myrtle Beech | * | 20 x 10 | * | B | The Otway rainforest tree, Spring / Autumn colours |
RIDGE |
ALL PLANTS | TREES | MIDSTOREY | UNDERSTOREY | CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS | AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD | EROSION & SALINITY | BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION | SHELTER & WINDBREAK | USEFUL / EDIBLE |