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 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
coast ridge foothills plains size




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
coast ridge foothills plains htxw
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


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