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 dealbata

Silver Wattle

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6-10 x 5

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Firewood, showy flowers, fast grower but variable size with site.

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 aromaphloia

Apple Box, Scentbark

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15 x 10

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Great paddock tree for shelter, firewood, uncommon

EUCALYPTUS baxteri

Brown Stringybark

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10-15 x 8

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For sandy soils in heath country ain't pretty but tough

EUCALYPTUS botryoides

Mahogany Gum

25 x 15

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Can get v. large crown. Dark fissured bark. Agroforestry

EUCALYPTUS brookerana

Brooker's Gum

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25 x 10

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Tall smooth bark swamp gum in higher rainfall areas

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

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

EUCALYPTUS cypellocarpa

Mountain Grey Gum

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30 x 15

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Tall stately ridge tree, quick growing, Agroforestry

EUCALYPTUS globulus

Blue Gum

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30 x 15

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Local species, quick growing, honey, Agroforestry

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 nitens

Shining Gum

50 x 20

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Agroforestry, quick grower, cream wood grain

EUCALYPTUS obliqua

Messmate

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25 x 10

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Stringybark. Firewood, quick grower, adaptable

EUCALYPTUS obliqua-regnans

Otway Messmate

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50 x 20

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Agroforestry, top quality hybrid- Ash / Messmate

EUCALYPTUS occidentalis

Swamp Yate

10 x 8

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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

EUCALYPTUS ovata

Swamp Gum

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15 x 12

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Loves it wet but not salty, dense crown, exc windbreak

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 radiata

Narrow Leaf Peppermint

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15 x 10

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Eucalyptus oil source, firewood, shade, nectar

EUCALYPTUS regnans

Mountain Ash

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60 x 30

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Agroforestry, world's tallest hardwood

EUCALYPTUS saligna

Sydney Blue Gum

25 x 15

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Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood

EUCALYPTUS viminalis

Manna Gum

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25 x 12

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Stately iconic Koala tree, can drop branches, quick grower

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

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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