OTHER
COMMON TREES
ROSEWOOD
(heterodendron oleifolium)
Found
throughout the Slopes and Plains. Rosewood varies from a scraggly
shrub to a medium tree. The leaves are greyish green, 4cm to 10cm
long. The flowers are small and fruits may be up to 1cm in diameter.
WHITEWOOD
(atalaya hemiglauca)
The
Whitewood has ashy leaves and scaly bark. It grows best on coarse
sands and clay loams.
WILD
ORANGE (caparis mitchelli)
A
small compact bright green tree. Wild Orange grows chiefly on clayey
loams. The leaves are rounded, from 2-5cm long.
WHITE
GUM (e rossii)
Also
known as Snappy Gum or Scribbly Gum. This gum is usually found
growing on granitic or sandy soils. The White (scribbly gum) is
striking tree with a large, smooth and ghost like trunk. It has
spreading branches with drooping branchlets. Ironbarks and bloodwoods
are unable to compete against it in native stands.
BLOODWOOD
(e trachyphloia)
This
tree occurs on sandy soil and dry ridges. Buds and foliage are green
or slightly ashy coloured.
NON
EUCALYPTS WITH TRUE LEAVES
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SMALL PALE GREEN TREE
Leaves narrow, 8-15 cm long. Fruit egg shaped. One shiny
black seed - WILGA (geijera pareviflora). Wilga is a very
palatable tree and when growing is grazed areas is neatly trimmed
underneath at sheep head height. It grows well on deep sandy soils.
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STOUT STEMMED TREE
Large dark green leaves. Seeds up to 8 cm long - KURRAJONG
(brachychiton populneum). This tree will grow in a large range
of areas from good well drained agricultural soil to the exposed edges
of cliffs. The foliage is highly palatable although the seeds are
poisonous. Despite severe lopping and pruning by graziers during
periods of drought, Kurrajongs recover well and thrive. They are often
found where there is a high level of calcium in the soil for example,
on limestone outcrops.
RADIATA
PINE - Pinus radiata
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