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Identification of some native trees

Posted by luke_thepd VIC Aust (My Page) on
Sat, Dec 23, 06 at 4:52

hi all .... i have some native trees on my property i wish to capture some seeds from and propagate for later use on my property. These are the trees

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manna gum???

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this is a wattle but what kind??

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE


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RE: Identification of some native trees

g'day luke,

me not much help but the top pics look casuarina/she oak to me and a 'she' she oak at that as opposed to a 'he' she oak.

try asking over at the free forums here they have an aussie plant section:

garden express

the seasons greeting to you.

len

Here is a link that might be useful: len's garden page


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RE: Identification of some native trees

The 'Wattle' looks more like a grevillea to me and the best I can do with the others is a casuarina (she-oak) or two, a few gum trees, perhaps a senna or cassia (the hanging seeds pods), and maybe a xanthostemon (panda) - the flower on right in photo 6 looks like that and the spiky remains of a flowers in 7 possibly the same without the stamens. As for propagation, well, I reckon it'll take you more research on the various subjects than just a note on this page.


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RE: Identification of some native trees

  • Posted by gonow NSW AUST (My Page) on
    Fri, Dec 29, 06 at 4:50

C'mon Victorians how about some local knowledge.
The first is an an allocasuarina can't tell which one, if it was in Sydney I might guess at littoralis. The euc looks a lot like lehmanii [WA]. the wattle is one of the green wattles, which I don't know.


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RE: Identification of some native trees

The two most common Allocasurinas in Victoria, or at least around Melbourne, are:
Allocasurina vertcillata
Allocasurina littoralis

The former has very long drooping needles and is aptly named Drooping Sheoak.

The latter has shorter needles that generally stick straight up. Black Sheoak.

The sheoak in the photo looks like it might be littoralis.

The wattle tree will be either Acacia dealbata / Silver Wattle or Acacia mearnsii / Black Wattle.

The leaves consist of a main stem with smaller stems branching off, with each smaller stem being lined with leaflets. Look at the top surface of the main stem and you should see raised circular glands. If they are evenly spaced it is Acacia dealbata. If they are scattered haphazardly along the stem then it is Acacia mearnsii.


All of the Melbournian Eucalypts have white or creamy flowers and the one in the photo appears to have yellow flowers. So it is not a local if you are in the Melbourne region. It in fact looks like a Western Australian species, whose name escapes me, that is commonly planted in parks and gardens around Melbourne.


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RE: Identification of some native trees

So far so good I think.
As for the Eucalypt, I would go for E. macrandra, one of the WA yates.


 
 

 

 


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