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About the Catchment Area : Flora


Plants of a Grey Box Woodland - Tree Layer

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Drooping Sheoak
Allocasuarina verticillata
Weeping needle-like branchlets, small cones on female tree, flowers Autumn and Winter
Golden Wattle
Acacia pycnantha
Blackish trunk, large leathery leaves, flowers Winter and Spring
Grey Box
Eucalyptus microcarpa
Locally dominant canopy species, trunks have thick grey-brown bark, small narrow fruit, flowers Autumn and Winter
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River Red Gum
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Prefers wet areas, smooth bark, small fruit with outward opening star, flowers in Spring and Summer
South Australian Blue Gum
Eucalyptus leucoxylon
Smooth bark, medium sized bell-shaped fruit, flowers Autumn to Spring
Native Cherry
Exocarpos cupressiformis
Looks similar to small pine tree, small red edible fruits in Summer, flowers Spring through to Winter
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Sticky Hop-bush
Dodonaea viscosa
Sticky leaves, pink or red flowers feel like paper, flowers in Spring to early Summer
Sweet Bursaria
Bursaria spinosa
Dark olive-green leaves, seed pods shaped like a purse, strongly perfumed flower in pyramid-shaped groups in early Summer

 

See also

^Plants of a Grey Box Woodland - Shrub layer

^Plants of a Grey Box Woodland - Tree layer

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