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large gumtree

white fluffball flowers and serated leaves
Callicoma Serratifolia
Whites Creek, 16 October 2008

Local Provenance Plant Species for Sydney's Inner West

During the 18th and 19th Centuries, forestry and farming eliminated the Turpentine-Ironbark Forests of the Inner West. The Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery collects seeds and cuttings from the closest remaining bushland, to propagate and reintroduce species that would have been endemic (indigenous or local provenance) to the area.

These plants have demonstrated how well they have adapted to the extreme wet and dry weater in Sydney between 1998 and 2008. As you walk around Annandale's public spaces you may now notice: Acacia Pods | Seed Pods | Purple, Mauve, Pink Flowers | White and Cream Flowers | Green Flowers | Fungi | Banksia Marginata.

The reference list of Local Provenance Species, for the Inner West, has been expanded from a list compiled by Catherine Rowland to help reintroduce indigenous species into Sydney's Inner West: Large Trees (> 5m) | Small Trees (< 5m) | Shrubs (0.5 to 2m) | Grasses | Climbers | Herbs | Estuarine | Ferns | References | Bookshop

The Rozelle Bay Nursery does not sell plants and it is difficult to source local provenance plants. However, you can buy them from specialist nurseries including: Cornucopia Nursery, Marrickville Community Nursery and Strathfield Council Native Nursery.

Large Trees (> 5m)

Latin NameCommon NameFamilyHeightUsesFlower Type
See also: Large Trees (> 5m)-2 Flowering, Soil, Water &Light Requirements and Propagation Methods
Acacia decurrensSydney Green WattleMimosaceae16globular bright yellow
Acacia implexaHickory WattleMimosaceae12screencream
Acacia longifoliaSydney Golden WattleMimosaceae6screen sheltermany yellow
Acacia parramattensisSydney Black Wattle; Parramatta Green WattleMimosaceae5shelteryellow
Acmena smithiiLillypillyMyrtaceae10screen; birdsmany white &pink
Angophora costataSydney Red GumMyrtaceae12avenuemany cream
Angophora floribundaRough-barked AppleMyrtaceae20
Banksia serrataOld Man BanksiaProteaceae6birds; avenuelarge yellow &grey
Callicoma serratifoliaBlack WattleCunoniaceae6possumscreamy yellow
Casuarina glaucaShe-oakCasuarinaceae20
Casuarina littoralisBlack She-oakCasurinaceae8container; sheltersmall red
Casuarina torulosaForest She-oakCasurinaceae10container; sheltersmall brown
Eucalyptus aemeniodesWhite MahoganyMyrtaceae20avenuemany cream
Eucalyptus crebraNarrow Leaf Red IronbarkMyrtaceae20sheltercream
Eucalyptus fibrosaBroad-leafed IronbarkMyrtaceae15avenuemany cream
Eucalyptus globoideaWhite StringybarkMyrtaceae30avenuecream
Eucalyptus gummifera (Corymbia gummifera)Red BloodwoodMyrtaceae12avenue; sheltermany cream
Eucalyptus haemastomaScribbly GumMyrtaceae15
Eucalyptus longifoliaWoollybuttMyrtaceae12cream
Eucalyptus notabilisBlue Mountains MahoganyMyrtaceae20cream
Eucalyptus paniculataGrey IronbarkMyrtaceae30avenue; sheltermany cream
Eucalyptus pilularisBlackbuttMyrtaceae30sheltermany cream
Eucalyptus piperitaSydney PeppermintMyrtaceae10sheltercream
Eucalyptus punctataGrey or Slaty GumMyrtaceae15sheltermany cream
Eucalyptus racemosaSnappy GumMyrtaceae16sheltercream
Eucalyptus resiniferaRed MahoganyMyrtaceae20avenuemany cream
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp MahoganyMyrtaceae30
Ficus macrophyllaMoreton Bay FigMoraceae30-50small green
Ficus rubiginosaPort Jackson or Rusty FigMoraceae15birds. containersmall green
Glochidion ferdinandiCheese TreeEuphorbiaceae12small unisexual
Livistona australisCabbage Tree PalmArecaceae15yellow cream panicles
Melaleuca decoraWhite Feather HoneymyrtleMyrtaceae20
Melaleuca nodosaBall HoneymyrtleMyrtaceae6
Melaleuca linearifoliaSnow in SummerMyrtaceae8birds; avenue; screenmany white
Melaleuca styphelioidesPrickle-leafed PaperbarkMyrtaceae10birds screen avenuemany cream
Notolaea longifoliaMock OliveOleaceae8screen; containersmall yellow
Syncarpia glomuliferaTurpentineMyrtaceae20shelter; avenuemany cream
Tristaniopsis laurinaWater GumMyrtaceae10yellow