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Established 1998
Established 1998
Elaeocarpus reticulatis (Blueberry Ash)
Photographer: Marghanita da Cruz, 28 October 2006
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.
Small Trees (< 5m) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latin Name | Common Name | Family | Height | Uses | Flower Type |
| See also: Flowering Months, Soil, Water & Light Requirements, Propagation Methods for these Small Trees | |||||
| Acacia falcata | Sickle Wattle | Mimosaceae | 3 | screen | cream |
| Acacia floribunda | White Sally; Gossamer Wattle | Mimosaceae | 4 | shelter; avenue; screen | many scented cream |
| Acacia linifolia | Flax-leaved Wattle | Mimosaceae | 3 | shelter; avenue | many cream |
| Acacia stricta | Straight Wattle | Mimosaceae | 3 | shelter | yellow |
| Acacia ulicifolia | Prickly Moses | Mimosaceae | 3 | screen | cream |
| Avicennia marina var. australasica | Mangrove | Avicenniaceae | 5 | golden yellow | |
| Bursaria spinosa | Australian Blackthorn | Pittosporaceae | 4 | birds | scented white |
| Callistemon linearis | Narrow-leafed Bottlebrush | Myrtaceae | 3 | birds; container | red |
| Clerodendrum tormentosum | Hairy Clerodendrum | Verbenaceae | 4 | white | |
| Elaeocarpus reticulatis | Blueberry Ash | Elaeocarpaceae | 4 | birds; screen avenue | many white or pink |
| Exocarpus cupressiformis | Cherry Ballart | Santalaceae | 4 | birds; screen | small white |
| Hakea salicifolia | Willow-leafed Hakea | Proteaceae | 5 | birds; avenue | many cream |
| Leptospermum attenuatum | Slender Tea-tree | Myrtaceae | 4 | screen shelter | white or pink |
| Leptospermum flavescens | Yellow Tea-tree | Myrtaceae | 4 | screen shelter | white |
| Leptospermum polygalifolium | Lemon-scented Tea Tree | Myrtaceae | 3 | white | |
| Melaleuca armillaris | Bracelet Honeymyrtle | Myrtaceae | 5 | street; birds | cream |
| Melaleuca nodosa | A Paperbark | Myrtaceae | 3 | birds; screen | cream |
| Melaleuca nodosa | Ball Honeymyrtle | Myrtaceae | 5 | ||
| Notolea longifolia | Mock Olive | Oleaceae | 3 | yellow cream | |
| Omolanthus populifolius | Bleeding Heart Tree | Euphorbiaceae | 4 | screen; birds; container | small cream |
| Persoonia levis | Broad-leafed Geebung | Proteaceae | 4 | screen | yellow |
| Persoonia linearis | Narrow-leafed Geebung | Proteaceae | 4 | screen | yellow |
| Pittosporum revolutum | Yellow Pittosporum | Pittosporaceae | 3 | screen container | yellow |
| Pittosporum undulatum | Sweet Pittosporum; Mock Orange | Pittosporaceae | 5 | screen; birds; container | scented cream |
| Rapanaea variabilis | Mutton Wood | Myrsinaceae | 3 | small green | |
| Xylomelum pyriforme | Woody Pear | Proteaceae | 4 | avenue; birds | pink |
This page www.ramin.com.au/annandale/veg-snalltrees.shtml last updated 7 October 2008