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Elaeocarpus reticulatis (Blueberry Ash)
Photographer: Marghanita da Cruz, 28 October 2006
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During the 18th and 19th Centuries, the Turpentine-Ironbark Forests which covered Sydney, were cut down for their valuable timber. The remaining local provenance vegetation succommed to farming, mining for clay, for pottery and bricks, sandstone quarries, for construction, and eventually residential development.
While the Rozelle Bay Nursery does not sell plants, you can buy local provenance species from Cornucopia Nursery, Marrickville Community Nursery and Strathfield Council Native Nursery.
This list of Local Provenance Plant Species, that is plants that would have been endemic in the area, is based on a list compiled by Catherine Rowland.
Local Provenance Plants are those that have naturally evolved to suit the climatic, light and soil conditions of an area. The Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery has collected seeds and cuttings from the closest remaining bushland, since 1995, and propagated these to reintroduce Local Provenance Plants to the Sydney's Inner West.
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 5 July 2011