Family: Casuarinaceae
Casuarina named because its foliage resembles the feathers of a cassowary bird.
Allocasuarina means all the other Casuarinas.
Genus: Allocasuarina
Species: Allocasuarina verticillate: Dropping she-oak
Common and widespread.
Can form dense woodlands.
Fond in dry rocky areas on east coast.
Drooping foliage. Pointed cone valves.
Small round tree. Height 4-10m
Distribution: Queensland, NSW, Victoria, SA, Tasmania, NZ.
Branchelets 40mm long. Internodes 10-40mm long.
Cones are cylindrical 20-50mm long.15-30mm diameter. Valves in rows, acute/pointed.
Flowers occur all year.
Casuarina named because its foliage resembles the feathers of a cassowary bird.
Allocasuarina means all the other Casuarinas.
Genus: Allocasuarina
Species: Allocasuarina verticillate: Dropping she-oak
Common and widespread.
Can form dense woodlands.
Fond in dry rocky areas on east coast.
Drooping foliage. Pointed cone valves.
Small round tree. Height 4-10m
Distribution: Queensland, NSW, Victoria, SA, Tasmania, NZ.
Branchelets 40mm long. Internodes 10-40mm long.
Cones are cylindrical 20-50mm long.15-30mm diameter. Valves in rows, acute/pointed.
Flowers occur all year.
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: Eucalyptus Globulus: Southern Blue Gum
The aboriginal word for blue gum is Moonah. The suburb Moonah is just north of Newtown.
First described by the French explorers in 1792. They used the timber to repair their boats. D’Entrecasteaux Expedition.
Distribution: WA, SA, NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, NZ.
Height 45m.
Bark usually smooth cream/white. Unshed bark at base.
Leaves curved lances. 15-30cm long. Longer than other Tasmanian eucalypts
Buds are single or groups of 3-7. Large distinguishing appearance.
Flowers white.
The most obvious characteristic is the large warty capsules.
The leaves are steam distilled to extract eucalyptus oil.
Bees love the pollen from blue gum flowers.
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: Eucalyptus Globulus: Southern Blue Gum
The aboriginal word for blue gum is Moonah. The suburb Moonah is just north of Newtown.
First described by the French explorers in 1792. They used the timber to repair their boats. D’Entrecasteaux Expedition.
Distribution: WA, SA, NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, NZ.
Height 45m.
Bark usually smooth cream/white. Unshed bark at base.
Leaves curved lances. 15-30cm long. Longer than other Tasmanian eucalypts
Buds are single or groups of 3-7. Large distinguishing appearance.
Flowers white.
The most obvious characteristic is the large warty capsules.
The leaves are steam distilled to extract eucalyptus oil.
Bees love the pollen from blue gum flowers.
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: Eucalyptus pulchella: White peppermint.
White refers to bark.
Distribution: NSW, SA, Victoria, Tasmania, NZ
Common in south-east Tasmania.
Common dry dolerite slopes
An erect tree with smooth bark. Not at base. Height up to 20m.
Narrow leaves. About 5mm wide.
Flowers in groups of 9-20.
White flowers.
Buds shape of a cup.
Name: In Latin pulcher means beautiful.
Occurs on north slopes of dolerite hills where soils are shallow.
On the Domain around Clearys Gates Road.
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: Eucalyptus pulchella: White peppermint.
White refers to bark.
Distribution: NSW, SA, Victoria, Tasmania, NZ
Common in south-east Tasmania.
Common dry dolerite slopes
An erect tree with smooth bark. Not at base. Height up to 20m.
Narrow leaves. About 5mm wide.
Flowers in groups of 9-20.
White flowers.
Buds shape of a cup.
Name: In Latin pulcher means beautiful.
Occurs on north slopes of dolerite hills where soils are shallow.
On the Domain around Clearys Gates Road.
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: Eucalyptus viminalis: White gum
(Manna Gum or White Gum) is a widespread and very common species through almost all of Tasmania except alpine areas and the south-west.
Distribution: NSW, SA, Victoria, Tasmania, NZ.
Smooth bark, rough bark near base. Bark shed in long ribbons.
Flower buds 3-7 in a group.
Leaves curved 3-9cm long. tapering
Cup shaped fruit.
Height 50m
Name: In Latin viminalis means bearing shoots/ribbons.
Found everywhere on the Domain.
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: Eucalyptus viminalis: White gum
(Manna Gum or White Gum) is a widespread and very common species through almost all of Tasmania except alpine areas and the south-west.
Distribution: NSW, SA, Victoria, Tasmania, NZ.
Smooth bark, rough bark near base. Bark shed in long ribbons.
Flower buds 3-7 in a group.
Leaves curved 3-9cm long. tapering
Cup shaped fruit.
Height 50m
Name: In Latin viminalis means bearing shoots/ribbons.
Found everywhere on the Domain.
Family: Santalaceae
Genus: Exocarpos
Species: Exocarpos cupressiformis: Common native cherry
Erect, leafless tree. Golden brown. Neat tidy shape like a conifer. Pyramidal in shape.
Hemi-parasitic. The roots attach to a big plant. The roots extract water plus nutrients from the other plant. The native cherry can photosynthesize for itself.
More mature plants depend less on parasitism.
Flowers are small cream flowers in spring often ignored. Clusters on spikes 3 to 6mm long.
Fruit is red and edible. Only one flower per spike forms fruit. A hard, green nut. The nut swells, ripens and turns red.
The seed remains on the outside of the fleshy fruit.
Latin word exocarpos means outside the fruit.
Height 3 to 8m.
Distribution: Queensland, NSW, Victoria, SA and Tasmania.
The wood has been much used by Aborigines and early furniture makers. Wood is straight.
Early settlers used branches as Christmas trees.
There is a grove of them on the foreshore track and near the parkrun track.
Genus: Exocarpos
Species: Exocarpos cupressiformis: Common native cherry
Erect, leafless tree. Golden brown. Neat tidy shape like a conifer. Pyramidal in shape.
Hemi-parasitic. The roots attach to a big plant. The roots extract water plus nutrients from the other plant. The native cherry can photosynthesize for itself.
More mature plants depend less on parasitism.
Flowers are small cream flowers in spring often ignored. Clusters on spikes 3 to 6mm long.
Fruit is red and edible. Only one flower per spike forms fruit. A hard, green nut. The nut swells, ripens and turns red.
The seed remains on the outside of the fleshy fruit.
Latin word exocarpos means outside the fruit.
Height 3 to 8m.
Distribution: Queensland, NSW, Victoria, SA and Tasmania.
The wood has been much used by Aborigines and early furniture makers. Wood is straight.
Early settlers used branches as Christmas trees.
There is a grove of them on the foreshore track and near the parkrun track.