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Acacia mearnsii - Black Wattle

A fast growing, nitrogen fixing and has been useful as a remediation species for degraded sites.  A medium sized tree 6-15m tall, usually growing on gentle to moderately hilly areas preferring easterly and southerly aspects.  Small cream to pale yellow flowers appear Dec-Jan and foliage is fernlike, with bipinnate, dark green leaves.  This species has also naturalised in China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Israel, Southern Europe, Southern Africa, Madagascar, New Zealand, SW USA and some oceanic islands with warm climates.

Buckinghamia celcissima - Ivory Curl Tree

A tall tree to 30m in its natural Northern QLD Rainforest habitat, but usually much smaller in cultivation, especially in cooler climates where is rarely exceeds 8m.  It has beautiful glossy green leaves with new growth bronze and creamy white flowers at the end of branches and these usually occur in Summer in large racemes up to 20cm long!  This species is widely cultivated as a street tree as it is easy to care for, has great form and masses of flowers.

Eucalyptus polyanthemos - Red Box

A frost and wind tolerant tree 7-30m tall, usually found on light shallow soils on slopes or rises with variable bark and distinctive oval or lance shaped blue-grey foliage with a large spreading crown.  Tiny white flwoers appear in clusters of 7 from September to January which are followed by seed capsules which often have a white waxy bloom on them.  Wood is moderately durable, makes a good shade tree, an excellent habitat for nectar, birds, insects and mammals and useful as a medium level cover in windbreaks and for salinity control recharge plantings and an attractive ornamental.