Acacia flavescens - Red Wattle / Yellow Wattle

A tree which can grow to 20m tall but more often 6-10m with rough, furrowed bark which is somewhat shaggy and globular pale yellow flowers.  This species occurs from the Cape York Peninsula, NE QLD and as far south as SE QLD, usually growing in open forest but also found on margins of monsoon forest and rainforest.  This is also a food plant for the larval stages of the Blue Jewel Butterfly.

Corymbia maculata syn Eucalyptus maculata - Spotted Gum

A tree, 30-35m tall with a long smooth mottled trunk, although on exposed coastal headlands, they are often stunted.  This moderately drought tolerant species grows on a wide variety of soils but usually found in shallow well drained clayey soils on valley slopes and ridges.  Leaves are grey green and lance shaped, white flowers appear in Spring, fruit capsules mature 6-8 months later, these are then held for most of the year.  Uses include timber production, flowers produce nectar for pollen production, ornamental and as an amenity plant.  This species is distributed in open forests from SE QLD to Southern NSW and an isolated population in East Gippsland VIC.

Erythrina vespertillio - Grey Corkwood / Bats Wing Coral Tree / Bean Tree

Native to North and NE Australia this is an adaptable, small, straggly tree 6-10m tall with thorns on a creamy grey, deeply furrowed and corky trunk and branches, bifoliate or trifoliate leaves and red-orange pea flowers in terminal racemes from August to September.  These are then followed by orange to dark yellow bean-like seeds borne in pods, which are constricted between the seeds.  This species is distributed in all mainland states except Victoria.