Acacia crassicarpa - Northern Wattle / Northern Territory Wattle / Brown Salwood/ Thick Podded Salwood / Red Wattle / PNG Red Wattle

A small to medium tree to 25m woth heavily branched or spreading crown with hard dark grey or grey brown bark with deep verticle furrows and the inner bark is red and fibrous.  Leaves are grey green, flowers grow as a bright yellow flower spkike from May to sometimes September, followed by a woody, oblong, flat seed pod from October to November.  Seed is produced in abundance 4 years after planting and is a good shade tree and a food plant for the Northern Imperial Blue Butterfly.  This species occurs in the Cape York Peninsula, NE QLD, Torres Strait and PNG.

Brachychiton rupestris - QLD Bottle Tree

A tree growing 18 - 20m in height and trunk can reach 2m in diameter with canopy being 5-12m in diameter.  Leaves drop before flowering from Oct - Dec and this species can be used as an ornamental, wind protection, shade and other uses including sustenance.  It is endemic to a limited region - mostly Central QLD to Nothern NSW but it is quite hardy and can tolerate a range of climates and soils.

Eucalyptus largiflorens - Black Box

A tree to 20m with large spreading crown and drooping branches, a dark grey, fibrous short trunk and narrow grey-green dullish leaves.  Flwoers are usually cream but can occasionally be pink and these can both occur on the same tree at one time from August to February.  Useful as a windbreak, for shelterbelts, shade, an ornamental, nectar production for honey (although flowering can be unreliable), a food source for native birds, insects and other fauna and durable hard timber.  Found on banks or rivers and lakes in QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, usually in low lying areas where water once lay.