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Tree species and common name list

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Species

Common name

Acacia acuminata

raspberry wattle, jamwood wattle

Acacia aneura

mulga

Acacia aulacocarpa

brown salwood

Acacia auriculiformis

northern black wattle, darwin black wattle

Acacia cambagei

gidgee

Acacia dealbata

silver wattle

Acacia falciformis

broad-leaved hickory wattle

Acacia harpophylla

brigalow

Acacia implexa

lightwood, hickory wattle

Acacia mangium

brown salwood

Acacia mearnsii

black wattle

Acacia melanoxylon

blackwood

Acacia notabilis

flinders wattle

Acacia pendula

weeping myall

Acacia podalyrifolia

queensland silver wattle, mount morgan wattle

Acacia salicina

coobah, willow wattle, doolan

Acacia saligna

golden wreath wattle

Acacia stenophylla

river coobah, eumong

Acacia suaveolens

sweet wattle

Acacia vestita

hairy wattle

Acacia victoriae

prickly wattle, bramble wattle

Albizia lebbeck

Indian siris

Allocasuarina huegeliana

rock sheok

Allocasuarina littoralis

black sheoak

Allocasuarina luehmannii

buloke, bull oak

Allocasuarina torlulosa

forest sheoak, rose sheoak

Allocasuarina verticillata

drooping sheoak

Angophora floribunda

rough barked apple

Angophora subvelutina

rough barked apple

Araucaria bidwillii

bunya pine

Araucaria cunninghamii

hoop pine

Argyrodendron actinophyllum

blush tulip oak

Argyrodendron trifoliolatum

brown tulip oak

Atriplex nummularia

old man saltbush

Banksia integrifolia

coast banksia

Betula verrucosa

silver birch

Brachichiton populneus

kurrajong

Brachychiton populneum

kurrajong

Callistemon citrinus

red bottlebrush, crimson bottlebrush

Callistemon salignus

white bottlebrush, willow bottlebrush

Callistemon viminalis

weeping bottlebrush

Callitris columellaris

white cypress pine, coastal cypress pine

Callitris endlicheri

black cypress pine

Callitris glaucophylla

white cypress pine, murray pine

Callitris gracilis

slender cypress pine

Cardwellia sublimis

northern silky oak

Castanea sativa

spanish chestnut

Castanospermum australe

black bean

Casuarina cristata

belah

Casuarina cunninghamiana

river sheoak

Casuarina glauca

swamp sheoak, grey sheoak

Casuarina obesa

swamp oak, swamp buloke

Casuarina pauper

belah

Cedrela australis

red cedar

Cedrela toona

red cedar

Ceratonia siliqua

carob bean

Chamaecytisus palmensis

tagasaste, tree lucerne

Corymbia citriodora citriodora

lemon-scented gum

Corymbia citriodora variegata

spotted gum

Corymbia henryi

spotted gum

Corymbia maculata

spotted gum

Cupressus lusitanica

mexican cypress

Cupressus macrocarpa

monterey cypress

Dysoxylum fraserianum

rose mahogany, rosewood

Dysoxylum mollissimum

miva mahogany, redwood

Elaeocarpus coorangooloo

brown quandong

Elaeocarpus grandis

silver quandong

Elaeocarpus ruminatus

brown quandong

Endiandra palmerstonii

Queensland walnut

Eucalyptus acmenoides

white mahogany, yellow stringybark

Eucalyptus aggregata

black gum

Eucalyptus albens

white box

Eucalyptus argophloia

western white gum, chincilla white gum

Eucalyptus astringens

brown mallet

Eucalyptus baxteri

brown stringybark

Eucalyptus blaxlandii

brown stringybark

Eucalyptus bosistoana

coast grey box

Eucalyptus botryoides

southern mahogany, swamp mahogany, bangalay

Eucalyptus brockwayii

dundas mahogany

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

river red gum

Eucalyptus camaldulensis obtusa

murray river red gum, red gum

Eucalyptus capitellata

brown stringybark

Eucalyptus cladocalyx

sugar gum

Eucalyptus cloeziana

gympie messmate

Eucalyptus crebra

narrow leaf ironbark

Eucalyptus cypellocarpa

mountain grey gum

Eucalyptus delegatensis

alpine ash, tasmanian oak

Eucalyptus diversicolor

karri

Eucalyptus dives

broad-leaved peppermint

Eucalyptus dunnii

dunn's white gum

Eucalyptus elata

river peppermint

Eucalyptus fastigata

brown barrel, cuttail

Eucalyptus fraxinoides

white mountain ash

Eucalyptus globoidea

white stringybark

Eucalyptus globulus bicostata

victorian blue gum

Eucalyptus globulus globulus

tasmanian blue gum

Eucalyptus globulus maidenii

southern blue gum, maiden's gum

Eucalyptus grandis

flooded gum, rose gum

Eucalyptus horistes

oil mallee

Eucalyptus kochii

oil mallee

Eucalyptus laevopinea

silvertop stringybark

Eucalyptus largiflorens

black box

Eucalyptus leucoxylon

yellow/white gum

Eucalyptus macrorhyncha

red stringybark

Eucalyptus marginata jarrah

Eucalyptus melliodora

yellow box

Eucalyptus microcarpa

grey box, manna wattle

Eucalyptus microcorys

tallowwood

Eucalyptus muelleriana

yellow stringybark

Eucalyptus nicholii

small leaved/willow leaved peppermint

Eucalyptus nitens

shining gum

Eucalyptus obliqua

messmate

Eucalyptus occidentalis

swamp yate, flat-topped yate

Eucalyptus oleosa

oil mallee

Eucalyptus paniculata

grey ironbark

Eucalyptus pauciflora

snow gum

Eucalyptus pellita

red mahogany

Eucalyptus pilularis

blackbutt, coastal blackbutt

Eucalyptus polyanthemos

red box

Eucalyptus regnans

mountain ash, victorian ash

Eucalyptus resinifera

red mahogany

Eucalyptus robusta

swamp mahogany, swamp messmate

Eucalyptus saligna

sydney blue gum

Eucalyptus salmonophloia

salmon gum

Eucalyptus sideroxylon/ E. tricarpa

red ironbark

Eucalyptus sieberi

silvertop ash

Eucalyptus tereticornis

forest red gum.

Eucalyptus urophylla

 

Eucalyptus viminalis

manna gum, ribbon gum, white gum

Eucalyptus wandoo

wandoo

Flindersia bourjotiana

silver ash

Flindersia brayleyana

queensland maple

Flindersia pimenteliana

maple silkwood

Flindersia schottiana

silver ash

Fraxinus excelsior

European ash

Gleditsia triacanthos

honey locust

Gmelina leichhardtii

white beech

Grevillea robusta

silky oak

Grevillea striata

beefwood

Hakea mutlineata

grassleaf hakea, pink bottlebrush hakea

Hakea tephrosperma

needle wood

Intsia bijuga

kwila

Intsia palembanica

kwila

Juglans nigra

black walnut (west coast USA)

Khaya nyasica

East African mahogany

Lophosteman confertus

brush box

Melaleuca linarifolia

snow in summer

Melaleuca spp.

 

Melaleuca uncinata

broombush

Melia azedarach

white cedar

Nothofagus cunninghamii

myrtle beech

Paulownia spp.

paulownia

Pinus brutia

calabrian pine

Pinus canariensis

Canary Island pine

Pinus caribaea

caribbean pine

Pinus elliottii

slash pine

Pinus halepensis

aleppo pine

Pinus nigra

Corsican pine

Pinus pinaster

maritime pine

Pinus pinea

stone pine

Pinus ponderosa

ponderosa pine

Pinus radiata

radiata pine, monterey pine

Pinus taeda

loblolly pine

Populus deltoides

eastern cottonwood, carolina poplar

Pseudotsuga menziesii

douglas fir

Rhodosphaera rhodanthema

yellowwood, yellow cedar, satinwood

Santalum spicatum

Western Australian sandalwood

Santalum spp.

sandalwood

Sequoia sempervirens

californian redwood, coast redwood

Toona ciliata (=australis)

red cedar

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