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Acacia dealbata ssp. dealbata (Silver Wattle)
A tree of around 6-15m. Bark is brown-green with whitiish patches. Leaves similar to black wattle but a paler, dusty green. Flowers are golden yellow, and appear from July to September, rarely later.
Acacia frigescens (Montane Wattle)
A tree with very dark bark up to 25m tall. Leaves are spathulate 7-16cm long, 6-25mm wide. Flower stalk is downy, flowers pale yellow to golden. Flowering occurs from September to November.
Acacia implexa (Lightwood)
A small tree from 5-8m in height. Phyllodes are sickle-shaped, up to 20cm long and 20mm wide. Flowers are perfumed, creamy balls which appear from November to February.
A long-lived, adaptable plant tolerating both wet and dry clay soils. Locally rare on Chandlers Hill.
Acacia mearnsii (Black Wattle)
Open spreading tree, 3-10m in height. Bipinnate dark green leaves to 20cm long.
Strongly scented pale yellow flowers appear from October to December.
Found in the dry northern foothills of Chandlers Hill.
Acacia melanoxylon (Blackwood)
Widespread upright tree with heavy canopy, 5-20m in height. Leaves dull green and variable in shape. Flowers creamy and appear from July to October.
Very common wattle tree, found all over Chandlers Hill.
Acacia pycnantha (Golden Wattle)
Erect or spreading small tree, 3-8m in height. Leaves a deep green and often curved. Profuse golden flowers appear from July to October. This tree is Australia’s floral emblem.
Quite numerous around the lower northern slopes of Chandlers Hill.
Eucalyptus cypellocarpa (Mountain Grey Gum)
Medium to tall tree with straight trunk and fairly dense crown, 10-60m in height. The greyish bark sheds in strips in late summer/autumn to reveal yellow or whitish patches. Lower trunk may be rough.
Adult leaves are long (up to 25cm), dark glossy green on both sides. Veins regular and clearly visible.
Buds have conical caps, with 2 fine ribs along the bud body. Clusters of usually 7 on long, flattened peduncle. White flowers appear usually from February to July.
Fruits are barrel-shaped (sometimes with 1-2 fine ribs) on very short pedicels, 3-4 valves below rim.
Eucalyptus goniocalyx (Long-leaved Box, Bundy)
Fast-growing tree with a crooked trunk and rounded crown, 8-20m tall. Bark is greyish brown, rough, coarse and scaly on trunk and smaller branches.
Adult leaves are shiny, dark green, very long and tapers to a point. Lenght up to 22cm. Juvenile leaves are opposite, stalkless, rounded, broad and grey-green.
Buds are sessile, clustered in a star-like arrangement on a broad flattened stalk. Usually 2 ridges on calyx-tube. White to creamy flowers in axillary clusters appear from March to August.
Fruits are cup-shaped (rather variable), sessile, with 3-4 valves at rim level, and cluster closely on broad, flattened peduncles.
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha (Red Stringybark)
Small to medium sized tree, straight trunk, Found on dry, well-drained hillsides. Bark is red-brown inside, grey outside, fibrous and deeply fissured.
Adult leaves are thick, dark green both sides, to 15cm long. Juvenile leaves becoming alternate, short-stalked and discolorous.
Buds (7-11) are club-shaped with smoothly tapering caps or beaks (hence ‘macro-rhyncha’ = ‘big-beak’). Flowers appear January to March.
Fruit is top-shaped to almost globular. Rim is at widest part, with usually 3 sharp valves projecting.
Eucalyptus melliodora (Yellow Box)
Often occurs together with Long-leaved Box and Red Stringybark. Medium sized tree with spreading crown of small leaves. Bark is scaly, yellowish-brown or greyish, becoming darker with age. Branches generally smooth and light-coloured.
Adult leaves are small (7-14cm long), dull blue-green both sides, marginal vein distant from edge. Juvenile leaves are oval-shaped, stalked, grey-green and slightly alternate.
Buds (3-8) in leaf axils or towards the ends of branchlets. Club-shaped with small conical cap, but no scar. Flowers from October to February.
Fruit is pear-shaped on distinct pedicels. Disc is flat, with dark remains of staminal ring; 4-5 enclosed valves.
Eucalyptus obliqua (Messmate)
Tall upright tree with dense, dark and glossy foliage, reaching 70m in height. Bark is typical of stringybarks, pale brown, persistent to branches.
Adult leaves are curved and asymmetrical; leaf margins meet at the base stalk at different points (hence ‘obliqua’). Many other stringybarks, too, have oblique leaf margins, so this should not be used as the only distinguishing feature. Juvenile leaves opposite, becoming very large and oblique.
Buds are club-shaped with short point, 4-16 per cluster. White to cream flowers appear from January to March.
Wine-glass shaped fruit, with short distinct pedicels, has sunken valves.
Eucalyptus radiata ssp. radiata (Narrow-leaved Peppermint)
Small to medium sized tree with dark green, weeping foliage. Bark is gray-brown, finely fissured, sub-fibrous, interlaced. Persistent on trunk and large branches.
Adult leaves are dull, dark green, less than 2cm wide. Strong peppermint smell when crushed. Juvenile leaves are green, opposite, sessile and narrow.
Buds sprout from leaf axils, are club-shaped, small and very numerous (8-16 per cluster). Flowering occurs from October to January.
Fruits are small, pear-shaped and flat-topped. Usually 3 to 4 valves are present at disc level.
Exocarpos cupressiformis (Cherry Ballart)
Widespread dense rounded shrub to small tree, 3-8m tall. Leaves reduced to tiny scales on pendulous yellow-green branchlets. Tiny cream-yellow flowers (1-2mm wide) in spikes appear in summer, followed by globular green nuts on bulging fleshy orange to red stalks.
This tree needs a symbiotic relationship with another plant to grow well.
Melaleuca ericifolia (Swamp Paperbark)
Erect, open shrub or small tree, to 8m tall with papery or corky bark. Can form dense copse from suckers. Narrow leaves are dark green, linear, scattered or in whorls of 3, tips not sharp, 7-19mm x 1mm. Leaves of young plants and suckers are broader, with prominent midrib. Short cylindrical brushes of white flowers appear in October to November.
Pittosporum bicolor (Banyalla)
A small tree 3-10m tall, preferring higher altitudes and shady, moist areas. Dark green oblong to lanceolate leaves are paler below, with recurved margins. Small, bell-shaped yellow flowers appear from September to November.
Pomaderris aspera (Hazel Pomaderris)
Slender leafy shrub or small tree, 3-10m high. Large soft lanceolate leaves to 140cm long, with deep veins. Masses of yellow-green flowers in terminal sprays appear from October to December. Petals absent on flowers.
Found in cool, moist forests and scrub near creeks.
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