Anyone who reads this blog knows that the Growing Illawarra Natives team is passionate about seeing our streets lined with local native trees. And right now we need your help! We're compiling a list of the best-looking street trees across the Illawarra region, to show residents and decision-makers just what awesome shade, colour and habitat they can provide.
We've got good photos for many trees, but there are a few where it's been hard to find a tree that makes a good photographic subject. It needs to be more or less on its own, not surrounded by other trees, or blocked by buildings. And for a few species, we just haven't been able to track down a single specimen in the streets!
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| A beautiful old Illawarra Plum Pine Podocarpus elatus next to the Smith St cycleway in Wollongong. Incidentally, this is a great place to collect fruit, as the tree fruits heavily in good years - just watch out for people riding in the bike lanes! Image by Leon Fuller. |
Have you seen one of the below trees looking absolutely awesome on a verge near you? Or in a park? Or as a specimen tree in a front garden? If so, drop us a line at growingillawarranatives AT gmail DOT com and let us know. Ideally, share a beautiful photo too!!
- White Aspen Acronychia oblongifolia
- Silver Aspen Acronychia wilcoxiana
- Native Holly Alchornea ilicifolia
- Black She-oak Allocasuarina littoralis
- Brush Bloodwood Baloghia inophylla
- Kurrajong Brachychiton acerifolius
- Oliver's Sassafras Cinnamomum Oliver
- Coast Canthium Cyclophyllum longipetalum
- Black Plum Diospyros australis
- Myrtle Ebony Diospyros pentamera
- Sassafras Doryphora sassafras
- Corkwood Endiandra sieberi
- Ribbonwood Euroschinus falcatus
- Deciduous Fig Ficus henneana
- Sandpaper Fig Ficus coronata
- Guioa Guioa semiglauca
- Doughwood Melicope micrococca
- Brush Muttonwood Myrsine howittiana
- Black Apple Planchonella australis
- Yellow Wood Sarcomelicope simplicifolia
- Flintwood Scolopia braunii
- Native Crab Apple Schizomeria ovata
- Buff Hazelwood Symplocos thwaitesii
- Blue Lilly Pilly Syzygium oleosum
- Lilly Billy Syzygium smithii
- Mountain Water Gum Tristaniopsis collina
- Tree Heath Trochocarpa laurina
Equally if you've seen another local native tree looking spectacular around the place, get in touch. We're always hunting for the best-looking specimens to feature.
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| Red-fruited Olive Plum Elaeodendron australe sitting pretty on a street in Keiraville. It will look even better when in fruit, and this species does fruit really well. Image by Byron Cawthorne-McGregor. |
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| This lovely Celerywood Polyscias elegant is perfectly happy growing in a street in central Wollongong. Image by Leon Fuller. |
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