Merri-bek Tree Finder tool
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Hoop Pine
Large cone shaped tree with scale-like bark and fine pointy leaves that form in whorles. Slow growing evergreen that prefers full sun with light shade and wind tolerant.
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Norfolk Island Pine
Large cone shaped tree with rough trunk and needle-like, dark green foliage. Drought and wind tolerant and adaptive to sandy soils.
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Illawarra Flame Tree
Erect oval to conical medium sized tree to 8-12m. The tree can be deciduous from late winter to summer. The leaves are large with 3-7 lobes and the flowers are bright scarlet in terminal panicles from late spring to early summer.
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Silver Banksia
A hardy evergreen Australian native with distinctive yellow flower spikes. It is well suited to a range of landscapes, including streets, parks and coastal environments, due to its adaptability and resilience.
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Broad Leaved Paperbark
Small to medium broad-crowned 8-12m. Layer, papery grey and cream bark with dull grey-green leaves and light yellow and white bottlebrush flowers
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Prickly Paperbark
Small to medium oval shaped 4-10m. Layer, papery grey and cream bark with dark green, spiney leaves and light yellow and white bottlebrush flowers
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Snow in Summer
Small to medium round tree 6-10m. Soft, papery bark that peels in thick sheets. The leaves are grey-green, and the canopy is densely covered with honey-scented white-cream flowers
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Red Flowering Gum
Dense rounded tree to 8-10m. Masses of pink, red or orange flowers are borne on the outside of the canopy over summer.
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Red Box
Round-headed to upright eucalypt to a height of 10-12m. Adult leaves are a slate grey colour and bark is rough 'box'.
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Willow Myrtle
Broad spreading, multistemmed, semi pendulous small tree to 8m. Attractive small, white flowers cluster along stems from spring to summer.
