Merri-bek Tree Finder tool
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Nothern Cypress Pine
Evergreen conifer with a narrow upright form and fine foliage, well suited to dry and exposed sites.
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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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White Cypress Pine
Evergreen conifer with blue-green foliage and a graceful upright habit, tolerant of drought and poor soils.
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Red Ironbark
Large evergreen tree to 15–25 m with a broad canopy, deeply furrowed dark bark and masses of cream flowers in autumn and winter.
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Wallangarra Gum
Medium to tall open tree to 12-18m tall. Trunk is a powdery white and the foliage is semi-pendulous and green in colour.
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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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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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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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Willow Myrtle
Broad spreading, multistemmed, semi pendulous small tree to 8m. Attractive small, white flowers cluster along stems from spring to summer.
