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CAMPUS TREE WALK JANET COSHPOOL The walk consists of 44 species of Eucalypt and HERBARIUM rainforest trees and will take between 15-30 minutes (depending on how quickly you walk). This guide was produced by staff of the Janet Cosh Herbarium with the support of the Campus Environment Start your walk from the corner of the Biological Management Committee & the Office of Community and Sciences Building (Bld 35). See map over page. Partnerships. Background FOR MORE caring for our unique flora” “Towards understanding and “Towards Species of Eucalypt are an important landscape feature of the settled areas of Wollongong and form the INFORMATION dominant vegetation of much of the city’s remnant bush. www.uow.edu.au/science/biol/icb/herbarium/ On the Illawarra escarpment, forests provide habitat for Bld. 35, School of Biological Sciences, many species of animals, but unfortunately the extent of Northfieds Avenue, University of Wollongong 2500 urban development on the coastal plain has resulted in +61 2 42214340 fragmentation and isolation of the forests found there. In 1975 the campus Landscape Supervisor, Leon Fuller commenced a programme of propagating and planting indigenous trees and shrubs. This strategy was reinforced by Bruce Mackenzie’s landscape master plan, completed in 1979, and the policy of planting Australian native species has been maintained by subsequent landscape staff. The native tree plantings on campus were well established by 1983 when plans for the Keira Green Corridor were developed by The Friends of the University of Wollongong. Up to seven eucalypt species may have occurred naturally on the campus site, with another two species occurring closer to the coast and at least another 15 species occurring within a ten kilometre radius. Pockets of rainforest would have been found in gullies towards the base of Mt Keira. Eucalypt species are identified using bark type and the shape of the , fruit and buds.

Rainforest species are usually identified using the characteristics of the and bark as flowers are hard to find. “Towards understanding and caring for our unique flora”

TREE WALK CAMPUS TREE IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

1. scoparia () 19. glochidion sumatranum (Euphorbiaceae) 35. Melia azedarach (Meliaceae) ‘ Gum’ ‘Umbrella Cheese Tree’ ‘White Cedar’ Bark: smooth, white to pale grey Bark: rough throughout Bark: rough throughout Leaves: simple, alternate, discolorous Leaves: simple, alternate, glossy soft Leaves: pinnate, alternate Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted Fruit: pink and .attened with many segments Fruit: yellow berry Habitat: DSF. Castle Rock area, Qld Habitat: RF. North coast Habitat: RF. Coast 2. Removed 20. Ficus rubiginosa (Moraceae) 36. Brachychiton acerifolius (Malvaceae) 3. glauca () ‘Port Jackson Fig’ ‘Illawarra Flame Tree’ ‘Swamp Oak’ Bark: smooth Bark: smooth; greenish Bark: fissured grey-brown Leaves: simple, alternate, lower surface with rusty hairs Leaves: simple, lobed, alternate Fruit: Fig Leaves: reduced to scales, stem photosynthetic Fruit: large woody pod Habitat: RF, DSF. Coast, ranges and western slopes Fruit: woody cone Habitat: RF. Coast and ranges Habitat: Brackish situations. Coast and central west. 21. 37. Podocarpus elatus (Podocarpaceae) ssp. cunninghamiana (Casuarinaceae) 4. Removed ‘Plum Pine’ ‘River Sheoak’ Bark: rough throughout 5. Removed Bark: .ssured grey brown Leaves: simple, alternate, dark green 6. glomulifera (Myrtaceae) Leaves: reduced to scales, stem photosynthetic Fruit: cones born on swollen fleshy receptacles, ‘Turpentine’ Fruit: woody cone blue-black Bark: stringy Habitat: Along permanent fresh water. Widespread Habitat: RF. Coast Leaves: simple, opposite, discolorous 22. Removed 38. (Myrtaceae) Fruit: woody with many openings 23. (Myrtaceae) ‘Grey Ironbark’ Habitat: WSF and RF. Coast and ranges ‘Coast Grey Box’ Bark: ironbark; grey 7. Removed Bark: box, fibrous and flakey on main trunk, Leaves: simple, alternate, discolorous 8. / smooth uppers Fruit: gum nut, valves enclosed botryoides (intergrade) (Myrtaceae) Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Habitat: WSF. Coast ‘ Blue Gum/Bangalay’ Fruit: gum nut, valves enclosed 39. Eucalyptus tereticornis (Myrtaceae) Bark: rough, smooth uppers Habitat: WSF. Southern part of coast and ranges ‘Forest Red Gum’ Leaves: simple, alternate, discolorous 24. (Myrtaceae) Bark: smooth; white or grey Fruit: gum nut, valves enclosed or exserted ‘Flooded Gum’ Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Habitat: WSF, DSF. Coastal, south of Sydney Bark: smooth Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted 9. Eucalyptus canaliculata (Myrtaceae) Leaves: simple, alternate, discolorous Habitat: WSF, DSF. Coast, ranges and western slopes Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted ‘Large-fruited Grey Gum’ 40. eximia (Myrtaceae) Habitat: WSF or RF margins. North coast Bark: smooth; patchy white, grey, pink ‘Yellow Bloodwood’ Leaves: simple, alternate, discolorous 25. (Myrtaceae) Bark: rough; yellowish Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted ‘Blackbutt’ Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Habitat: WSF, DSF. North coast. Bark: rough, smooth uppers Fruit: urn shaped gum nut 10. Eucalyptus amplifolia (Myrtaceae) Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Habitat: DSF on sandstone derived soils. Coast Fruit: gum nut, valves enclosed ‘Cabbage Gum’ (Myrtaceae) Habitat: WSF. Coastal 41. Bark: smooth; white, grey, red-brown, green ‘Mountain Blue Gum’ Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous 26. Eucalyptus bicostata (Myrtaceae) Bark: rough at base, smooth on uppers; white, Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted ‘Eurabbie’ cream to grey Habitat: Grassy woodland, usually on damp sites. Bark: smooth; white or grey Leaves: simple, alternate, discolorous Coast and ranges Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted 11. Eucalyptus tereticornis (Myrtaceae) Habitat: WSF. Coast and northern ranges Habitat: WSF. Ranges ‘Forest Red Gum’ 42. confertus (Myrtaceae) 27. (Myrtaceae) Bark: smooth; white or grey ‘Brush Box’ ‘Spotted Gum’ Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Bark: rough at base, smooth on uppers; pinkish Bark: smooth; grey patches Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted Leaves: simple, alternate, glossy Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Habitat: WSF, DSF. Coast, ranges and western slopes Fruit: woody capsule Fruit: urn shaped gum nut 12. (Myrtaceae) Habitat: RF,WSF. North coast Habitat: Open forest on shale derived soils. Coast, ‘White Stringybark’ ranges, central west 43. (Myrtaceae) Bark: stringy ‘Mugga’ 28. Acmena smithii (Myrtaceae) Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous or slightly Bark: red-brown to brown-black ironbark ‘Lilli Pilli’ discolorous Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Bark: rough Fruit: gum nut, valves enclosed Fruit: gum nut, valves enclosed Habitat: DSF. Coast and ranges Leaves: simple, opposite, glossy Fruit: white to purple Habitat: DSF. Inland 13. Melaleuca styphelioides (Myrtaceae) Habitat: RF. Coast and ranges 44. Ficus coronata (Moraceae) ‘Paperbark’ (Euphorbiaceae) ‘Sandpaper Fig’ Bark: paperbark 29. ‘Cheese Tree’ Bark: rough Leaves: simple, alternate, pungent pointed Bark: rough Leaves: simple, alternate, rough like sandpaper Fruit: dry capsule in groups on stem Leaves: simple, alternate, tough Fruit: hairy fig Habitat: Moist situations. Coast and range s Fruit: orange, .attened, segmented Habitat: RF WSF. Coast, ranges and western slopes 14. Melaleuca quinquenervia (Myrtaceae) Habitat: RF, WSF. Coastal DEFINITIONS ‘Paperbark’ 30. Alectryon subcinerea (Sapindaceae) DSF: Dry Sclerophyll Forest Bark: paperbark ‘Native Quince’ WSF: Wet Sclerophyll Forest Leaves: simple, alternate, 5 prominent veins Bark: smooth RF: Rainforest Fruit: dry capsule in groups on stem Leaves: pinnate, alternate, toothed Discolorous: lower leaf surface different to Habitat: Swamps. Coastal Fruit: 2-lobed capsule. upper in colour (usually lighter) 15. Melaleuca linariifolia (Myrtaceae) Habitat: RF. Coast and ranges Concolorous: lower and upper leaf surfaces the same colour ‘Paperbark’ 31. Eupomatia laurina (Eupomatiaceae) Bark: paperbark ‘Bolwarra’ EUCALYPUS FRUIT Leaves: simple, opposite, narrow Bark: smooth Valves exserted: protruding beyond Fruit: dry capsule in groups on stem Leaves: simple, glossy, 2-ranked (zig zag) rim of gum nut Habitat: Heath and DSF. Moist or swampy soils. Fruit: green to brown berry Coast and ranges Habitat: RF, WSF. Coast and ranges 16. (Myrtaceae) 32. Commersonia fraseri (Malvaceae) ‘Rough-barked Apple’ ‘Brush Kurrajong’ Bark: rough throughout Bark: rough throughout Leaves: simple, opposite, discolorous Leaves: simple, toothed, alternate, hairy Fruit: dry ribbed capsule Fruit: bristly capsule Valves enclosed: not protruding beyond Habitat: DSF. Coast and ranges Habitat: RF, WSF. Coast and ranges rim of gum nut 17. Eucalyptus leucoxylon (Myrtaceae) 33. Polyscias elegans (Araliaceae) Bark: rough, smooth uppers ‘Celery Wood’ Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Bark: rough throughout Fruit: gum nut, valves, enclosed Leaves: pinnate, alternate Habitat: Grassy woodland. Western plains Fruit: purple-black berry 18. Eucalyptus deanei (Myrtaceae) Habitat: RF. Coast. ‘Mountain Blue Gum’ 34. Eucalyptus saligna (Myrtaceae) Bark: rough at base, smooth on uppers; white, ‘Sydney Blue Gum’ cream to grey Bark: smooth, shortly rough at base Leaves: simple, alternate, discolorous Leaves: simple, alternate discolorous Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted Habitat: WSF. Coast and northern ranges Habitat: WSF. Coast and northern ranges