COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL NURSERY - SPECIES AVAILABILITY

Nursery opening hours: Innisfail Nursery Thurs 8.00am-3.00pm, Tully Nursery Friday 8.00am –3.00pm Ph 4068 0055 *not all species on the list are available at all times No. Species Name Common name and Description Size (m) Acacia crassicarpa Northern Golden Wattle - bright yellow flower spikes in June – September, fast growing 10-30m Acacia flavescens Yellow Wattle – green, cream, or yellow fragrant flowers Jan – June 15-20m Acacia mangium Sally Wattle – spreading tree with white flowers, fast growing 15-25m Acmena divaricata Cassowary Satinash tall tree spreading crown, large fruit ,needs sheltered position when young 15-25m Acmena hemilampra Broad Leaf Lilly Pilly – tree with attractive red-brown new growth 10 -20m Acmenospermum claviflorum Grey Satinash – rainforest tree, dense crown, dark purple new growth, white flowers, red fruit 15 m Adenanthera pavonina Red Bead tree – deciduous tree, spreading crown, bright red seeds often used in jewelry. 7 -10m Agathis robusta Kauri Pine – Tall large pine tree, slow growing, male and female trees, 10cm long green cones 20-25m Aglia sapindina Boodyarra – bushy tree with orange fruit eaten by 12m Albizia procera Forest Siris – shade tree, greenish white fluffy flowers, brown/red long thin pods, hardy 12m Aluerites moluccana Candlenut – Fast growing bushy tree with a wide spreading crown 20 – 30m Alphitonia petriei Pink Ash – bushy tree with perfumed white flowers, fast growing 10m Alpinia caerulea Native ginger – clumps of stems, white flowers with purplish lip 2m Alstonia scholaris Milky Pine – rainforest tree ,distinctive layered form, fragrant small cream flowers in clusters 20 – 25m Archidendron lucyii Scarlet Bean – white or green fragrant flowers Jan –May, Curled red pods, blue black seed 10-20m Archontophoenix alexandrae Alexandra palm - slender trunk, enlarge at the base, and a prominent crownshaft 35m Attractocarpus fitzalanii Native Gardenia – small bushy tree, white perfumed flowers 5m Barringtonia acutangulata Freshwater Mangrove, Itchy tree – small spreading tree, deciduous, bright red flowers 4-8m Barringtonia asiatica Box Fruit tree – small, spreading tree with cream, white or red & white flowers – coastal tree 5-10m Barringtonia calyptrata Cassowary Pine – Small spreading tree, deciduous, cream or white flowers, large blue fruit 5-10m Beilschmedia obtusifolia Blush Walnut, Hard Bollygum – Large, spreading rainforest tree, new growth bright pink to red 20-30m Brachychiton acerifolious Flame Tree – upright tree, briefly deciduous, red flower Small to med. Breynia stipitata Fart Bush – Shrub with greenish flowers, red to black fruit, attracts birds 2-5m Buckinghamia celsissima Ivory Curl Tree – bushy tree branching from ground level, creamy white perfumed flowers 10m max. Callistemon polandii Bushy upright bottlebrush, red flowers with gold tips, attracts birds 3m Callistemon viminalis Weeping Bottlebrush – small shrub to small bushy tree, bright red flowers 5 – 7m Callophyllum inophyllum Large spreading tree with dense green foliage, white flowers, round green fruit ,coastal 20m Carallia brachiata Corkwood, Corky bark – tree with cream, white or green flowers 10-20m Cananga odorata Ylang Ylang, Perfume tree- rainforest tree, yellow perfumed flowers 30m Cardwellia sublimus Northern Silky Oak – rainforest tree with cream flowers large seed pods 10-30m Castanospermum australe Black Bean – tree with dense canopy, red or reddish-yellow pea shaped flowers large seed pods 10-30m Casuarina equisitifolia Beach Casuarina, Coastal she-oak – spreading tree with pendulous branches 5-8m

No. Species Name Common name and Description Size (m) Chionanthus ramiflora Native Olive – bushy shrub or small tree, cream flowers ,blue fruit eaten by many bird species 10m Cleistanthus apodus Weeping Cleistanthus –bushy tree- green, white or cream flowers, flushes of pink new growth 4-12m Clerodendron longiflorum Long flowered clerodendron –long white flower, pink stamens ,fruit eaten by many bird species 5-9m Cerbera floribunda Cassowary Plum- milky sap, flowers-perfumed and white with pink throat, large blue seed 10 -30 m Cerbera manghas Dog Bane – fragrant flowers- white with red centre, large red fruit 6-12m Commersonia bartramia Brown Kurrajong – tall shrub or small spreading tree, cream flowers, brown spiky pods 5-12m Cordyline terminalis Slender Palm Lily- rainforest species with purplish flowers, panicles of red fruit 2-5m Crinum pendunculatum Swamp Lilly – short thick trunk, white fragrant flowers 2m Cryptocarya triplenervis Brown Laurel – bushy tree with greenish-white flowers, small round black fruit 5-10m Cupaniopsis anarchinoides Beach Tamarind- hardy small shade tree, orange fruit, bird attracting 7-12m Darlingia darlingiana Brown Silky Oak – tree with bushy canopy, long white flowers 15-20m Davidsonia pruriens Davidson Plum – small tree with brown or reddish-brown flowers, hairy edible blue fruit 6-10m Deplanchea tetraphylla Golden Bouquet tree – slender tree with spectacular bunches of yellow flowers 6-12m Dianella species Tufted perennial herb with blue small flowers and edible blue fruit attracts birds 0.5m – 1m Dillenia alata Red beech – shade tree with dense foliage, bright yellow flowers and attractive red bark 6-12m Diploglottis bernieana Bernies Tamarind – med tree, small cream flowers, fruit- brown, yellow/orange hairy capsules 10-20m Diploglottis bracteata Boonjee Tamarind- cream flowers, fruit large capsule containing 3 seeds incased in red aril 10-23m Diploglottis diphyllostegia Northern Tamarind – rainforest tree with spreading crown, creamy-brown flowers, yellow fruit 10-20m Diploglottis smithii Smith’s Tamarind – shade tree, panicles of small cream flowers, and fleshy fruit 7-20m Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum Ivory Mahogany – tree with white or cream flowers, brown fruit 20m Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blue Quandong –fast growing tree with greenish white flowers , blue fruit, attracts many birds 15-30m Erythrina variegata Coral tree – deciduous, fast growing, showy red flowers, long woody seed pods, red/brown seeds to 25m Eucalyptus pellita Red Mahogany – shrub or tree with red-brown bark and white flowers 7-30m Eucalyptus tereticornis Forest Red Gum, Blue gum – white or occasionally pink flowers 20-30m Eugenia reinwardtiana Beach Cherry – bushy shrub with white flowers followed by red berries 1-4m Euptomatia laurina Bolwarra – bushy small tree, attractive copper growth in cold weather, unusual urn shaped berry 5-10m Euroschinus falcata Pink Poplar - rainforest /monsoon forest – bunches of small fruit eaten by many bird species 30m benjamina Weeping Fig – tree with canopy as wide as it is high, fruit eaten by many birds & flying-foxes 8-15m Ficus congesta Red-leaf Fig – short trunk & spreading crown, yellow fruit eaten by cassowaries & flying-foxes 6-12m Ficus copiaosa Plentiful Fig – green, cream, yellow, orange figs eaten by fig parrots, cassowaries & flying-foxes 10m Ficus drupacea Drupe Fig – large tree (strangler) fruit attracts birds 10-20m Ficus hispida Hairy Fig – small bushy tree, edible hairy fruit attracts many bird species 4-8m Ficus racemosa Cluster Fig – large tree, fast growing attracts birds 15 -20m Ficus variegata Variegated Fig – fruits on trunk and branches, green to red fruit eaten by many species 30m Ficus virens White fig, Banyan – white, pink, purple or black fruit eaten by many bird species 40m Ficus virgata Fig – orange to red or almost black figs eaten by many bird species 10- 30m

No. Species Name Common name and Description Size (m) Flindersia bourjotiana Queensland Silver Ash – rounded crown with white or greenish-white perfumed flowers 25-30m Flindersia brayleyana Queensland Maple – dense canopy, creamy-white perfumed flowers, fast growing 25-30m Freycinetia excelsa Climbing Pandan – rainforest climber with yellow flowers & bright red berries, needs shade Ganophyllum falcatum Scaly Ash – dense crown with greenish-white flowers, orange fruit 10-25m Glochidion benthamianum Wallaby bush – shrub or tree with green or yellow flowers, attracts parrots & honey-eaters 4 – 12m Glochidion harveyanum Buttonwood – shrub or tree, fruit attracts many birds 4 -12m Glochidion sumatranum Sumatran Buttonwood – green, white, cream or yellow flowers, fruit eaten by many bird species 25m Gmelina dalrympleana Dalrymple’s White Beech – tall shrub or small tree with bluish-pink flowers 6-10m Gmelina fasciculiflora Northern White Beech – small to medium tree with pale purple or mauve flowers, purple fruits 8-15m Grevillia baileyana Findlay’s Silky Oak - bushy tree, leaves golden-hairy beneath and white perfumed flowers 6-20m Grevillia pteridiflora Golden Grevillea – orange flowers eaten by honeyeaters and nocturnal 4-8m Guoia acutifolia Guoia – small to medium tree, cream to pink perfumed flowers 8-15m Harpullia ramiflora Claudie Tulipwood -Small tree, cream perfumed flowers followed by a pink/red capsule fruit 4-9m Helicia nortoniana Norton’s Oak – small yellow brush flowers and bunches of bright blue fruit, bird attracting. 10-20m Hernandia nymphaefolia Sea Hearse- coastal tree, fruit looks like pink, red and white Chinese lanterns. 8-18m Hibiscus tiliaceus Beach Hibiscus- open yellow flowers with dark red base, bushy, hardy coastal tree 8-12m Hydriastele wendlandiana Creek Palm- clumping, slender trunks – fruit attracts many bird species 25m Ipomea pes-caprae Beach vine with purple trumpet flowers. 20-25m Intsia bijuga Kwila – coastal, shade tree, briefly deciduous in late spring – white to pink flowers in August. 20-25m Leea indica Bandicoot Berry – fast growing spreading shrub with green to red and brownish-purple berries 5m Licuala ramsayii Queensland Fan palm – solitary palm with 4m circular looking leaves will not tolerate direct sun 6-18m Litsea leefeana Bollygum – white, cream or yellow fragrant flowers, fruit eaten by many bird species 15 – 30m Lophostemon sauveolens Swamp Mahogany- coastal in swampy areas or along streams, fast growing ,white flower 15m Lomandra sp. Lomandra – tufted, rush-like with long, flat, thin, smooth leaves good for stabilizing banks 1m Macaranga tanarius Fast growing bushy, spreading tree with large dark green leaves, yellow flowers, attracts birds 6m Mellita pinnata Indian Pongamia – dense spreading tree, briefly deciduous, lilac flowers, bronze new growth 10-15m Mallotus mollissimus Soft Kamala – A bushy shrub or spreading tree, fast growing 10m Mallotus paniculatum Turn in the Wind - A bushy tree, underneath leaves white, fast growing 6m Melaleuca dealbata Paperbark - large, spreading tree with blue-grey foliage and a cream to grey papery bark 5-20m Melaleuca leucadendra Weeping Paperbark – large spreading tree - weeping habit, creamy-white to grey papery bark 10-30m Melaleuca quinquenervia Broad-leaved Paperbark – thick papery bark, crushed leaves have a tea tree oil smell 8-25m Melaleuca viridiflora Swamp Tea Tree – small erect straggly tree, red or white brush flowers 3-10m Melastoma affine Blue Tongue – small to medium shrub with a pink-mauve flowers and purple to red berries 0.5-3m Melia azerderach White Cedar – spreading deciduous tree with fragrant flowers, poisonous fruits 10-15m Melicope elleryana Corkwood – medium to big tree with dark green shiny leaves and pink flowers along branches 12-30m

No. Species Name Common name and Description Size (m) Melicope rubra Bushy tree with bright pink flowers, attracts Ulysses butterfly 6-8m Mischocarpus exangulatus Bell Fruit - medium tree with attractive yellow and red fruits 10-20m Morinda citrifolia Cheese Fruit – small tree, dense foliage, sweetly perfumed flowers, bad smelling ripe fruits 3-10m Myristica insipida Native Nutmeg – large spreading tree, seeds attract many birds 10-20m Nauclea orientalis Leichhart Tree – large tree, fragrant yellow pom-pom like flowers, soft yellow fruit 10-25m Omalanthus novoguineensis Bleeding Heart – fast growing tree with heart shaped leaves turning bright red before falling 10- 15m Pandanus monticola Urchin-fruited Pandan – red fruit eaten by cassowary and white-tailed rat, rainforest pandanus 5- 10m Pandanus tectorius Beach Pandan - with prop roots, branching fruit eaten by palm cockatoos 12m Pandanus solmslaubachii Swamp Pandan – branching, large yellow fruit 20m Phaleria clerodendron Scented Daphne – bushy tree with fragrant white flowers on trunk and bright red poisonous fruits 8-10m Pittosporum ferrugineum Rusty Pittosporum – medium tree with a yellow splitting fruit with orange sticky seeds inside 8-20m Polyscias australiana Ivory Basswood – small slender tree, attracts many birds and butterflies 8m Premna serratifolia Creek Premna – spreading small tree, with green-cream flowers and black round fruits 4-8m Ptychosperma elegans Solitare Palm – a solitary palm with a slender trunk red fruit attracts many birds 10m Rhus taitensis Sumac – medium to big tree with attractive red new growth, bunches of white flowers 15-30m Rhysotoechia robertsonii Robertson’s Tuckeroo – small tree, yellow flowers, orange and yellow fruits eaten by cassowary 6-16m Sarcopteryx martyana Medium tree with attractive foliage and pretty pink and yellow fruits 20m Scavoela taccada Cardwell Cabbage – bushy shrub, fleshy leaves and stems, coastal , clusters of white flowers 2-3m Schefflera actinophylla Umbrella Tree – attractive foliage, red fruit eaten by many birds, invasive root system 10-25m Scolopia braunii Brown Birch – shrub or tree with pink, brownish-red new growth good for screen 10m Syzygium aliiligneum Onionwood – tree with pink new growth and bright pink or red fruit eaten by cassowaries 15-20m Syzygium australe Creek Cherry – small tree with a dense crown, dark glossy leaves and pink fruits, good for screen 10m Syzygium angophoroides Yarrabah Satinash – tree with a small purple fruits eaten by many birds and cassowaries 8-30m Syzygium cormiflorum Bumpy Satinash – tree with round crown, purple new growth, white flowers and fruit on the trunk 10-30m Syzygium fibrosum Fibrous Satinash – dense small tree with purple red new growth and attractive pink to red fruits 5-15m Syzygium forte White Apple – tree with rounded shady crown, dark green shiny leaves and white fruit, coastal 15-30m Syzygium kuranda Kuranda Satinash – dense spreading crown, bright, shiny green leaves, fruit loved by birds 15-30m Syzygium leuhmanii Small leave Lilly Pilly – small tree with bright pink-red new growth, delicate leaves, red fruits 10-15m Syzygium tierneyanum River cherry – tree with dense spreading crown, glossy dark green leave and red or white fruits 10-25m Syzygium wilsonii Powderpuff Lilly Pilly – spreading shrub with pink /red new growth and red hanging flowers 6m Terminalia catappa Beach Almond – large tree with big leaves turning red before falling and almond shape fruits 20m Terminalia sericocarpa Damson’s Plum – spreading tree, layered branches, strongly scented cream flowers, blue fruit 20-30m Toechima erythrocarpum Pink Tamarind – small bushy tree with reddish-brown new growth and bright orange-red fruits 8m Xanthostemon chrysanthus Golden Penda – medium tree with spreading crown and bright golden-yellow flowers 10m Xanthostemon verticillatus Bloomfield Penda – shrub with fragrant white flowers, slow growing 3 -6 m