stone enclosingtheseed. within aleatheryskinandcentralhard . Theycompriseafleshyouterlayer enclose theseedforreproductionof and inparticularrainforestspecies,to Fleshy fruitsareproducedbymanyplants, What areFleshyFruits? has beenseverelyreduced since European The distributionofrainforest inNSW new rainforestspecies. undigested seedsandtheestablishmentof play animportantroleinthedispersalof more abundant.Inreturntheseanimals during periodsoftheyearwhentheyare Flying foxes alsorely heavilyonfleshyfruits may alsoincorporateinsectsintheirdiets. mainly ontheseedswithinfleshyfruitsbut the endangeredCoxen’s Fig-Parrot, feed other speciessuchasfigparrotsincluding comprise almosttheirentirediet,whilst andTopknot,-crowned fleshyfruits For somepigeonssuchastheWompoo, small . a numberofmammalssuchaspossumand feed almostexclusively onfleshyfruits),and birds, particularlypigeons(manyofwhich food resourceformanyspeciesofnative texture makingthemanattractive andkey Fleshy fruitsvaryconsiderablyinsizeand important? Why arethey Assortment ofFleshyFruits Food treesforWildlife

Fleshy Fruits DECC remnants andisolatedpaddocktrees(e.g. The protectionofvegetationincluding What canyoudo? threatened inNSW. these speciesarenowconsideredrareand on rainforests.Consequentlymanyof doves andparrotsotheranimalsreliant in theabundanceofanumberpigeons, rainforest therehasbeenamarked decline reduction inextent anddistributionof landscape. Asaconsequenceofthissevere remnants orassingletreesinanagricultural occurs nowonlyassmallareas,isolated Outside ofnationalparks,rainforest rainforestremaining. lowland sub-tropical settlement withforexample lessthan1%of and alsoasunderstoreytreesshrubsin coast. Thesespeciescanoccurinrainforest rainforest speciesoccurringonthenorth Table 1listssomeofthefleshyfruited maintained. rainforests althoughexisting roadscanbe Forestry operationsarenotpermittedwithin fox species. mammals suchasmigratorybirdandflying- survival ofmanythreatenedbirdsand very significantinensuringthecontinued figs) thatannuallyproducefleshyfruit,is

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Private Native Forestry - Advisory NOTE 5 Table 1 Fleshy Fruited Rainforest Species

Scientific Name Common Name Scientific Name Common Name Acmena hemilampra Broad-leaved Lilly Pilly coronata Creek Sandpaper Fig Acmena ingens Red Apple Ficus fraseri Sandpaper Fig Acmena smithii Lilly Pilly Moreton Bay Fig Acronychia oblongifolia Common Achronychia Ficus obliqua Small-leaved Fig Alangium villosum Muskwood Rusty Fig Anthocarapa nitidula Incense Cedar Ficus superba Deciduous Fig Aphananthe philippinensis Rough-leaved Elm Ficus virens White Fig Archontopheonix cunninghamiana Bangalow Palm Ficus watkinsiana Strangler Fig Austromyrtus bidwillii Python Ixora beckleri Native Ixora Beilschmiedia elliptica Grey Walnut australis Brown Bolly Gum Beilschmiedia obtusifolia Blush Walnut Litsea reticulata Bolly Gum Canarium australisicum Mangobark Livistona australis Cabbage Palm paniculata Native Celtis Mallotus discolor White Kamala Cinnamomum oliveri Olivers Sassafras Melia azedarach White Cedar Cinnamomum virens Red-barked Sassafras Neolitsea australiensis Green Bolly Gum Citronella moorei Churnwood Neolitsea dealbata White Bolly Gum bidwillii Yellow Laurel Olea paniculata Native Olive Cryptocarya erythroxylon Pigeonberry Ash Pennantia cunninghamii Brown Beech Cryptocarya obovata Pepperberry Planchonella laurifolia Blush Coondoo Cryptocarya triplinervis Three-veined Laurel Brown Pine Decaspermum humile Silky Myrtle Polyscias elegans Celerywood excelsa Giant Stinging Tree Polyscias murrayi Pencil Cedar Diospyros pentamera Myrtle Ebony Premna lignum-vitae Lignum-vitae Diploglottis australis Native Tamarind Rhodamnia argentea Malletwood fraserianum Rosewood Rhodamnia rubescens Scrub Turpentine Dysoxylum mollisimum Red Bean Rhodomyrtus psidioides Native Gauva Ehretia acuminata Koda Sloanea australis Maidens Blush Elaeocarpus grandis Blue Fig/Blue Quandong Sloanea woolsii Yellow Carabeen Elaeocarpus kirtonii White Quandong Streblus brunonianus Whalebone Tree Elaeocarpus obovatus Hard Quandong stawellii White Hazelwood Elaeocarpus reticulatus Blueberry Ash Buff Hazelwood Emmenosperma alphitonoides Yellow Ash Syzygium australe Brush Cherry Rose Walnut Syzygium corynanthum Sour Cherry Green-leaved Rose Walnut Syzygium crebrinerve Purple Cherry Euroschinus falcata Ribbonwood Syzygium francisii Giant Watergum moist eucalypt forests. When undertaking References and Further forestry activities all efforts should be made Reading to retain and protect these species. Reference Books for Rainforest Tree Additionally, replacement of the weed Identification species Campher Laurel with native • Floyd A (1989), Rainforest of rainforest species listed in Table 1 would be Mainland South-eastern , Forestry beneficial for biodiversity. Commission of NSW, Inkata Press. • Williams J B, et al (1984), Rainforest Trees and Shrubs of NSW and Southern , UNE. • DECC: www.environment.nsw.gov.au

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