Native Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Tablelands Native Species of the Basalt Armidale Area Upper Slopes The Armidale Area Trees This list has been compiled to assist people of filicifolia Fern-leaf Wattle the Armidale area who wish to locally Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood indigenous trees and shrubs. It was compiled by examining roadsides and properties within Angophora floribunda Rough-barked ten kilometres of Armidale. Apple integrifolia Coast Banksia Most of the native trees and shrubs have pauciflora Snow Gum disappeared over much of the area, except for E. viminalis Manna Gum small remnants. Therefore, the list is not Exocarpus cupressiformis Native Cherry complete but with careful observations of existing remnants, and research into the Notolaea microcarpa Native Olive natural distribution of various species, it will be extended. Shrubs

Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Planting locally indigenous species has many advantages: Acacia siculiformis Dagger Wattle • They provide important habitat and Bursaria spinosa Blackthorn ecological services; Cryptandra amara Pretty Cryptandra • They maintain the landscape character; Hibbertia obtusifolia Guinea Flower • They provide many useful products; Hymenanthera dentata Tree Violet • Neglect of our local species will lead to their Indigofera australis Indigo gradual decline and loss. Jacksonia scoparia Dogwood Adapted by Southern New England Landcare from a similar brochure by Greening .

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Basalt Basalt Shrubs Mid Slope Lower Slope Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Acacia ulicifolia Prickly Moses (There will be some overlap between upper slope Trees and mid slope). Bursaria spinosa Blackthorn Acacia filicifolia Fern-leaf Wattle Trees Cassinia quinquefaria Dead Finish /Sifton Bush Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Acacia filicifolia Fern-leaf Wattle Cryptandra amara Pretty Cryptandra Eucalyptus nova-anglica New England Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Peppermint Daviesia latifolia Egg & Bacon Coast Banksia E. stellulata Black Sallee Dillwynia retorta Egg & Bacon Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red E. viminalis Manna Gum eriantha Tree Hakea Gum Indigofera australis Indigo E. melliodora Yellow Box Shrubs Jacksonia scoparia Dogwood E. pauciflora Snow Gum Acacia siculiformis Dagger Wattle Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree E. viminalis Manna Gum Bursaria spinosa Blackthorn Olearia elliptica Sticky daisy Bush Exocarpus cupressiformis Native Cherry Possibly also some of the shrubs from the mid Olearia viscidula Sticky Daisy Bush slope list. Pimelia linifolia Rice Flower Shrubs Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Lower Slope Acacia siculiformis Dagger Wattle Trees Bursaria spinosa Blackthorn Trap (sedimentary) Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Cassinia quinquefaria Dead Finish/ Upper to Mid Slope E. dalrympleana Mountain White Gum Sifton Bush Trees E. nova-anglica New England Peppermint Cryptandra amara Pretty Cryptandra Acacia filicifolia Fern-leaf Wattle E. stellulata Black Sallee Hymenanthera dentata Tree Violet Allocasuarina littoralis Black She-oak Jacksonia scoparia Dogwood Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Shrubs Lissanthe strigosa Peach Heath Gum Acacia rubida Red-stemmed Wattle Olearia viscidula Sticky Daisy E. bridgesiana Apple Box Acacia siculiformis Dagger Wattle Bush E. caliginosa New England Discaria pubescens Australian Anchor Plant Pimelia linifolia Rice Flower Stringybark Bursaria spinosa Blackthorn Pultenaea microphylla Egg & Bacon E. melliodora Yellow Box Callistemon paludosus Bottle Brush E. pauciflora Snow Gum Daviesia latifolia Bitter Pea E. viminalis Manna Gum Leptospermum polygalifolium Creek Tea Tree