Native Tree Images Australia, Rainforest Tree Photos NSW & QLD

Page 1 Native Australian Tree Images, Rainforest Tree Photos & Descriptions NSW & QLD We present quality images of native Australian trees and rainforest species found on Australia's East Coast with an emphasis on tree species occurring in Northern NSW. Images showing leaf, bark and flower samples together with detailed descriptions enabling identification of native tree species. All Creative Designs Nambucca & Coffs Harbour® distribute native Australian tree pictures for website design, multimedia and identification purposes. Please note all photos are copyright and are only to be used for private non-business or study purposes. (see copyrights) For enquiries regarding images for commercial use or any other queries: Contact Us The aim of these web pages is to show the greater public the beauty and diversity of our remaining rainforests on Australia's east coast in an easy accessible way.
Page 1 A - B Page 2 B - D Page 3 E - F Page 4 F - L Page 5 M - R Page 6 S Page 7 T - Z	Australian tree photos are listed by most used common name in alphabetical order, use page links to the left. See our Leaf Characteristic Page for explanations on leaf features mentioned in descriptions to the right. Know what you are looking for; use our species list to the right with links to relevant tree images and description, or use the customized Google search at bottom of page. JPG format thumbnail pictures are 180 x 135px (vertical 135 x 180 px) web optimised. Average File Size is 5 KB JPG full size pictures are 800 x 600 px web optimized (vertical 600 x 800 px). File Size from 70 - 150 KB Click thumbnail images to view full size pictures.	Reference Resources Leaf Characteristics Species List Common Name
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Australian Teak Flindersia australis Other names: Crow's Ash Australian Teak is a medium to tall tree species found along the east coast from the NSW north coast to central QLD (Image 1). Bark has got a smooth and firm texture and is a dark brown in colour (2). New growth can flush in pink and salmon tones changing into a vibrant bright green (3). Compound leaves normally feature between 7 and 9 leaflets. Leaflets are ovate to elliptic in shape with entire margins; are arranged irregularly, sometimes opposite other times alternate and are up to 14 cm long 4 & 5). (See Leaf Characteristics Page for explanations of definitions used.)

Australian Teak	Australian Teak Bark	Flindersia australis	Teak Leaflets lower surface	Teak Leaflets upper surface

Beach Casuarina Casuarina equisetifolia Other names: Beach Sheoak, Horsetail Sheoak The Beach Casuarina or Beach Sheoak can reach a height of more than 20m but is often smaller with a crooked, windblown trunk on exposed sites close to the beach (Image 1). Bark is grey brown in colour with a hard and fissured texture on mature specimens; younger trees are more grey in colour with a smoother texture (Images 2 & 3). The woody and spiky cones (held on stiff stalks) are up to 12mm long, the image shows cones still maturing (4). Leaves are very fine, thin, needle like and more than 25 cm long (5). Distribution: Coastal areas of NSW, QLD and NT. Note: See also River Sheoak Casuarina cunninghamiana Page 5 and Forest Oak Allocasuarina torulosa Page 4.

Beach Casuarina	Casuarina equisetifolia	Beach Casuarina Bark	Beach Casuarina Cones	Beach Casuarina Branchlet

Black Apple Pouteria australis Subtropical rainforest species growing up to 30 m in height (Image 1 ). The beautiful fluted trunk is prominent feature on this mature specimen shown ( 2). On the mid-north coast of NSW fruit matures in early summer and can then be found lying on the forest floor. The fleshy fruit is more plum than apple shaped, up to 5 cm across and 8 cm long (3). Seeds are shiny dark brown and between 3 to 5 cm in length (4). Simple leaves with entire margins are obovate to oblanceolate in shape and up to 15 cm long (5). Black Apple Pouteria australis is found from the NSW central coast to central QLD in different types of rainforests, whereby largest specimens occur in subtropical rainforests on fertile soils.

Black Apple	Pouteria australis	Black Apple Fruit	Black Apple Seeds	Black Apple Leaves

Black Bean Tree Castanospermum australe Other names: None The Black Bean Castanospermum australe is large tree in its natural habitat along watercourses from the mid-north coast NSW to central QLD. Grown in forest plantations for its valuable timber and often seen as an ornamental street tree (Images 1 & 2). Bark dark brown to grey on mature trees; greenish gray on juveniles, both with vertical markings (3). Very attractive red and yellow flowers bloom in spring (4.) Compound leaf with 15 to 19 large leaflets up to 18 cm long, lanceolate to oblong in shape. Fruit develops in to a very large pod measuring 30 cm or more in length, containing 2 to 6 large rounded seeds (5). .

Black Bean Tree	Castanospermum australe	Black Bean Bark	Black Bean Flower	Black Bean Leaf & Fruit

Black Plum Diospyros australis Other names: Yellow Persimmon Small tree within and on margins of Subtropical Rainforest (STRf) (Image 1). Bark on slender trunk is dark grey in colour, but bark on new growth can be a rusty brown (2). Leaf arrangement is alternate (3). Fruit is a shiny black berry; up to 20 mm in length with dark plum like fruit flesh containing a single brown seed oblong in shape (4). Simple leaves are; up to 8 cm long, elliptic to lanceolate in shape with a firm texture, upper leaf surface is dark green and glossy, lower surface dull yellowish green and lightly hairy (5).

Black Plum	Diospyros australis Bark	Diospyros australis	Black Plum Fruit	Black Plum Leaves

Black Walnut Endiandra globosa Other names: Ball-fruited Walnut Attractive tree species with a glossy foliage found in subtropical rainforests growing to a height of 20m (Image 1). Bark is firm and fairly smooth; colour is a light grey with a pink hue (2). Large sized fruit can be up to 6 cm in diameter and 8 cm long dark purple to black in colour, yellow flesh covers a beautifully marked, smooth and hard seed (3). Simple leaves with an alternate arrangement are; up to 20 cm long with entire margins, ovate to wide elliptic in shape, dark green and glossy, hairless and fairly thin. Leaf apex is short acuminate (4). Lower surface is a lighter green and also very glossy, center vein and petiole which is up to 12 mm long are often coloured a pale yellow (5). Distribution: Northern NSW to southern QLD. (See Leaf Characteristics for explanations of terms used.)

Black Walnut	Endiandra globosa Bark	Black Walnut Fruit	Black Walnut Leaves	Endiandra globosa Venation

Black Wattle Callicoma serratifolia Other names : Callicoma Callicoma serratifolia is a small tree species reaching a height of up to 15 m (Image 1). The slender trunk features a dark grey to nearly black coloured bark, which has a rough and flaky texture (Images 2 & 3). Simple leaves are mainly elliptic in shape with regularly toothed margins and an opposite arrangement. Leaves measure up to 12 cm in length with a pale whitish underside due to dense whitish hair, which also covers young stems (Images 4 & 5). Distribution: Widespread from NSW south coast to central QLD.

Black Wattle	Callicoma serratifolia Trunk	Black Wattle Bark	Black Wattle Leaves	Black Wattle Leaf underside

Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Other names: Sally Wattle, Hickory and Mudgerabah This native tree species is known under an array of common names due to its wide distribution range and grows in different habitats from mountainous areas to within subtropical rainforests. It can grow as a woody shrub under 5m to up to 30m+ tall tree in favourable conditions (Image 1). Bark on mature specimens is a grey to brown colour, firm, hard and furrowed (2). Coiled up fruit pods can be found on the forest floor at most times of the year and are helpful when identifying this species. Pods (when uncoiled) are up to 12cm long and flattened containing black shiny seeds (3 & 4). Simple leaves (Phyllodes) on mature specimens with an alternate arrangement are; up to 15 cm in length with entire margins, are narrow oblanceolate to elliptic in shape, hairless and fairly thin but firm. Venation is longitudinal. Globular shaped flowers are cream to pale yellow coloured and bloom in spring (4 & 5). Distribution: From Tasmania to northern QLD.

Blackwood	Blackwood Bark	Acacia melanoxylon Pods	Blackwood Pod & Leaf	Blackwood Flowers

Bleeding Heart Homalanthus populifolius Other names: Native Poplar Small tree species originating in different types of rainforests and is often found as regrowth along watercourses from VIC to QLD (Image 1). Bark on mature specimen is a grayish brown with fissures and blisters compared to the more smooth and firm texture on younger specimens (Images 2 & 3). Simple leaves with an alternate arrangement are distinctively rounded and heart shaped; up to 20 cm long in juveniles, smaller on adult trees with new growth flushing pink (Images 4 & 5).

Bleeding Heart	Bleeding Heart Trunk	Bleeding Heart Sapling	Homalanthus populifolius	Bleeding Heart Leaves

Blueberry Ash Elaeocarpus reticulatus Widespread and eye-catching small under storey to medium sized native tree reaching a height of 20m (depending on conditions) found in a variety of forest types along Australia's east coast (Images 1 & 2). Bark is a dark grey colour with a firm and smooth texture (3). Beautiful small blue fruit reassembling a blueberry in appearance, but containing a hard grooved seed will mature in autumn. Leaf arrangement is alternate (4). Simple leaves are; elliptic to obovate in shape, up to 12 cm in length with regularly toothed margins and a red colored petiole. Attractive young growth is often a salmon colour (5).

Blueberry Ash	Elaeocarpus reticulatus	Blueberry Ash Trunk	Blueberry Ash Fruit	Elaeocarpus reticulatus

Blue Quandong Elaeocarpus grandis Other names: Silver Quandong, Blue Fig Blue Quandong is a large tree species found in subtropical rainforest (STRf) attaining more than 40 m in height. The image (1) is showing a street tree at only 20 m in height. Large buttress roots are a feature on mature trees in their natural habitat (Image 2). Bark is greyish in colour with a firm texture and horizontal ridges (3). Simple leaves are oblong in shape and up to 16 cm long with very obvious domatia and finely toothed margins. Older leaves will often turn red before falling, domatia are pronounced along center vein. (4). The blue fruit up to 25mm in diameter contains a deeply grooved and very hard stone (5). Distribution: Mid-north coast of NSW to central QLD.

Blue Quandong	Elaeocarpus grandis Trunk	Blue Quandong Bark	Blue Quandong Leaves	Blue Quandong Fruit & Seed

Bolly Gums
Green Bolly Gum Neolitsea australiensis Other names: Grey Bolly Gum Handsome small to medium sized tree often found as an understorey species in different types of rainforests ranging from NSW central coast to central QLD (Image 1). Bark is a greyish white colour with a firm and hard texture (2). New growth is a striking pink and very soft compared to the firm mature leaves . Petioles (See Leaf characteristics) are up to 3 cm long and more or less hairless compared to (Neolitsea dealbata below) (3). Fruit is globose in shape up to 12 mm across and changes from green over red to a dark purple color with age, containing a single seed (4). Simple leaves are arranged in a whorl below the growing bud; are up to 15 cm long, elliptic to lanceolate in shape with entire margins. The white colour of the leaf's underside is caused by a waxy coating which can be rubbed off (5).

Bolly Gum Green	Green Bolly Gum	Neolitsea australiensis Bud	Green Bolly Gum Fruit	Green Bolly Gum Leaf

White Bolly Gum Neolitsea dealbata Very similar to Neolitsia australiensis but with a smaller growing habit, found as an under storey shrub or small tree in different types of rainforests ranging from the NSW central coast to central QLD (Images 1 & 2).The petiole which is up to 3 cm long and growing bud are covered in fine rusty brown hair (3). Interesting flowers colored a golden yellow open in late summer (4). Simple leaves with entire margins are mainly obovate in shape and up to 18 cm long compared to Green Bolly Gum's elliptic to lanceolate leaf shapes. Underside of leaf is coated in white waxy substance (5).

Bolly Gum White	Neolitsea dealbata	White Bolly Gum Bud	White Bolly Gum Flower	White Bolly Gum Leaf

Bolwarra Eupomatia laurina Small under storey tree up to 10m in height with a very widespread distribution along Australia's east coast and found within different types of rainforests (Image 1). Bark is firm and rough with longitudinal ridges, colour is a dark brown (2). Fruit sets in late autumn on the NSW north coast and is fairly large at up to 30mm across, cup shaped with a distinctive rim and light green in colour (3). Simple leaves with an alternate arrangement are held on zigzag formed branches (4). Leaves are; up to 12 cm long with entire margins, very glossy on both surfaces, oblong to oblanceolate in shape, fairly soft and hairless. Apex is short acuminate and venation except center vein is rather faint (5). Distribution: From Victoria to north QLD.

Bolwarra	Eupomatia laurina	Eupomatia laurina Fruit	Bolwarra Foliage	Bolwarra Leaves

Booyongs
Booyong White Argyrodendron trifoliolatum Other names: Brown Tulip Oak Majestic large tree up to 60m in height with very large buttress roots, thin and plank like reaching up to 10m across. White Booyong is found in subtropical rainforest from the mid-north coast of NSW to southern QLD (Images 1 & 2). Bark is dark brownish green in colour with a fairly smooth and firm texture (3). Compound leaves have three leaflets (trifoliolate) up to 15 cm long ; oblong to elliptic in shape with wavy, entire margins (Leaf edge) (5). Leaf stems (petiole) are up to 50 mm long (Images 4 & 5).

Booyong White	Argyrodendron trifoliolatum	White Booyong Buttress	Booyong Leaf 'upper'	Booyong Leaf 'lower'

Black Booyong Argyrodendron actinophyllum Other names: Blush Tulip Oak Giant subtropical rainforest tree with large buttress roots on older specimens reaching heights of more than 50 m (Image 1). Bark is a dark reddish brown colour and has a scaly texture with longitudinal fissures in contrast to Argyrodendron trifoliolatum's firmer and smoother bark (2). The distinct foliage is a feature in identification of this species (3).Large compound leaves with 7 leaflets (sometimes 9) which are; up to 20 cm in length, oblanceloate to obovate in shape with entire margins. A prominent petiole is up to 15 cm in length (Images 4 & 5).

Booyong Black	Black Booyong Bark	Argyrodendron actinophyllum	Black Booyong Leaf 'upper'	Black Booyong Leaf 'lower'

Brown Beech Pennantia cunninghamii This subtropical rainforest tree species has a distribution range from the south coast of NSW to central QLD and favours locations near watercourses (Image 1). Older specimens develop fluted trunks (2). The bark is grey /brown in colour with a corky texture covered in round blisters (3). Simple leaves with entire wavy margins are between 8 to 16 cm long and elliptic to ovate in shape (4). Domatia is very visible as a swelling on the upper leaf surface and as an indentation on the lower, occurring mainly in lateral vein angles (5).

Brown Beech	Pennantia cunninghamii	Brown Beech Bark	Brown Beech Leaves	Brown Beech Domatia

We cross referenced our tree images to correctly name any species shown by using these sources listed, thereby ensuring proper scientific identification. All photos and most information in accompanying description / measurements have been compiled through a personal interest in our native flora over the last twenty years. Information such as distribution range of tree species has been gathered from a range of sources including Botanical Gardens (see link above). The aim of these web pages is to show the greater public the beauty and diversity of our remaining rainforests on Australia's east coast in an easy accessible way. We hope to raise the awareness to the high conservation value these remaining areas inherit. Please note all photos are copyright, watermarked and not to be used without prior permission by All Creative Designs® worldwide rights reserved.
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