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Australian Rainforest Tree Pictures, Native Tree Photos QLD & NSW

Australian native rainforest tree pictures showing leaf, fruit and bark samples. Photos for identification of species, website design and publication purposes by All Creative Designs Nambucca & Coffs Harbour®. Please note all images are copyright and only to be used for non-business purposes. (see copyrights) You are welcome to Contact Us with any questions or feedback regarding Australian tree species. We seek to raise the consciousness to the high conservation values these rainforest areas deserve. The image folder below is constantly extended and updated, find something new each time you visit our web site.
Identification tree photos are ordered by most used common name in alphabetical order, see page links below.
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Cassia Senna acclinis Other names: Brush Senna
Cassia or Brush Senna is a single stemmed scrub below 5m in height found in a range of different forest types (Picture 1). The slender trunk features a dark brown coloured bark with a slightly rough texture and fine fissures ( 2). Up to 30 shiny brown seeds are held in pods up to 18 cm long which are rather flattened and mostly straight in shape (3). Bright yellow flowers are up to 20mm across and bloom most time throughout the year (4). Pinnate compound leaves with an alternate arrangement are made up of 12 to 14 leaflets which are; mostly elliptic in shape with entire margins, up to 5 cm long, oppositely arranged, mid-green in colour on top, light green below, mostly hairless, thin and soft in texture. Leaf apex is acute to rounded, base shape is rounded (5). Distribution: NSW central coast to Central QLD. This species is rare due to clearing and invasion of the very similar Winter Senna Senna pendula. In identification the most obvious difference is the flattened seed pod (can be found most time of the year Picture 3) of this native species compared to the rounded pod off the introduced species off the Mexican Winter Senna or Easter Cassia Senna pendula and the Smooth Cassia Senna septemtrionalis . See Leaf Characteristics Page for explanations on definitions used.

Cassia Senna acclinis

Cassia Senna acclinis Bark

Senna acclinis Fruit

Cassia Flower

Cassia Leaves

Chain Fruit Alyxia ruscifolia
This native shrub with a wide distribution range grows to height of 3 to 4 m and is found in most types of rainforests (Picture 1). Bark is a mid brown to olive-green in colour with a flaky texture (2). Beautiful white flowers feature 5 fused petals forming a cylindrical floral tube (reddish-brown) which separates into 5 lobes at he top measuring up to 2.5 cm in length and less than 1 cm in diameter at the top. Flowers are held in tight clusters of up to 10 individuals at he very end of branches (3). The unusual fleshy fruit is mostly globose in shape, a bright orange-red in colour and about 10 mm in size. It can be separated into 5 segments giving this native species its common name and contains a hard seed in each segment (4). The simple leaves are held in a whorl arrangement of up to 6 (mostly 4) and contain a white latex. Leaves are; up to 7 cm in length with entire margins, mostly ovate in shape, dark green and glossy on top, paler beneath with a stiff and slightly rough texture. Leaf apex is acute ending in a very sharp spine, base shape is cuneate. Lateral veins are broad and raised on upper leaf surface (5). Distribution: From NSW south coast to northern QLD.

Chain Fruit

Chain Fruit Bark

Alyxia ruscifolia Flower

Chain Fruit Fruit

Chain Fruit Leaves

Cheese Tree Glochidion ferdinandi Other names: Buttonwood
This medium sized tree species with a compact and rounded canopy less than 20m in height is often found along watercourses and within different types of rainforests (Pictures 1 & 2). Bark is coloured a light to medium brown, rough and fissured (3). The fruit is variegated and can be from light green to red in colour and measures up to 2 cm across (4). Simple leaves with an alternate leaf arrangement (mature trees) are; elliptic to oblong in shape, up to 10 cm long (leaves are considerably larger on saplings) with entire margins, hairless, dark green and glossy on top, paler but shiny below with a smooth and soft texture. Apex is short acuminate, base is cuneate and sometimes asymmetric (5). Distribution: From NSW south coast to central QLD. Notes: Excellent species for riverbank regeneration, roots exposed by floods will sprout new growth.

Cheese Tree

Cheese Tree Bark

Glochidion ferdinandi

Cheese Tree Fruit

Cheese Tree Leaves

Coachwoood Ceratopetalum apetalum
The Coachwood Ceratopetalum apetalum is a medium size tree species growing up to 30 m in height and is found in different rainforest types (Pictures 1 & 2). The distinctive erect trunk is greyish white in colour with a firm bark showing horizontal markings (3). Simple leaves with an opposite leaf arrangement are; between 8 to 15 cm long with finely toothed margins, elliptic to oblong in shape, hairless with a firm and leathery texture. Leaf apex is short acuminate, base shape is cuneate. Mid vein is raised and yellow coloured on lower leaf surface, otherwise venation is faint (4). The petiole measures up to 2cm in length with a prominent pulvinus at the base. Horizontal scars left behind by stipules of up to 4 mm in length are visible (5). Distribution: from the NSW South coast to central QLD. See Leaf Characteristics Page for more information on definitions used.

Coachwood Tree

Ceratopetalum apetalum

Coachwood Bark

Coachwood Leaves

Coachwood Leaf Surfaces

Coastal Banksia Banksia integrifolia
The Coastal Banksia Banksia integrifolia reaches a height of 15m in more sheltered positions, whereby in exposed coastal conditions it grows as a windblown and twisted shrub less than 5m high ( Picture 1). Bark on older specimens is a light grey in colour, deeply fissured and firm (2). Pale to bright yellow flower spikes are up to 10 cm long and bloom over the warmer months of the year (3). Picture 4 shows the dehiscent fruit (after opening) to the left and in its early development after flowering to the right (4). Simple leaves form a whorl of up to 6 below the growing bud turning to an alternate arrangement thereafter and are; up to 18 cm in length with entire (toothed in juveniles) and incurved margins, mostly oblanceolate in shape, dark green and hairless on top, light grey to nearly white and finely hairy below, firm and leathery. Leaf apex is rounded, base shape is attenuate. Mid vein is prominent and a yellow colour, numerous straight lateral veins are rather faint (5). Distribution: Common and wide spread along Australia's east coast and Tasmania, from VIC to central QLD. See Flower Characteristics Page and Leaf Characteristics Page for information on terms used.

Coastal Banksia Bark Banksia integrifolia

Coastal Banksia Flower Banksia integrifolia

Coastal Banksia

Coastal Banksia Bark

Coastal Banksia Flower

Banksia integrifolia Fruit

Coastal Banksia Leaves

Coastal Tea Tree Leptospermum laevigatum
The Coastal Tea Tree Leptospermum laevigatum is a tall native shrub reaching a height of 6m or more and is found in close proximity to the beach being able to tolerate strong salt spray. Older specimens are multi trunked and with a spreading habit can form dense stands often as the first vegetation behind sand dunes (Picture1). Bark is rough and stringy in texture shedding in long strips; cream coloured when newly exposed changing to a grey-brown with maturity (2). White flowers measure between 15 mm to 20 mm in diameter and bloom late winter to spring (3). Simple leaves with an alternate arrangement are; up to 25 mm in length, mostly oblanceolate in shape with entire margins, hairless, grey-green and rather dull on both surfaces with a firm texture. Apex is rounded with a very small tip (mucronate), leaf base shape is attenuate. Petiole is only 1 - 2 mm in length and yellow-brown in colour. Venation is faint but 3 longitudinal veins can be seen (Pictures 4 & 5). Distribution: Widespread in coastal areas of Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, NSW and QLD.

Coastal Tea Tree Bark Leptospermum laevigatum

Coastal Tea Tree Flower Leptospermum laevigatum

Coastal Tea Tree

Coastal Tea Tree Bark

Coastal Tea Tree Flower

Leptospermum laevigatum

Coastal Tea Tree Leaves

Common Acronychia Acronychia oblongifolia
Wide spread small to medium sized native tree species found along Australia's east coast , often as regrowth or on margins of rainforests (Picture 1). Bark is finely fissured and light brown in colour (2). The bright white coloured fruit measures up to 15 mm in diameter with 4 distinct lobes containing one or two brown seeds each (3). Simple (1-foliate) leaves with an opposite arrangement are; up to 12 cm long, oblong to obovate in shape, hairless, very glossy on both sides with a firm texture and give off a pleasant scent when crushed. Leaf apex is rounded or notched, base shape is mostly cuneate (4). Petioles can be up to 3 cm long featuring distinct joints (5). Distribution: VIC, NSW and north to central QLD.

Common Acronychia

Common Acronychia Bark

Acronychia oblongifolia Fruit

Acronychia Leaves

Acronychia Leaf Joint

Coogeras

Coogera Arytera divaricata Other names: Rose Tamarind
The eye catching foliage coloured brightly pink to salmon is a distinctive characteristic of this rainforest tree species occurring along the east coast from central NSW (Picture 1). Growing up to 25 m in height with a firm, light grey bark (2 & 3). Compound leaves consist of up to seven leaflets with entire margins, between 7 to 14 cm long and elliptic to obovate in shape. Leaf arrangement is alternate (4 & 5).

Coogera Arytera divaricata

Coogera

Coogera trunk

Coogera New Growth

Coogera Leaf

Twin-leaved Coogera Arytera distylis Other names: Two-leaved Coogera
Subtropical rainforest species attaining a height of up to 15m mainly occurring as an under storey tree (Picture 1). Twin-leaved Coogera often grows multi stemmed with a glossy and dense foliage (2). Bark is very dark, appearing black from a distance, with a firm and rough texture. Fine longitudinal fissures are showing a cream colour (3). Fruit is a hard capsule up to 15mm long and yellowish in colour containing a black seed enclosed in a dark red and fleshy aril (4). Distinctive compound leaves with an alternate arrangement feature two leaflets which are; up to 12 cm long with entire and wavy margins, mostly lanceolate in shape, glossy and hairless. Petiole is up to 4 cm long and domatia is small but visible on lower leaf surface (5). Distribution: NSW north coast to central QLD.

Twin-leaved Coogera Bark Arytera distylis

Twin-leaved Coogera

Arytera distylis

Twin-leaved Coogera Bark

Twin-leaved Coogera Fruit

Twin-leaved Coogera Leaf

Corkwood Duboisia myoporoides Other names: Duboisia
Corkwood or Duboisia grows in different types of rainforests and on their margins and reaches a height of up to 20m (Picture 1). Crooked trunks feature a very deeply furrowed and corky bark which is light brown with grey and cream coloured patches. Bark texture is more brittle than that of the Soft Corkwood Ackama paniculata (2). Small white flowers with five petals are less than 1 cm in diameter, blooming from August to September (3). Simple leaf features are; alternate arrangement, entire wavy margins, 6 to 13 cm length, elliptic to oblanceolate shape and an acute apex with a fairly blunt point. Venation is only faintly visible but the center vein is prominently raised (4 & 5). Distribution: NSW south coast to central QLD.

Corkwood Duboisia

Corkwood Duboisia Bark

Duboisia myoporoides

Corkwood Branchlet

Duboisia Leaves

Crabapple Schizomeria ovata Other names: White Birch
Normally found as a medium size tree up to 25 m in height occurring within subtropical rainforests and other forest types, more exceptional specimens can attain a height of up to 40m (Photo 1). Bark is very firm and fissured in older specimens and tones of grey in colour (2). The globose (globe-shaped) fruit is white to pale yellow in colour and measures up to 2 cm in diameter. The white fruit flesh emits an apple like scent when crushed and contains a single seed enclosed in a hard shell (3). Simple leaves with an opposite arrangement are; up to 16 cm in length, oblong to ovate in shape, hairless, glossy and feature leaf margins which are very varied from finely toothed to nearly entire. Petiole is up to 3 cm long with a pronounced joint at the stem. (4) Stipules enclosing growth bud are up to 5mm long and leave a horizontal scar on the young branch. Mid vein is prominently raised and a yellowish colour on lower leaf surface, curved lateral veins are clearly visible (5). Distribution: From the NSW south-coast to southern QLD.

Crabapple

Schizomeria ovata Bark

Crabapple Fruit

Crabapple Leaves

Crabapple Stipule Scar

Cuttsia Cuttsia viburnea Other names: Native Elderberry
Small under storey tree growing up to 15 m in height within or on margins of subtropical (STRf) and warm temperate rainforests (WTRf) (Photo 1). Bark on older specimens is soft and corky with blisters and a whitish grey in colour ( 2). Attractive white flowers with a yellow center are very pleasantly honey like scented and bloom over spring (3). Simple leaves with an alternate arrangement are; up to 20 cm in length with finely toothed margins, broad elliptic to obovate in shape, bright green and glossy on top, pale green beneath, hairless, thin and very soft to touch. Apex is acute to short acuminate, base shape is cuneate. Petiole is up to 20 mm in length. Mid vein and prominent curved laterals are sunken on upper leaf surface and strongly raised below (Photos 4 & 5). Distribution: Mid-north coast of NSW to southern QLD.

Cuttsia

Cuttsia viburnea Bark

Cuttsia viburnea Flower

Cuttsia Leaves

Cuttsia Leaf Surfaces

Davidson's Plum NSW Davidsonia jerseyana
This small native tree species is often used in cultivation for the edible fruit but is very uncommon in its natural habitat of subtropical rainforests. It can attain a height of up to 12m with a straight and narrow trunk which is only sparsely branched (Image 1). Bark is brown in colour showing warty blisters and small ridges, texture overall is firm (2). Red flowers appear on the trunk of the tree and bloom in late winter to spring (3). Striking red coloured new growth is covered in prickly stiff hair which can cause irritation to the skin when touched (4). Large compound leaves can be 80 cm in length featuring 15 (sometimes more) leaflets which are; up to 30 cm in length, oblong or slightly oblanceolate in shape with toothed margins, covered in stiff brownish hair on their underside (especially on veins), mid green and white hairy on top with a firm texture. Apex is short acuminate and base shape is rounded. Mid vein and laterals are raised and covered in prickly beige to brown coloured hair on underside of leaflet (5). Distribution: Confined to a few valleys in the northern rivers area of NSW. Identification: Very similar to Davidsonia pruriens but this species differs in its larger size of leaf and leaflets, bark texture and being prickly hairy. See Flower Characteristics Page and Leaf Characteristics Page for information on terms used.

Davidson's Plum NSW Bark Davidsonia jerseyana

Davidson's Plum NSW Flower Davidsonia jerseyana

Davidsonia jerseyana New Growth Davidson's Plum

Davidson's Plum NSW

Davidson's Plum Bark

Davidson's Plum Flower

Davidsonia jerseyana

Davidson's Plum Leaflet

Davidson's Plum QLD Davidsonia pruriens
Small native tree species with a slender and upright trunk reaching a height of 15m originating in tropical rainforests (Image 1). Bark is brown in colour with scaly and flaky texture (2). Vivid blue fruits reassembling a plum are up to 6 cm in length with the dark red fruit flesh containing one or two flat and rounded seeds (3). Large compound leaves with an opposite arrangement are more than 100 cm in length. They consist of up to 17 leaflets which increase in size from the base upwards and are; up to 20 cm long with regularly toothed margins, oblong to oblanceolate in shape and feature leafy stipules along the petiole. Venation is prominent with center and lateral veins being raised on lower leaflet surface and covered in soft whitish hair (4 & 5). Distribution: Northern QLD.

Davidson's Plum Bark Davidsonia pruriens

Davidson's Plum Fruit Davidsonia pruriens

Davidsonia pruriens Leaf Davidson's Plum

Davidson's Plum QLD

Davidson's Plum Bark

Davidson's Plum Fruit

Davidsonia pruriens Leaf

Davidson's Plum Leaflet

Denhamia Denhamia celastroides
Denhamia is a small native tree species reaching a height of less than 10m and occurring as an understorey species in different types of rainforests and adjacent tall forests (Photo 1). Bark on often multi-trunked specimens is firm, finely rough and beige to light grey in colour (2). Small green and white flowers measure 3 to 4 mm in diameter and bloom in early spring (3). The small fruit is globular in shape and up to 12 mm across, turning greenish yellow in colour when ripe (4).Simple leaves emerging in a whorl arrangement than turning to an alternate arrangement are; up to 12 cm long with fine but often irregular toothed margins, dark green and glossy on top, lighter and quite glossy below with a firm, medium thick and rather stiff texture. Leaf apex is acute, base shape is cuneate and the petiole is between 3 to 6 mm in length. Venation is prominent and raised on both surfaces (5). Distribution: NSW mid-north coast to southern QLD.

Denhamia

Denhamia celastroides Bark

Denhamia celastroides

Denhamia celastroides Fruit

Denhamia Leaves

Devil's Needle Solanum stelligerum
Small native shrub less than 2m in height found in different types of rainforests and bordering sclerophyll forests (Photo 1). Young and older stems are finely hairy and feature widely spaced needle like spines up to 15mm (2). Small globular shaped fruit is up to 8mm in diameter turning a reddish colour when mature and is partly covered by hairy sepals (3). Alternately arranged simple leaves are; up to 10 cm long, lanceolate in shape with mostly entire margins, mid green, dull and more or less hairless on top, pale yellow beneath due to a dense cover of fine hair. Apex is acute or sometimes more long acuminate, base shape is rounded and often oblique (irregular sides). Petiole can have spines, is hairy and is up to 15 mm in length. Mid vein and laterals are raised on lower surface and are finely yellowish hairy (5). Distribution: NSW south coast to central QLD.

Devil's Needle Fruit Solanum stelligerum

Devil's Needle

Devil's Needle Stem

Devil's Needle Fruit

Solanum stelligerum

Devil's Needle Leaves

Dorrigo Maple Endiandra crassiflora
The Dorrigo Maple (smaller tree in foreground) is a medium sized tree reaching 25 m in height and prefers cooler rainforests in mountainous terrain (Photo 1). Bark is a whitish grey in colour, normally rather smooth and soft, but obscured by lichen / mosses and shows some insect damage in picture 2. Interesting flower are borne on short racemes and measure up to 5mm in width (at top) and the same in length. This flower is regarded as a perianth (no petals) where the fleshy calyx tube shows 5 rounded lobes at the top, which are a vivid pink to purplish red in colour (3). Growth buds and young stems are covered in fine rusty brown hair. Simple leaves with an alternate arrangement are; up to 11 cm in length with entire margins, mostly elliptic to slightly ovate or obovate in shape, wrinkled, hairless, semi-glossy and mid green on top, blotchy white-grey beneath with a firm texture (4). Veins are finely hairy on lower leaf surface and domatia as elongated pockets visible along the mid vein are good identification features (5). Distribution: NSW mid-north coast to southern QLD. See Flower Identification and Leaf Characteristics Page for information on terms used.

Dorrigo Maple Bark Endiandra crassiflora

Endiandra crassiflora Flower Dorrigo Maple

Dorrigo Maple

Dorrigo Maple Bark

Endiandra crassiflora Flower

Dorrigo Maple Leaves

Dorrigo Maple Domatia

Doughwood Acronychia octandra
Acronychia octandra is medium sized tree species found in subtropical rainforests from NSW mid-north coast to central QLD (Photo 1). Bark is firm, mostly smooth and light grey in colour (2). Leaf arrangement is mainly opposite (3). Large compound leaves feature 3 leaflets up to 18 cm long, narrow obovate in shape with entire margins and a rounded or sometimes slightly notched leaf tip. Leaves are smooth (not hairy) with a firm and leathery texture, giving off a scent when crushed (4 & 5).
See also Hairy Doughwood (White Euodia Page 7) Melicope micrococca and Pink Doughwood (Pink Euodia Page 5) Melicope elleryana.

Doughwood Acronychia

Doughwood Bark

Acronychia octandra

Acronychia octandra Leaf

Upper Leaf Surface

We make an effort to correctly identify any tree species shown in our photos and used these sources to cross reference our images and descriptions. All photos and most of the information in accompanying description / measurements have been assembled through a personal interest in our native rainforests for more than twenty years. Information like distribution range of tree species has been collected from a range of sources (see link above). The intent of these web pages is to illustrate the beauty and diversity of our remaining rainforests on Australia's east coast in an easy accessible way. We seek to raise the consciousness to the high conservation value these rainforest areas hold. Please note all images are copyright, watermarked and are not to be used without prior permission by All Creative Designs® worldwide rights reserved.
Tree Pages: 1 A - Bo \| 2 Bo - Br \| 3 C - D \| 4 E - Euca \| 5 F - Figs \| 6 F - G \| 7 H - M \| 8 N - P \| 9 R - S \| 10 S - Syz \| 11 T - V \| 12 W - Z

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