Identification Photos, Leaf Shapes, Bark, Fruit of Rainforest & Grevillea Species Australia Page 6

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Identification Photos, Leaf Shapes, Bark, Fruit of Rainforest Species NSW & QLD

Photos with enlarged views and descriptions for identification of Australian native Grevilleas and rainforest tree species. Australian Grevillea species photos showing of bark, fruit and leaf samples. All Creative Designs Nambucca & Coffs Harbour® presents native Australian tree images for identification, multimedia and publication purposes. Please note all images are copyright and only to be used for private and study purposes. (see copyrights) Please direct any enquiries regarding images and descriptions to Contact Us.The rainforest image folder below is constantly extended, revised and updated. Find something new each time you visit our web site. The target of these web pages is to show the diversity and magnificence of Australia's remaining rainforests areas in an accessible way. How to identify Australian Grevilleas.
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Foambark Tree Jagera pseudorhus Other names: Pink Foambark
Small tree species with a dense and rounded canopy found naturally in different types of rainforests (Photo 1). Bark is a light grey colour with a hard and firm texture (2). A small yellow and pink flower develops into a hairy capsule up to 2 cm across, turning from a bright pink to brown in colour (3). Pinnate or bipinnate compound leaves with a varied arrangement consist of up to 20 leaflets which are; lanceolate to narrow elliptic in shape, oppositely arranged with toothed margins, up to 8 cm long and finely hairy. Smaller branches, petiole and petiolules are also covered in fine brown hair (4 & 5). Distribution: From mid-north coast of NSW to central QLD. (See Leaf Characteristics) for more information on definitions used.

Foambark Tree Flower & Fruit Jagera pseudorhus

Foambark Tree

Foambark Tree Bark

Foambark Flower & Fruit

Jagera pseudorhus Leaves

Foambark Tree Leaf

Forest Maple Cryptocarya rigida Other names: Rose Maple
This beautiful small under storey tree species is found on margins of subtropical rainforests or in adjacent sclerophyll forests (Photo 1). Bark is a light grey in colour and features softer corky warts and some fissures but is otherwise quite firm in texture, bark on saplings is dark grey to nearly black (2). The evenly white and waxy covering on the lower leaf surface and the neatly arranged foliage are good identification characteristics, as are the finely brown hairy growth buds (3). The fruit maturing in mid to late summer is; oval shaped with a an obvious narrowed base, up to 25 mm long and shiny dark blue to black in colour containing a beautiful pink seed with longitudinal markings (4). Simple leaves with an alternate arrangement are; elliptic to obovate in shape with entire margins, between 5 to 14 cm long, dark green, hairless and semi glossy on top, whitish grey, waxy and finely hairy beneath, rather firm, smooth in texture and emit a fruity smell when crushed. Leaf apex is acute ending in a fine point, base shape is varied from rounded to more cuneate. Mid and lateral veins are raised on lower leaf surface (5) . Distribution: From NSW central coast to southern QLD.

Forest Maple

Cryptocarya rigida

Forest Maple Foliage

Cryptocarya rigida Fruit & Seed

Forest Maple Leaves

Forest Oak Allocasuarina torulosa Other names: Mountain Forest Oak, Rose Sheoak
This native tree occurs in tall forests adjacent to different rainforest types mostly as an under storey species and can reach up to 30 m in height under favourable conditions ( Photos 1 & 2). Bark is brown in colour, rough with deep fissures and a hard texture (3). Cones are up to 3 cm in length containing numerous small brown winged seeds (4) . Branchlet with male flowers (5). Distribution: NSW south coast to northern QLD.

Forest Oak

Allocasuarina torulosa

Mountain Forest Oak Trunk

Forest Oak Cone

Forest Oak Branchlet

Giant Stinging Tree Dendrocnide excelsa
Large rainforest tree species with a fast and erect growing habit found in subtropical rainforests from NSW south coast to central QLD (Photo1). Bark is fairly soft to the touch and coloured grey to brown, but is often covered by mosses and lichen (2). Foliage on mature trees is frequently damaged by insects, whereby leaves in sapling trees are less affected. Leaves in juvenile specimens are up to 35 cm long (3 & 4). Very painful stinging hairs cover the underside especially the veins of the leaf. Simple adult leaves are; up to 20 cm long, mostly round in shape with entire or toothed margins, alternate leaf arrangement with a prominent petiole sometimes more than 10 cm long (5). Note: Even half decayed leaves lying on the forest floor will still have a stinging effect. See also Shiny-leaved Stinging Tree Dendrocnide photinophylla Page 9.

Giant Stinging Tree

Giant Stinging Tree Trunk

Dendrocnide excelsa

Giant Stinging Tree Leaves

Stinging Hairs Dendrocnide excelsa

Golden Guinea Tree Dillenia alata
Medium sized tree species attaining a height of up to 20m which occurs in tropical QLD (Photo 1). Distinctive red brown coloured bark has a soft and flaky texture (2). Very attractive white flowers held on long tendrils up to 1m long growing on larger branches of the Golden Guinea tree (3). Very glossy foliage features large leaves with entire margins up to 20 cm long, broadly oblong in shape with a rounded apex and a firm and leathery texture (4 & 5).

Golden Guinea Tree QLD

Dillenia alata Bark

Dillenia alata Flower

Golden Guinea Foliage

Golden Guinea Leaves

Green Banksia Banksia robur
The Green Banksia Banksia robur is a native shrub under 5 m preferring swampy conditons in coastal areas (Photo 1). Bark is grey in colour with a firm and rather rough texture featuring small fissures (Photo 2). Beautiful large flower spikes up to 20 cm in length are a golden yellow colour (3). Simple leaves start in a whorl (4 to 5) arrangement beneath the growing bud turning alternate thereafter and are; large at 25 cm or more, elliptic in shape with irregular toothed margins, mid green, hairless and fairly glossy on top , pale yellow to cream and velvet beneath, very firm and stiff in texture. Lower leaf surface, mid vein and laterals are covered in short fine hair. Teeth are tipped with strong and sharp callous spines (5). Distribution: NSW south coast to northern QLD. See Flower Characteristics Page and Leaf Characteristics Page for information on terms used.

Green Banksia

Green Banksia Bark

Banksia robur Flower

Green Banksia Leaf

Green Banksia Venaton

Green-leaved Rose Walnut Endiandra muellerii subsp. muellerii Other names: Mueller's Walnut
The Green-leaved Rose Walnut or Mueller's Walnut is a native tree species which can reach a height of up to 35m within fertile subtropical rainforests, but is often encountered at a smaller size within littoral and warm temperate rainforests. It is very common as a rainforest regeneration tree and found as one of the first species to recolonize adjoining tall forests (Photo 1). Mature specimens feature a flanged and buttressed trunk. The bark is hard and rather rough in texture with small vertical ridges and scattered rounded depressions after shedding; colour is a greyish brown (2). Small pink flowers form in drooping panicles and blossom in late spring to early summer (3). Attractive new spring growth flushes first in a rose to red colour turning to salmon and light green when maturing. Mature simple leaves with an alternate arrangement are up to 11 cm in length, elliptic to broad elliptic in shape with entire and sometimes undulating margins, hairless, dark green and semi glossy on top, slightly paler but also shiny beneath with a smooth, firm and leathery texture. Apex is acute to short acuminate ending in a blunt point, base shape is cuneate to rounded. Petiole measures up to 1 cm in length. Center vein and laterals are noticeably raised on lower leaf surface and net veins are visible. Domatia are shallow pockets (mostly more inconspicuous than the domatium shown in red circle) which are not present on every leaf. For identification check a number of leaves on different branches (Photos 4 & 5). Distribution: NSW central coast to QLD.

Green-leaved Rose Walnut Bark Endiandra muellerii subspecies muellerii

Green-leaved Rose Walnut Flower Endiandra muellerii subspecies muellerii

Green-leaved Rose Walnut

G-l. Rose Walnut Bark

G-l. Rose Walnut Flower

Green-leaved Rose Walnut Leaves

G-l. Rose Walnut Domatium

Green Wattle Acacia irrorata Other names: Blueskin
This species of Acacia is is widely distributed along the NSW coastline and under favourable conditions can reach a height of 10m. The Green Wattle is mostly found in open tall forests, in rainforest transition zones and as regrowth in disturbed sites and along rural roads (Picture 1). Bark on mature specimens is shades of grey in colour with a firm and slightly rough texture featuring small vertical ridges, cracks are caused by sudden growth spurts due to wet conditions (Pic 2). Globose (rounded) flower heads are up to 8 mm in diameter and are first whitish in colour turning to a golden yellow with maturity. Racemes up to 10 cm in length can hold up to 20 separate flower heads (Pic 3). Fruiting flower pods are up to 12 cm in length and covered in very fine hair (Pic 4). The bipinnate leaf arrangement continuing on mature specimens features leaflets up to 20 mm in length, where young growth is a bright yellow in colour. The red growths shown in the picture are called jugary glands and can be pale yellow to bright red in colour which are also a good identification feature of this species (Pic 5). Distribution: NSW coast to QLD. See Flower Characteristics Page and Leaf Characteristics Page for information on terms used.

Acacia irrorata Flower Heads Green Wattle

Green Wattle

Green Wattle Bark

Acacia irrorata Flower

Acacia irrorata Seed Pods

Green Wattle Leaf & Jugary Glands

Grevilleas

The genus of Australian Grevilleas is well known for its unusual and amazing flowers leading to many cultivars used in today's gardens and landscaping. Growth habit can range from a small woody shrub to a tall tree as is the case with the Silky Oak Grevillea robusta. Leaf shapes and arrangements are very varied in this native tree genus.

Blue Grevillea Grevillea shiressii
The Blue Grevillea is an endangered species and only found within a small area around the NSW central coast (Photo 1). Bark is firm with wart-like lumps and small fissurres, colour is dark grey to nearly black (2). Young branchlets are coloured a reddish brown with a smooth bark texture (3). Amazing flowers white and blue/mauve in colour are held on long green stems and measure about 20mm in length (4). Simple leaves alternately arranged are; up to 18 cm in length with entire and wavy margins, narrow lanceolate to oblong in shape, dark green and shiny on top with a paler underside, medium thick and firm in texture. Venation is finely reticulate, midvein yellowish and raised on lower surface (5).

Blue Grevillea

Grevillea shiressii

Blue Grevillea Foliage

Grevillea shiressii Flower

Grevillea shiressii Leaves

Byfield Spider Flower Grevillea venusta
The Byfield Spider Flower Grevillea venusta is a large shrub or small multi-trunked tree and one of the best examples in showing astonishing and remarkable flowers (Photo 1). Bark is a beige brown in colour, rough with fissures, blisters and cracks showing an reddish brown under layer (2). Vivid coloured fruit covered in long fine hair matures as a follicle up to 15 mm long (3). Green and bright yellow flowers with long blue styles covered in white hair are held on racemes up to 10 cm long (4) Simple leaves with an alternate arrangement are; more than 20 cm in length with either entire or deeply lobed margins, narrow lanceolate in shape, medium thick and fairly firm, dark green and semi glossy on top, light pale green underneath and mostly hairless. Venation overall is faint but mid vein is raised on lower surface and fine laterals are straight and steep angled (5). Distribution: Naturally only occurring in a small area in central QLD.

Byfield Spider Flower

Grevillea venusta Bark

Grevillea venusta Fruit

Byfield Spider Flower

Grevillea venusta Leaves

Red Spider Flower Grevillea oleoides Other names: Olive Grevillea
The Red Spider Flower Grevillea oleoides or Olive Grevillea is a small native shrub up to 3 m in height with a limited distribution range preferring moist locations in sclerophyll forests (Photo 1). Bark is grey to light brown in colour with fine fissures and a rough texture (2). Striking dark pink or red flowers measure up to 4 cm across and appear over winter and early spring (3 & 4). Simple leaves with an alternate arrangement are; up to 12 cm in length with entire and incurved margins, linear to narrow obovate in shape, mid-green and dull on top, grey green and finely hairy below with a firm texture. Apex is acute, base shape is attenuate. Mid vein is strongly raised on lower leaf surface, otherwise venation is very faint (5). Distribution: Southern areas of Sydney, Port Jackson and Robertson.

Red Spider Flower Grevillea oleoides Olive Grevillea

Red Spider Flower Bark Grevillea oleoides

Grevillea oleoides Flowering Olive Grevillea

Red Spider Flower

Red Spider Flower Bark

Grevillea oleoides

Olive Grevillea Flower

Red Spider Flower Leaves

Serrated-leaved Grevillea Grevillia longifolia
Native shrub up to 5m in height with a very distinctive foliage amd limited distribution range (Photo 1). Bark is a reddish brown in colour, with a rough fibrous and fissured texture (2). The glossy foliage with its nearly white underside is a good identification characteristic (3). Stunning deep pink to red flowers heads are born in winter to early spring and are up to 8 cm long (4). Simple leaves with an alternate arrangement are; elongated up to more than 20 cm in length with irregular toothed margins, firm to stiff in texture, very narrowly elliptic to oblong in shape, deep green and glossy on top. Lower leaf surface is a silvery white colour and features a prominently raised mid vein (5). Natural distribution: Central coast of NSW.

Grevillea longifolia Serrated-leaved Grevillea

Grevillea longifolia Bark Serrated-leaved Grevillea

Serrated-leaved Grevillea Foliage Grevillea longifolia

Serrated-leaved Grevillea

Grevillea longifolia

Serrated-leaved Grevillea

Grevillea longifolia Flower

Grevillea longifolia Leaves

Silky Oak Grevillea robusta
The Silky Oak Grevillea robusta is a well known tree species reaching 30m or more in height and is often seen planted as a street tree or in plantation for its beautiful timber (Photos 1 & 2). Bark is dark grey in color, hard and furrowed (3). For a short period in spring the tree nearly loses all of its foliage followed by vivid bright yellow and orange coloured flowers (4). Bipinnate compound leaves are up to 30 cm in length with more than 50 leaflets which are up to 5 cm long, elliptic in shape and feature a pale underside covered in fine hair (5). Distribution: Mid-north coast of NSW to southern QLD.

Silky Oak

Grevillea robusta

Silky Oak Bark

Grevillea robusta Flower

Silky Oak Leaf

White Yiel-Yiel Grevillea hilliana Other names: Yiel-Yiel, Hill's Silky Oak
This medium sized native tree species grows to a height of up to 25m with an erect and slender trunk. It is very uncommon in its natural habitat of subtropical rainforests (Photo 1). Bark is a reddish brown in colour with a rough and flaky texture at the base of the trunk, whereas the higher part and branches feature a smoother textured bark which is more beige in colour (Photos 2 & 3). The flower racemes can be more than 20 cm in length holding numerous small whitish blossom opening in late spring (4). Simple leaves with an alternate arrangement on mature specimens (juveniles have lobed leaves up to 50 cm in length) are; up to 30 cm in length with entire margins, mostly elliptic or lanceolate in shape, dark green, very glossy and hairless on top, grey whitish beneath with a covering of fine hair, strong and rather stiff in texture. Leaf apex is acute ending in a blunt point, base shape is cuneate or sometimes more attenuate. The short petiole measures up to 10 mm in length. Reticulate venation is very apparent on lower leaf surface (5). Distribution: NSW north coast to QLD.

Grevillea hilliana White Yiel-Yiel, Hill's Silky Oak

White Yiel-Yiel Bark, Grevillea hilliana, Hill's Silky Oak

Grevillea hilliana Yiel-Yiel, Hill's Silky Oak

White Yiel-Yiel

White Yiel-Yiel Bark

Grevillea hilliana

Yiel-Yiel Flower

White Yiel-Yiel Leaves

Grey Myrtle Backhousia myrtifolia Other names: Ironwood, Carrol
The Grey Myrtle Backhousia myrtifolia also called Carrol or Ironwood is a widespread native tree species found in different forest types and under favourable conditions can reach a height of up to 20m (Photo1). Bark on older specimens is; very hard, rough, fissured and depending on conditions more grey or brown in colour (2). Attractive flowers a pure white in colour and measure up to 15 mm in diameter (3). The fruit still resembles the shape of a flower as the calyx (base) of the original flower enlarges and partly encloses the ripe fruit (4). Growing buds, immature leaves and young stems are finely hairy. Mature simple leaves are; hairless, small at 3 to 6 cm in length, broad elliptic to ovate in shape with entire and slightly incurved margins, dark green and glossy on top, paler beneath, thin but firm in texture and scented when crushed. Leaf apex is short to long acuminate ending in a fine point, base shape is mostly rounded. Mid vein is raised on both surfaces, straight and numerous lateral veins are more visible below (5). Distribution: NSW south coast to central QLD.

Grey Myrtle Backhousia myrtifolia Ironwood Carrol

Backhousia myrtifolia Flower Grey Myrtle

Grey Myrtle

Grey Myrtle Bark

Backhousia myrtifolia Flower

Grey Myrtle Leaves

Grey Myrtle Leaves 'lower'

Grey Possumwood Quintinia verdonii Other names: Smooth Possumwood
This elegant native tree species grows up to 25 m in height and is found in warm temperate and subtropical rainforests (Photo 1). The bark is a mostly uniform grey in colour with a soft, smooth and corky feel (Photo 2). The foliage featuring large glossy leaves is very distinctive in its sub tropical rainforest habitat (3). Erect flower spikes are up to 15 cm long and appear in early spring (4). Growing shoots and petioles are often a vivid red. Large simple leaves are mainly obovate in shape; up to 20 cm in length (often larger on saplings), with a firm and stiff texture. Petiole is grooved on the top, fleshy and often coloured red, useful identification characteristic. Leaf arrangement is alternate (5). Distribution: Along the east coast of Australia from central NSW to southern QLD.

Grey Possumwood

Quintinia verdonii Bark

Quintinia verdonii

Grey Possumwood Flower

Grey Possumwood Leaf

Guilfoylia Guilfoylia monostylis Other names: Scrub Ooline
Guilfoylia is a small to medium sized tree species reaching a height of 15m or more and can be found in a range of different rainforest types (Photo 1). The bark is coloured brown to grey with longitudal fissures (Pictures 2 & 3). The zig-zag shape of the branchlets is a characteristic helping to identify this tree species. Leaf arrangement is alternate (4). Simple leaves with entire margins and a firm and leathery texture are: up to 14cm long, elliptic to oblong in shape and feature visiable domatia on the lower leaf surface along the midvein. Apex is short acuminate, base shape is cuneate (5). Distribution: From NSW mid-north coast to central QLD.

Guilfoylia

Guilfoylia Trunk

Guilfoylia monostylis Bark

Guilfoylia Branchlet

Guilfoylia Leaves

Guioa Guioa semiglauca
Small to medium sized tree species found in range of habitats, from margins of STRf and along creek banks to a drier environment within tall forest. Often growing in stands and as regrowth (Photo 1). Buttress roots will form on more mature specimen. Bark is different tones of grey in colour with lighter patches, some white spots are due to lichen growth (2). Tiny white flowers with pink anthers measure only a couple of millimeters across and blossom over spring (3) Compound leaves with an alternate arrangement feature 2 to 6 leaflets which are; obovate in shape as new growth, more elliptic in shape when maturing, firm and rather leathery in texture. Leaflets are up to about 12 cm in length with underside being a pale whitish green in appearance. Leaflet apex is varied from rounded and often notched (emarginate) to acute , base shape is cuneate (4 & 5). Distribution: NSW south coast to central QLD.

Guioa Stand

Guioa Trunk

Guioa semiglauca Flower

Guioa semiglauca Foliage

Guioa Leaf surfaces

We make an effort to properly name any tree species shown on this web page and cross referenced our images using these sources to make sure that botanical identification is accurate. It is recommended to cross reference your plant material or photographs with the source list provided when identifying any Australian tree species. A personal interest in Asutralian forest tree species for more than twenty years provided the images, descriptions and measurements for any tree species shown. Information on distribution range of tree species has been collected using a selection of sources (see link above) including Botanical Gardens and local knowledge. The target of these web pages is to show the diversity and magnificence of our remaining rainforests areas. Our aim is to build up the awareness to the high conservation values these subtropical and tropical rainforest areas deserve. Please note all images are copyright, watermarked and 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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