Myrtaceae

Coolibah (or Coolabah)

Medium sized tree growing on heavy soil regions of inland Australia that are subject to seasonal flooding. Bark on trunk is dark grey, fibrous and flaking.

River Red Gum

Medium to tall tree with a thick trunk and major branches. Grey flaking bark on trunk and lower branches. Young trees and minor branches have smooth mottled bark.

One sided bottlebrush

Granite Kunzea

Forms a dense gnarled bush up to 2m tall. Leaves grey green, broad, lance shaped. Flowers about 2cm across. Flowers brilliant red although white forms exist. Grows on granite outcrops.

Red Mallee

Mallee, to 5 m high, bark rough on trunk, smooth above. Fl. yellow/cream, Jul. Red-grey loam, limestone. Calcareous flats, stony screes.

Plumed Featherflower

Shrub, 0.2-1.5 m high. Fl. pink-blue-purple-red-white, Jul to Dec or Jan to Feb. Sandy or clayey soils, gravel, granite. Seasonally wet situations, rock outcrops, undulating plains, hills,

Pear Fruited Mallee

A medium sized mallee to 4m. Large rounded buds, 2-2.5cm across. Large showy flowers variable in colour ranging from cream through pink to red. Fruit (gumnut) large and flattened.

Painted Featherflower

Erect shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Flowers pink/white, Jul to Nov. Sandy or clayey soils.

One-sided Bottlebrush

This Calothamnus looks to be a very tough woody shrub growing to about 2m high. Thick flattened leaves with conspicuous ribbing, and ending in a sharp point. The bright red flowers are about 4cm long.

Albany or Swamp Daisy

Small evergreen shrub growing to about 50cm, growing in poorly drained sandy soil. Small heath-like leaves. Flowers clustered in an infloresence 5cm in diameter, giving a daisy-like appearance.

Narrow leaved Red Mallee

Small tree or mallee up to 8m tall. Bark smooth and ribbony. Leaves narrow and shiny. Juvenile leaves small, rounded and greyish.

Muntries

Kunzea pomifera Some known Aboriginal names:Munta, ngerp, nurp, nurt (Boanditj), Mantirri (Kaurna). Manter (Ngaiawang), Mantari (Ramindjeri), Mantar (Jaril) Common names Munterberry, Muntries,

Mountain Bells

Endemic to SW WA. Small open, erect shrub to about 1m tall. Leaves are small, narrow and heath-like. Flowers a brilliant red-pink, 3-4cm long, pendant, bell shaped.

Mottlecah

Mallee with a sprawling, straggling habit. Leaves are large, blue-grey and sessile (without a leaf stalk). Large buds with a pointed bud cap (operculum). Flowers are the largest of all eucalypts,

Morrison Featherflower

Erect shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Flowers yellow-orange, Oct to Dec or Jan to Feb. Grey/white or brown sand.

Moort

Although Moort grows into a small mallee-like tree, the ones that we have seen have been very low growing (in exposed conditions). The bark is smooth, and the leaves are rounded.

Rough-leaved Ghost Gum

Smooth white bark and rough almost sandpaper-textured leaves are distinctive features of this beautiful tree of desert areas. The mature crown of these trees is made up of juvenile-type leaves that

Sand Bottlebrush

Not your ordinary bottlebrush. Beaufortia squarrosa is a medium open shrub. Leaves are arranged with geometrical precision - small and rounded, crowded along the stem in alternating opposite pairs.

Scarlet Bottle-brush

Scarlet Bottlebrush grows up to 4 metres in height and has stiff, sharply pointed leaves which are 3 to 5 cm long and 4 to 7 mm wide. The flower spikes are 5 to 8 cm in length and about 4 to 5 cm in

Scarlet Featherflower

Endemic to SW of WA. Sparsely branched shub to 2m. Small, sessile rounde leaves closely spaced along stems. The bright red flowers occur in the leaf axils toward the end of the stems.

Western coolibah

Evergreen tree 6–20 m high, usually crooked or irregular, 30–100 cm in diameter. Bark gray or brackish, thick, fibrous, rough, not shedding. Leaves alternate, narrowly lanceolate, 6–20 cm long,

Weeping Gum, Weeping Mallee

A slender gum with minimal foliage and a strongly weeping habit. Grows on rocky exposed slopes in the Fitzgerald River NP. Flowers are small, fruits large, urn shaped. Bark smooth.

Verticordia polytricha - Northern cauliflower

A small compact bush with masses of small, white flowers. Growing in gravelly/sandy soil.

Verticordia pennigera

Erect or prostrate shrub, 0.2 to 0.6 m high. Fl. pink, Jan or Mar to Apr or Jul or Sep to Dec. Sandy or clay, often gravelly soils. Often associated with granitic rocks.