Merri-bek Tree Finder tool
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Hoop Pine
Large cone shaped tree with scale-like bark and fine pointy leaves that form in whorles. Slow growing evergreen that prefers full sun with light shade and wind tolerant.
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Norfolk Island Pine
Large cone shaped tree with rough trunk and needle-like, dark green foliage. Drought and wind tolerant and adaptive to sandy soils.
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Red Flowering Gum
Dense rounded tree to 8-10m. Masses of pink, red or orange flowers are borne on the outside of the canopy over summer.
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Wallangarra Gum
Medium to tall open tree to 12-18m tall. Trunk is a powdery white and the foliage is semi-pendulous and green in colour.
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Weeping Lilly Pilly
Medium oval tree 8-15m. This tree showcases weeping branches of various shades of green foliage and bird attracting fruit
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Coastal Banksia
Erect small to medium tree to 6-10m. Foliage is green on the top and white underneath. Flowers are yellow spikes borne throughout the year.
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Kurrajong
A medium-sized upright to oval canopied tree with a large trunk to 10-12m tall. The leaves are mostly small and bright green, flowers are inconspicuous.
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Tulip Tree
Large oval shaped tree of 20m+. Large deciduous leaves with a smooth texture. Striking yellow-green flowers that feature flecks of orange that resemble tulips and reside in the upper most branches.
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Queensland Brush Box
Rounded, sometimes multistemmed, dense tree to 12-16m. The foliage is a � glossy, dark green and the bark peels to reveal an orange-pink trunk.
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White Cedar
Small to medium umbrella shaped tree to 9-14m tall that performs well in urban conditions. The leaves are large and finely divided into small leaflets. The tree has mauve flowers in spring and fruit mature over summer and hang on the tree.
