By John A Beckhouse
This list provides a very brief selection of trees for specific purposes around Harden. It should be read in conjunction with lists of other characteristics.
SHADE TREES
Acacia melanoxylon (Tas. blackwood)
Brachychiton populneus (kurrajong)
Eucalyptus botryoides (bangalay)
bridgesiana (apple box)
globulus (Tas. blue gum)
Melia azedarach (white cedar)
Ulmus procera (English elm)
WINDBREAKS
Acacia baileyana (Cootamundra wattle)
A. decurrens (black wattle)
A. melanoxylon (Tas. blackwood)
A. rubida (red-stem wattle)
Casuarina cunninghamiana (river she-oak)
Eucalyptus acaciiformis (wattle-l’vd peppt)
E. blaxlandii (Blaxland’s sbk)
E. macarthurii (Paddy’s R. box)
Melaleuca ericifolia (swamp p’bark)
Pinus halepensis (Aleppo pine)
EROSION CONTROL
Acacia mearnsii (late black wattle)
Casuarina cunninghamiana (river she-oak)
Eucalyptus gardneri (blue mallet)
Melaleuca bracteata (white cloud tree)
Populus alba (silver poplar)
Salix babylonica (weeping willow)
SALINE SOILS
Acacia saligna (orange wattle)
stenophylla (river cooba)
Atriplex nummularia (old man saltbush)
Casuarina cunninghamiana (river she-oak)
C. glauca (swamp oak)
Eucalyptus camaldulensis (river red gum)
E. sargentii (Sargent’s mallet)
Melaleuca halmaturorum (Sth Aust p’bark)
ALKALINE SOILS
Acacia pendula (weeping myall)
Brachychiton populneus (kurrajong)
Casuarina cunninghamiana (river she-oak)
Eucalyptus brockwaya (Brockway’s gum)
E. camaldulensis (river red gum)
E. macarthurii (Paddy’s R. box)
Melaleuca ericifolia (swamp paperbark)
Pinus halepensis (Aleppo pine)
SANDY SOILS
Acacia baileyana (Cootamundra wattle)
A. decurrens (black wattle)
Allocasuarina verticillata (droop. she-oak)
Casuarina littoralis (black she-oak)
Eucalyptus dawsonii (slaty box)
E. eremophila (tall sand mallee)
Melaleuca armillaris (br’let honey-myrtle)
DRY SITES
Acacia baileyana (Cootamundra wattle)
Allocasuarina verticillata (droop. she-oak)
Eucalyptus cladocalyx Dwarf (sugar gum)
E. macarthurii (Paddy’s R. box)
E. sideroxylon (red ironbark)
Melaleuca armillaris (br’let honey-myrtle)
Pinus halepensis (Aleppo pine)
WET SITES
Acacia pendula (weeping myall)
Casuarina cunninghamiana (river she-oak)
Eucalyptus camaldulensis (river red gum)
E. ovata (swamp gum)
Melaleuca halmaturorum (Sth Aust p’bark)
M. styphelioides (prickly p’bark)
Populus alba (silver poplar)
Salix babylonica (weeping willow)
HEAVY CLAY SOILS
Acacia pendula (weeping myall)
Casuarina cristata X (hybrid belah)
Eucalyptus camaldulensis (river red gum)
E. dawsonii (slaty box)
Melaleuca bracteata (white cloud tree)
FODDER
Atriplex nummularia (old man saltbush)
Brachychiton populneus (kurrajong)
Casuarina cunninghamiana (river she-oak)
Chamaecytisus palmensis (lucern tree)
Populus deltoides (cottonwood)
Salix species (willows)
STOCKYARDS
Fraxinus species (ashes)
Populus yunnanensis (Yunnan poplar)
Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)
TIMBER
Acacia melanoxylon (Tas. blackwood)
Casuarina cunninghamiana (river she-oak)
Eucalyptus camaldulensis (river red gum)
E. globulus (Tas. blue gum)
E. melliodora (yellow box)
E. sideroxylon (red ironbark)
Grevillea robusta (silky oak)
Pinus canariensis (Canary Is. pine)
P. radiata (radiata pine)
FIREBREAKS
Acacia melanoxylon (Tas. blackwood)
A. rubida (red-stem wattle)
A. saligna (orange wattle)
Atriplex nummularia (old man saltbush)
Cotoneaster species (cotoneasters)
Grevillea species (grevilleas)
Hardenbergia violacea (purple coral pea)
Photinia serratifolia (Chinese photonia)
Pyracantha species (firethorns)
Produced by
State Forests of NSW
Queanbeyan
Revised February 1996