Men Of The Trees Western Australia
Rockingham Branch

Local Species List 1
B to D

Common
Name
Botanical
Name
Size
(m)
Colour

Candle Banksia

Banksia attenuata

8m

Yellow

*

 

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

Bull
Banksia

Banksia
grandis

8 m

Yellow

   

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

Swamp Banksia

Banksia
littoralis

10m

Yellow

 

*

     

*

*

*

 

Firewood Banksia

Banksia menzesii

8m

Red

   

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

 

Beaufortia elegans

1 – 3m

White to mauve-purple

 

*

 

*

*

*

*

*

 
 

Boronia
ramosa*

.25cm

White

 

*

*

   

*

*

*

*

Common Brown Pea

Bossiaea eriocarpa

0.5m

Brown/ yellow

     

*

*

   

*

*

Rottness Cypress

Callitris
preissii

5-20m

Cones

*

 

*

           

Lesser Bottlebrush

Callistemon phoeniceus

4m

Red

           

*

   

One-sided Bottlebrush

Calothamnus quadrifidus

2m

Red

*

 

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

Cliff Net Bush

Calothamnus rupestris

1m

Red

               

*

Silky Leaved Blood Flower

Calothamnus sanguineus

0.5-2.5m

Red

   

*

*

*

   

*

 

Purple Star Flower

Calytrix
fraseri*

To .75m

Purple/
pink

     

*

*

       

Native
Pigface

Carpobrutus virescens

Low

Purple

*

               

Salt
Sheoak

Casuarina obesa

10m

Cones

           

*

   

Old Man’s Beard

Clematis linearifolia

Climb.

Cream

*

               

Marri

Corymbia calophylla

35m

White

     

*

*

 

*

*

*

Prickly Conostylis

Conostylis aculeate

0.5m

Yellow

   

*

*

*

   

*

 

Grey Cottonheads

Conostylis candicans

0.5m

Yellow

*

 

*

*

*

       

Yellow Eyed Flame Pea

Chorizema dicksonii

.70-1.5m

Orange/
red
yellow

             

*

*

Common Dampiera

Dampiera linearis

0.3m

Blue-
mauve

 

*

*

*

*

*

     

Winged Bitter Pea

Daviesia decurrens

.3-1.9m

Orange/
red

         

*

 

*

*

Blueberry
Lily

Dianella
revoluta

.3-1.5m

Blue/
purple
violet

*

 

*

*

*

       

Hop Bush

Dodonaea aptera

0.40m

 

*

 

*

           

Native Rose

Diplolaena dampieri

1.25-2m

Red

*

               

Couch
Honey Pot

Dryandra
nivea

020m

Honey

*

 

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Parrot Bush

Dryandra sessilis

2-6m

Yellow

   

*

*

     

*

*


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Soil Associations

Quindalup: Dune sands, closest to the coast, vegetated by a low scrubland highly adapted to salt spray. Further from the beach, a diverse scrubland. Woodland of E. gomphocephala in sheltered sites. 

Herdsman: Black peaty sand, loam or clay, round the lakes and swamps within the Cottesloe and Karrakatta sites from sedges to fringing woodlands. 

Cottesloe: Brownish sand over limestone.  Woodland or forest of  E. gomphocephala,  sometimes with C. calophylla or E. marginata. Where soil is shallow over limestone (Cottesloe Ridges) a shrubland or low woodland occurs.

Karrakatta: Yellow sands over capped limestone. Woodland of E. marginata, with abundant C. calophylla on moister sites. Middle story of Banksia sp. and Allocasuarina fraseriana. 

Bassendean: Highly leached grey sands. On drier sites open woodland of Banksia sp. And E. todtiana. Wetter areas Open woodland of E. marginata over Banksia sp, 

Pinjarra Plain: Alluvial soils loams and clays often reddish, sand and loam over clay, yellow duplex soils (sand/loam over clay) .  

Foothills: Forrestfield  E marginata  vegetation types. Woodlands of E. calophylla, E. rudis and E. wandoo along creek lines. 

Darling Plateau: The vegetation communities of the Darling Plateau laterite consist of woodlands or forests of Jarrah or Marri and Darling Plateau granite consists of several different zones - herb land, shrub land and low forest of rock sheoak.        

Order & Pricing Information

Please contact the Rockingham Nursery Manager if you require further information on species
selection to suit your soil type and needs, or a guide to land preparation and planting.
Rockingham Nursery Details:-
Contact: Brenda Kent Tel: (08) 9527 3142 Fax: (08) 9528 2090
E-mail: treemen@three.com.au

 

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