Bonsai Inspirations from Kangaroo Island - Species Identify?

[Boics]

Title says the lot.
Great trip and awesome natural bonsai viewing.
Incredible all the styles that nature depicts and I can only wonder at the age of some of the tree's?
I daresay that they are far older than what one would imagine..

I'd love to know what all the species are?
The only one that was labelled that I can be sure of is the Coastal Beard Heath.
Anyone know the others?

I don't believe I've seen too many of these species as Bonsai but surely if they can handle some root pruning they would make ideal specimens!

Gotta be inspiring nonetheless.

P.S. So hard to take pics of yamadori so as you can imagine these all looked even better in real life!

[Steven]

Can't help you with the ID but they are awesome to look at. Thanks for sharing!

Regards,
Steven

[GavinG]

Great photos, very inspiring. I liked the old half-dead trunks in the sand dunes. Very lively and intense.

Thanks for posting,

Gavin

[Joel]

Hi Boics,

Which Kangaroo Island are we talking about? There are a few around the place.

The first plant looks like a Melaleuca sp. but I'll get back to you if I can get more specific.

There appears to be at least two Epacrids. Unfortunately, Epacrids can be VERY difficult to identify without looking at the flowers under a microscope. The ID on the last one; Leucopogon parviflorus is probably correct. The taller ones with the slightly darker and more rounded foliage could be Monotoca elliptica. They could also be any number of different species species within the family Ericaceae subfamily Styphelioideae.

Joel

[Boics]

Hi Joel.

I was at Kangaroo Island off Cape Jervis SA.
Fantastic spot!

[kcpoole]

Lovely photos and thanks for posting.
some great trunklines for inspiration there.

Ken

[lackhand]

Thanks for posting, nature is amazing!