Looking for some identification on some natives that I dug recently.
I dug three trees in the same day in the field.
No.1
No.2
No.3
Thanks in advance
ID natives
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Re: ID natives
Yep, think so too.NAHamilton wrote:Number 2 looks like Allocasuarina Torulosa.
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#3 might be Melaleuca Nesophila?? Looks a bit like it, flowers will help with an ID when they appear.
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I was thinking the same thing, but I'm not sure if they live around the East Coast... And I think Nesies have a little point on the tip...Ryceman3 wrote:#3 might be Melaleuca Nesophila?? Looks a bit like it, flowers will help with an ID when they appear.
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Definitely seen them in nurseries around here (Victoria). I think they're endemic to WA but seem to be pretty common as native garden plants so I think from that perspective it is entirely possible.Jarad wrote:I was thinking the same thing, but I'm not sure if they live around the East Coast... And I think Nesies have a little point on the tip...Ryceman3 wrote:#3 might be Melaleuca Nesophila?? Looks a bit like it, flowers will help with an ID when they appear.
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Sweet, that's good enough for me.Ryceman3 wrote: Definitely seen them in nurseries around here (Victoria). I think they're endemic to WA but seem to be pretty common as native garden plants so I think from that perspective it is entirely possible.
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Re: ID natives
It is possible that #3 could be a feral WA species but I think more likely to be a local plant. Flaky bark looks like Persoonia to me and leaves seem to match Persoonia lanceolata. I believe that persoonia sp. are extremely difficult to transplant. I do not know the Acacia sp personally but survival of transplanted wild acacias is also extremely low. Casuarina survival rate is a little better but still far from assured.
I'm not sure where you sourced these from Homer but I'd say the environment now has 3 large holes and you will have achieved very little.
As you may have gathered I am very much against collecting wild plants from the bush. The benefits rarely outweigh the damage caused
I'm not sure where you sourced these from Homer but I'd say the environment now has 3 large holes and you will have achieved very little.
As you may have gathered I am very much against collecting wild plants from the bush. The benefits rarely outweigh the damage caused

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Re: ID natives
Thanks guys, appreciate it. I was thinking no. 1 was a wattle but wasn't sure which type. The others not a clue.
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Shibui- all collected from a friends friends private property.