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ID natives

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Looking for some identification on some natives that I dug recently.

I dug three trees in the same day in the field.

No.1
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No.2
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No.3
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First one:
Acacia Pubescens (?)
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Number 2 looks like Allocasuarina Torulosa.

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NAHamilton wrote:Number 2 looks like Allocasuarina Torulosa.

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Yep, think so too.

#3 might be Melaleuca Nesophila?? Looks a bit like it, flowers will help with an ID when they appear.
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Ryceman3 wrote:#3 might be Melaleuca Nesophila?? Looks a bit like it, flowers will help with an ID when they appear.
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...

Although I know nothing about them, just what the great Google tells me.
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Jarad wrote:
Ryceman3 wrote:#3 might be Melaleuca Nesophila?? Looks a bit like it, flowers will help with an ID when they appear.
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...

Although I know nothing about them, just what the great Google tells me.
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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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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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.
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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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