AusBonsai

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

First one:
Acacia Pubescens (?)
http://anpsa.org.au/a-pub.html

Number 2 looks like Allocasuarina Torulosa.

Cheers,
Nigel

NAHamilton wrote:Number 2 looks like Allocasuarina Torulosa.

Cheers,
Nigel

Yep, think so too.

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

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.

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.

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.

Sweet, that's good enough for me.

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

Thanks guys, appreciate it. I was thinking no. 1 was a wattle but wasn't sure which type. The others not a clue.

Shibui- all collected from a friends friends private property.