Eucalypts for Planting Common Names

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Smaller & Taller Eucalypts for Planting in Australia

Dean Nicolle

Species included (common names)

Primary species treatments in each book are bold.
Similar species that are briefly described in each book are also listed.
Many species have multiple common names (hence the long lists!)

Smaller Eucalypts for Planting in Australia		Taller Eucalypts for Planting in Australia
	Arkaroola mallee ‘Augusta Wonder’ ‘Baby Blue’ Badgingarra mallee Bald Island marlock Balladonia gimlet Barren Mountain mallee bastard gimlet Beard’s mallee Bega mallee ash bell (-fruited) mallee black mallee black marlock black sally/sallee blue bush blue gimlet blue-grey eucalypt blue-leaved mallee blue mallee Blue Mountains mallee ash blue weeping gum bog gum Bookara gum bookleaf mallee Brisbane mallee bristle-leaved bloodwood broad-leaved scribbly gum Broken Hill mallee bronze and silver gimlet broombush mallee brown stringybark bullich Burdett’s mallee Burracoppin mallee bush rose bushy yate Buxton (silver) gum caesia Cape York red gum Christmas tree cider gum cliff mallee ash coarse-flowered/coarse- leaved mallee coastal (white) mallee coastal moort coast ironbark Coffin Bay mallee Coolgardie gum/rose Corackerup marlock coral (-flowered) gum crimson mallee (box) crowned mallee cup gum curly mallee dainty mallee dalyeruk Die Hardy mallee Dowerin rose Drummond’s gum/mallee Dunlop’s bloodwood Durikai mallee dwarf apple/apple-myrtle dwarf mottlecah dwarf silver gum dwarf snow gum dwed eastern goldfields horned mallet eastern tallerack Ettrema mallee Ewart’s mallee false gimlet Faulconbridge mallee ash feather gum/mallee Field Road mallee fiery gum fine foliage mallee fine-leaved mallee Finke River mallee flanged mallee flat root flowering gum flowering marlock fluted-horn mallee Forman’s gum/mallee four-winged mallee four-winged mallet fuchsia gum/marlock Giles’ mallee Gippsland mallee glazed mallee glistening mallee goldfields red-flowering gum gooseberry mallee Grampians gum/stringybark granite rock box green mallee green mallee ash gungunnu/gungurru Halls Creek white gum Hamelin Bay mallee heart-leaved mallee heart-leaved silver gum Holleton mallee ‘Honey Pots’ hook-leaved mallee ‘Hot Threads’ Hyden blue gum illyarrie/ilyari Jerdacuttup mallee Jimberlana mallee Jingymia mallee jubilee gum Kalumburu gum Kamarooka mallee Kangaroo Island (narrow- leaved) mallee Kimberley gum Kingsmill’s mallee Kruse’s mallee kullingal Lake King mallee Lake King mallet large-fruited gimlet large-fruited mallee Leichhardt’s rusty-jacket lemon-flowered gum Lindsay gum little ghost gum little sally/sallee ‘Little Specky’ ‘Little Star’ lobe-fruited mallee Lockyer’s gum long-flowered marlock/yate long-leaved marlock Madura mallee ash mallee red gum mallee rose mallee snow gum Manypeaks mallee mealy gum mega marlock migum Mongarlowe mallee Mooning Ground sally Moon Lagoon mallee moort mottlecah Mount Abrupt stringybark Mount Buffalo sally/sallee Mount Day mallee Mount Gillen mallee Mount Lindsay gum/mallee Mount Madden mallee Mount Wheeler mallee mudelka murd muttlegar nainga narrow-leaved granite mallee narrow-leaved mallee narrow-leaved mallee ash narrow-leaved mountain mallee narrow-leaved red mallee narrow-leaved sally/sallee narrow-leaved stringybark Natta Road mallee Newbey’s mallet Newdegate mallet nginggar nodding mallee nodding mallet northern ranges box northern sandplains mallee northern white gum northern woollybutt North Twin Peak Island mallee ‘Nullarbor Lime’ ‘Nullarbor Rose’ octopus mallee Oenpelli bloodwood Oldfield’s mallee olive-leaved mallee Omeo gum Ooldea mallee Paynes Find mallee pear-fruited mallee pear gum pendant mallee peppermint box Phillips River mallee pimpin mallee pink-flowered gum pink gum platypus gum Plunkett mallee pointed bud mallee Port Jackson mallee ash Port Lincoln gum/mallee powderbark coolabah powdered gum pretty yate privet-leaved stringybark pumpkin gum purple-flowered mallee (box) purple-leaved mallee ‘Purple Patch’ Quaggi Beach mallee Queensland peppermint Quoin Head marlock red bloodwood red-branched coolabah red-budded/red bud mallee red-capped gum red-capped mallee red-flowered mallee red-flowered mallee box red-flowered moort red-flowering gum red helmet red mallee red stringybark ridge-fruited mallee Risdon peppermint river yate rosebud mallee rose mallee rose of the west rough-leaved bloodwood round-leaved gum round-leaved mallee round-leaved moort rusty-jacket salmonbark wandoo saltlake mallee Salt River gum/mallet sand mallee Sargent’s mallet scarlet-flowering gum scarlet gum scarlet pear gum scribbly gum scrub apple/apple-myrtle secret mallee Seppelt Range yellowjacket Serra Range stringybark Shark Bay mallee shiny-leaved mallee Shirley’s (silver-leaved) ironbark short-leaved mallee silver box silver gimlet silver gum silver-leaved box silver-leaved mountain gum silver mallee silver marlock silver mountain gum silver peppermint silver princess silver-topped gimlet skirt mallee slender mallee small-leaved mottlecah smooth-barked coolabah snappy gum snappy white gum soap mallee South Australian coastal mallee South Australian cup gum Southern Cross (silver) mallee spearwood mallee spider gum spinning gum spring bloodwood spring mallee square-fruited mallee Steedman’s gum/mallet Stirling Range mallee Stirling Range yate Stoate gum/Stoate’s moort stony mallee stringybark Suggan Buggan mallee ‘Summer Beauty/Red’ summer red mallee ‘Summer Scentsation’ swamp bloodwood Sydney scribbly gum tallerack tall sand mallet thicket moort thick-leaved mallee Tingiringi gum Tookle-Jenna mallet Torwood gum ‘Tucker Time’ twin-leaved bloodwood two-winged gimlet ‘Urrbrae Gem’ varnished gum Victorian silver gum Webster’s mallee weeping box weeping gum weeping mallee Western Australian red-flowering gum western coolabah western silver gum whipstick mallee white-barked mallee white gum white-leaved mallee white-leaved marlock white mallee white marlock white stringybark Wimmera mallee box windbreak mallee wing-fruited mallee ‘Winter Light’ Woila gum Wolgan snow gum Woodward’s gum woollybutt Wylie Scarp mallee Wyola mallee yarldarlba Yeelanna mallee yellow-barked mallee yellow-flowered mallee yellowjacket yellow pea gum yellow-top ash/mallee ash yellow-topped mallee ash yorrell		Adaminaby snow gum alpine ash aparra aparrerinja apple apple box apple gum apple-topped box apple tree Argyle apple Australian oak Australian tallowwood baarla bangalay Barakula yellowjacket bastard coolabah Baw Baw snow gum beautiful leaf eucalypt biall big-horned eucalypt bimbil box black box blackbutt blackbutt york gum black gum black ironbark black peppermint black-stemmed mallee black yate Blakely’s red gum blood-leaf gum blue box blue gum blue-leaved ironbark blue-leaved mallet blue-leaved sallee blue mallet Blue Mountains ash breakaway mallet brittle gum broad-leaved apple broad-leaved ironbark broad-leaved peppermint broad-leaved red ironbark Brockway’s gum Brooker’s gum brown apple tree brown barrel brown mallet Burdett’s mallee Burncluith gum Burngup mallee bushy blue gum bushy sugar gum but-but cabbage ash cabbage gum cadaga/cadaghi/cadagi Caley’s ironbark Camden white gum Camden woollybutt candlebark carbeen (bloodwood) Carne’s blackbutt Central Australian ghost gum Chinchilla white gum Clarkson’s bloodwood Cleland’s blackbutt coast ironbark common peppermint cooburn coolabah/coolibah creek gum Darling Range ghost gum dead finish desert bloodwood desert blue gum desert gum desert mallee drooping ironbark drooping white gum ‘Dry White’ duart Dundas blackbutt Dundas mahogany Dunn’s white gum dwarf blue gum dwarf mahogany gum dwarf sugar gum dwarf yellow bloodwood dwoda ‘Edna Walling’ Errinundra shining gum ‘Euky Dwarf’ eurabbie Eyre Peninsula blue gum Falls Creek snow gum false mahogany flat-topped yate Flockton’s mallee flooded box flooded gum fluted gum fluted-horn mallee forest gum forest red gum Gardner’s mallet ghost gum giant gum giant white gum gimlet (gum) Gippsland grey box Gippsland mahogany Gippsland manna gum Gippsland swamp box goldfields blackbutt goldfields yellow-flowering gum granite rock yate green box grey box grey gum grey ironbark grey iron-gum gum-barked coolabah gum coolabah gum myrtle gum-topped box Gympie messmate Hillgrove gum hills salmon gum honey box honey-scented eucalypt inland ghost gum inland grey box inland red box inland scribbly gum ironbark jarrah Jounama snow gum Kalbarri mallee karra karri khaki gum Kimberley white gum Kondinin blackbutt kwoakol Lake Grace mallee lapunyah large-flowered swamp gum large-flowered swamp mallee large-fruited red mahogany large-fruited South Australian blue gum large-fruited yellow gum large-fruited yellowjacket lemon-scented gum lemon-scented ironbark Le Souef’s blackbutt little honey peppermint gum ‘Little Snowman’ ‘Little Spotty’ long-leaved box Maiden’s gum mallard mallee box manna gum marble gum Marrawah gum marri mealy stringybark melaleuca gum merrit messmate messmate stringybark moidj Moreton Bay ash mottled gum mountain ash mountain blue gum mountain coolabah mountain grey gum mountain spotted gum mountain swamp gum mountain white gum mountain yapunyah Mount William snow gum mugga (ironbark) Murray box Murray red gum napunyah narrow-leaved black peppermint narrow-leaved blue mallet narrow-leaved box narrow-leaved gimlet narrow-leaved grey box narrow-leaved ironbark narrow-leaved peppermint narrow-leaved red ironbark Newbey’s mallet Newdegate mallee Nichol’s willow-leaved peppermint Norseman mallet northern blue gum northern salmon gum northern spotted gum northern woollybutt oil mallee Omeo gum pale bloodwood paperbark gum Parker Range mallet peppermint pink bloodwood pink-flowered blue gum pink-flowering ironbark Pokolbin mallee poplar box poplar gum Port Gregory gum powderbark powderbark wandoo Queensland blue gum Queensland messmate Queensland (western) white gum red-barked apple tree red bloodwood red box red gum red ironbark red iron gum red mahogany red-spotted gum red stringybark red-throated bloodwood redwood Reid River box ribbon gum river (black) box river gum river peppermint river red gum river white gum Robertson’s peppermint rose gum rough-barked angophora/apple rough-barked manna gum round-leaved gum rusty gum salmon gum salt gum ‘Scentuous’ scribbly gum scrubby blue gum scrub gum shining gum silver dollar gum silver dollar tree silver-leaf candlebark silver-leaved ironbark Silverton gum silvertop slaty box slaty gum small-fruited grey gum small-fruited gum small-leaved apple small-leaved peppermint smooth-barked angophora/apple/ apple gum/apple-myrtle smooth-barked coolabah smooth-barked york gum snappy gum snow gum South Australian blue gum southern blue gum southern gum southern mahogany spotted blue gum spotted (iron) gum stocking gum/tree Strickland’s blackbutt/gum stringy gum sugar gum swamp apple swamp box swamp gimlet swamp gum swamp mahogany swamp mallee swamp mallet swamp messmate/stringybark swamp/swampy yate Sydney blue gum Sydney red gum tallowwood Tasmanian blue gum Tasmanian oak Tasmanian snow gum tcheergun Thozet’s box/ironbark Timor white gum toi Torelli’s bloodwood tropical coolabah tuart (gum) twin-leaved mallee urn-fruited mallet ‘Urrbrae Gem’ variegata Victorian ash Victorian blue gum Wallangarra white gum wandoo warted/warty yate water gum wattle-leaved peppermint weeping ghost gum weeping gum weeping snow gum western grey box western red box western scribbly gum western white gum wheatbelt wandoo whitebark white box white brittle gum white gum white ironbark white mahogany white peppermint white sallee willow gum willow-leaved/willow peppermint wondu wongoola wooruc/wurak yalpiliny yandee yapunyah yarrah/yarrow yate yeid yellow bloodwood yellow box yellow-flowered blackbutt yellow gum yellow ironbark yellow messmate York gum yorrell