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Type - Plant
Aegiceras corniculatum
Angophora costata
Araucaria bidwillii
Araucaria heterophylla
Avicennia marina
Eucalyptus deanei Maiden
Eucalyptus maculata
Eucalyptus pilularis
Eucalyptus saligna
Explorers' marked tree
Ficus macrophylla
Ficus rubiginosa
Granny Smith apple
Imperial mandarin
Livistona australis
Pittosporum undulatum
St Ives Boundary Tree
Themeda triandra
Wollemi pine
Xanthorrhoea media

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Plant

Aegiceras corniculatum

River mangrove with rounded leaves and aerial roots, which is usually found with the grey mangrove, Avicennia marina, but extends further upstream and inland.

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Angophora costata

Woodland tree of eastern Australia, common in the Sydney area, growing mostly on sandstone and known for its pink bark in spring.

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Araucaria bidwillii

Conifer known as bunya pine, native to south-eastern Queensland, but with many fine specimens planted in Sydney.

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Araucaria heterophylla

Conifer better known as Norfolk Island pines or Norfolk pines, of which many fine specimens exist in Sydney.

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Avicennia marina

Grey mangrove with greyish pointed leaves and aerial roots, which is the most common mangrove along the New South Wales coast, but often mixed with the river mangrove, Aegiceras corniculatum, further upstream.

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Eucalyptus deanei Maiden

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Tall, straight growing eucalyptus tree commonly found in the Blue Mountains.

Eucalyptus maculata

Spotted gum with straight powdery bark trunk which can grow to 45 metres.

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Eucalyptus pilularis

A large tree, commonly known as blackbutt, it is identified by the stocking of rough bark, to about halfway up the trunk, above this is white smooth bark.

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Eucalyptus saligna

Sydney blue gum is a large flowering hardwood tree which can grow to 63 metres high.

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Explorers' marked tree

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Stump of a blackbutt tree just outside Katoomba that was allegedly carved with the initials of Wentworth, Blaxland and Lawson during the crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813, but this historical significance is often questioned.

Ficus macrophylla

Tree known as the Moreton Bay Fig or Australian banyan that is a native of most of the eastern coast of Australia.

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Ficus rubiginosa

Port Jackson or rusty fig that is native to eastern Australia.

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Granny Smith apple

Apple cultivar which originated at Eastwood after it was propogated from a chance seedling by Maria Ann Smith in 1868.

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Imperial mandarin

Variety of mandarin developed by RM Sheppard, orchardist in Emu Plains, at his property Westbank in Emu Plains in the 1890s.

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Livistona australis

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Tall palm tree that grows along the east coast of Australia. The edible tip of the tree was known as a 'cabbage' (although eating it kills the tree). The fibrous leaves were were used by Aboriginal people in a wide variety of ways, and by European settlers to make the eponymous hats.

Pittosporum undulatum

Tree with wavy leaf edges, white blooms and woody orange fruits that grows to 15m.

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St Ives Boundary Tree

Red gum which marks the boundaries of the Parishes of Manly Cove, Broken Bay and Gordon. It is situated on the east side of Mona Vale Road near Richmond Avenue.

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Themeda triandra

An Australian native grass, widely distributed, also known as Kangaroo grass.

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Wollemi pine

Rare and ancient coniferous tree discovered in 1994 in a temperate rainforest wilderness within Wollemi National Park. Often referred to as the 'living fossil'.

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Xanthorrhoea media

Slow -growing plant known commonly as 'grass tree' native to the central coastal area of New South Wales.

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