Plants of a Manna Gum Woodland Tree Layer Wirilda Acacia retinodes var retinodes (hills form) Tree to 3 m, drooping habit, black bark, long thin downward pointing dark green leaves, pale whitish flower ball in late summer and winter Native cherry Exocarpas cupressiformis Looks similar to small pine tree, small red edible fruits in summer, flowers spring through to winter South Australian blue gum Eucalyptus leucoxylon Smooth bark, medium sized bell-shaped fruit, flowers autumn to spring River red gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Prefers wet areas, smooth bark, small fruit with outward opening star, flowers in spring and summer Rough barked manna gum Eucalyptus viminalis ssp. cygnetensis Eucalypt to 25 m, trunk has rough brown bark to the start of the canopy, branches often long and curved giving top-heavy appearance to tree, flowers mostly in summer Silver banksia Banksia marginata Small tree, leaves dark green on top, pale green underneath, flowers grouped in a tall cylindrical brush, fruit forms a woody cone Drooping sheoak Allocasuarina verticillata Weeping needle-like branchlets, small cones on female tree, flowers autumn and winter Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Erect tall tree, leaves dull green with clearly visible veins, pale yellow flower balls grouped on branched stalks winter to spring, prefers cool damp areas Photo: J. J. Smith Photo: J. J. Smith Photo: J. J. Smith Photo: J. J. Smith Photo: J. J. Smith Photo: J. J. Smith Photo: J. J. Smith AP AP Iimage sourced from Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (Eds) (1986) Fouth Edition Government Printer, Adelaide. Flora of South Australia Photo: J. J. Smith AP Schools located within the Adelaide & Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Board area are permitted to copy a small number of this document for educational purposes only. Copyright 2003. Under no circumstances are copies to be sold for profit. Illustrations marked ‘AP’ reproduced with kind permission of the author Ann Prescott from the book ‘It’s Blue with Five Petals’. Other images courtesy of Neville Bonney author of ‘What Seed is That?’ featuring illustrations by the artist Anne Miles.