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Leptospermum sejunctum

A comparatively smaller shrub, growing to 1.5 metres tall by 1 metre wide.

It has a very limited distribution, with records confined to the Nowra area and a short distance south-west of Nowra, as well as between Nowra and Braidwood.

Leptospermum rotundifolium

A slender and upright shrub to 3 metres tall by up to 3 metres wide. It has a distribution south from Wollongong in NSW, west to around Bowral and Marulan, extending south to near Braidwood and between Ulladulla and Batemans Bay.

It has a distribution south from Wollongong in NSW, west to around Bowral and Marulan, extending south to near Braidwood and between Ulladulla and Batemans Bay.

Leptospermum polygalifolium

A small to large shrub (small tree) growing to 6 metres tall by 5 metres wide. This species is known to be cultivated commonly and may be marketed under the name L. flavescens.

It has a wide distribution in NSW with a variety of forms, growing from south-eastern NSW (around Bega and Lake Eucumbene), through the south coast, central coast and eastern part of the central tablelands divisions, right up through the central as well as north western plains, northern tablelands and north coast divisions. It extends up through Queensland to Cape York.

Gaudium polyanthum (syn. Leptospermum polyanthum)

A spreading large shrub to small tree growing to 5 metres tall by up to 3 metres wide, often with a pendulous habit.

It has a large distribution, with the most south-east records around Bowral, extending west to Wombeyan Caves, then north through the central and northern tablelands and western slopes as well as the central and north coasts with the most northern records in Dorrigo National Park near Dorrigo.

Leptospermum petraeum

Leptospermum petraeum – A spreading and stiff shrub to 3 metres tall by 1 metre wide. It has a very limited distribution, growing around the Kanangra area in Kanangra-Boyd National Park in the Central Tablelands of NSW

Gaudium parvifolium (syn. Leptospermum parvifolium)

A shrub to 2 metres tall by about 1 metre wide. It has a wide, albeit interesting, distribution across NSW, extending north from around Nowra, extending north and north-west, out to the central western slopes (Dubbo)…

Leptospermum obovatum

A shrub producing dense, often pendulous foliage to about 2 metres tall by 1 metre wide.

Leptospermum myrtifolium

A shrub to a height of 3 metres by 1-2 metres wide.

It has a distribution mainly on the tablelands of NSW, with records in the Armidale and Glen Innes areas, extending south through the central tablelands, extending to the western slopes, with most of the extent on the southern tablelands, extending into eastern Victoria towards Melbourne.

Leptospermum morrisonii

A large shrub (small-tree) growing to 5 metres tall by several metres wide. It has a natural distribution, from between Kandos and Lithgow, heading south and south-east through the central and southern tablelands and coast divisions to around Bega.

Leptospermum macrocarpum

A shrub to 2 metres tall by 2 metres wide, with rough and gnarled bark. It has a limited distribution, growing mainly in the greater Blue Mountains of Sydney, from Springwood to Lithgow and into Kurrajong and Mt Wilson…

Leptospermum sphaerocarpum

A shrub to a height of 2 metres, with up to 1-metre spread. It has a distribution from about Blackheath in the Blue Mountains of NSW, extending north through Lithgow, …

Leptospermum juniperinum

A shrub growing to 3 metres tall by 1 to 2 metres wide with rough bark. has a large distribution, growing along the entire NSW coast and just into the central and southern tablelands

Leptospermum grandifolium

A shrub or small tree, capable of reaching over 6 metres tall, with smooth bark that is shed in papery strips or flakes. It is widespread with the most northern and disjunct records occurring in NSW around the Lismore and Armidale areas, then south around Newnes State Forest…

Leptospermum emarginatum

A large shrub growing to 4 metres tall by 2 metres wide. It has a natural distribution of usually being within 100 km of the coast, extending south from Wisemans Ferry and Katoomba in the Greater Sydney area

Gaudium brevipes (syn. Leptospermum brevipes)

 Gaudium brevipes – A shrub (small tree) growing to 4 metres high and to 3 metres across. It has a wide distribution in NSW, extending through eastern Victoria towards Melbourne and north into Queensland, west of the Gold Coast. It is found in dry sclerophyll woodland and shrubland, typically on rock granite outcrops, often close to streams.

Leptospermum continentale

Leptospermum continentale – An upright dense to sparse shrub that grows to 2 metres tall, usually with a narrow habit. Its northern extent in NSW is around Gulgong, Merriwa and Mudgee, and it extends east and south into Victoria and then into South Australia. It is widespread in heath and woodland in well-drained sandy soil as well as swampy areas.

Leptospermum arachnoides

Leptospermum arachnoides – A flexible, spreading shrub that grows to 2 metres high and up to 2 metres wide. It is typically found in moister habitats, in wet heath and sclerophyll woodland / forests, mainly on sandstone / sand and granite soils. Its range is along the entirety of the NSW coast and tablelands subdivisions, just into the Western Slopes, extending far south almost to  Bega and north just over the Queensland border.

Persoonia recedens

Persoonia recedens – A typically small prostrate to spreading shrub but reaching a height to 1.5 metres with a spread to 1 metre or more. It is confined to an area between the Newnes Plateau (north of Lithgow) and Blackheath in NSW (eastern part of the Central Tablelands division) and grows on sandstone outcrops and rocky areas in dry sclerophyll forest and woodland.

Persoonia oblongata

Persoonia oblongata – An erect or spreading shrub to 3 metres tall. It grows in dry sclerophyll forest, woodland and heath on sandstone, between Springwood and Richmond, extending to Wisemans Ferry, to Yengo National Park and Howes Valley and west to Rylstone, and on the Central Coast and Central Tablelands divisions of NSW.

Persoonia nutans

Persoonia nutans – An erect to spreading shrub to 1.5 metres tall by 1 metre wide, usually with arching branches. It is restricted to the Cumberland Plain in western Sydney, between Richmond in the north and Macquarie Fields in the south. There are large populations in Londonderry and Castlereagh and is a listed threatened species.

Persoonia myrtilloides

Persoonia myrtilloides – An erect to spreading shrub, to a height of to 2.5 metres. It grows in the Blue Mountains from Wentworth Falls, northwards to Goulburn River in NSW (on the Central Coast / Central Tablelands divide and into the Central Western Slopes).

Persoonia mollis

Persoonia mollis – A very variable, erect to prostrate shrub, growing to 5 metres tall by up to several metres wide, for which 9 subspecies are currently recognised. Plants are generally found between the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury River, south to the Clyde River (Batemans Bay), mainly on the central coast and south coast of NSW but extending into the tablelands. It grows in dry and wet sclerophyll forest, woodland and heath, mainly on sandstone but also on other metasediments.

Persoonia linearis

Persoonia linearis  – A common shrub in NSW, mainly on the coast and tablelands, growing to 5 metres tall. It extends north to the Macleay River in NSW, on the coast and tablelands and extends south, to the central western slopes, through the southern tablelands and south coast into Victoria. It is typically found in dry sclerophyll forests and woodlands, on ridges and mid-slopes, on sandstone soils as well as other soil landscapes such as conglomerates.

Persoonia acerosa

Persoonia acerosa – An erect to spreading shrub, to 2 metres tall and about 1 metre wide, with smooth bark. Its occurrence is limited mainly to the Blue Mountains in dry sclerophyll woodland and forest as well as low woodland / scrubby heath on low fertility sandy soils. It is currently threatened with extinction in the wild.

Persoonia hirsuta

A spreading to low-lying shrub, to 1.5 metres tall. It grows in dry sclerophyll forest and woodland, shrubland, as well as heath on sandstone soils.

Persoonia isophylla

An erect or spreading shrub to a height of 1.5 metres. It has a limited distribution, growing from the north of Sydney, to Gosford and then north-west into Yengo NP. It grows on sandstone-derived soils.

Persoonia lanceolata

An upright spreading shrub, growing to 3 metres tall with a 2-metre spread. It is found mainly on the coast of NSW, with most records extending south from South-West Rocks

Persoonia laurina

A shrub to 2 metres tall, usually seen as a ground-hugging shrub of low height.

It has a distribution mainly on the central coast subdivision of NSW, from Bulahdelah, south to Conjola and the Budawang Range

Persoonia levis

Persoonia levis – A large shrub to about 5 metres high. It is found from the Macleay River catchment near Grafton, on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, to the Cann River in far eastern Victoria.

Persoonia acuminata

Persoonia acuminata – A prostrate to spreading shrub to a height of 2 metres.
It is confined to higher altitudes (1,000 to 1,500 metres) on the NSW tablelands and grows in mountain heath and wet sclerophyll forest, on granite and volcanic soils.

Persoonia bargoensis

Persoonia bargoensis – An erect, bushy shrub to 2.5 metres tall. It is restricted to a small area south-west of Sydney, bounded by Picton, Douglas Park, Yanderra, Cataract River and Thirlmere and grows in dry sclerophyll woodland and forest on sandstone and shale/sandstone transition soils.

It is listed as threatened with extinction in the wild.

Persoonia glaucescens

Persoonia glaucescens – An erect shrub to 3 metres tall. It has a restricted natural distribution, growing in the north of the southern highlands of NSW and somewhat further. It grows in dry sclerophyll woodland and forest on soil enriched with clay and gravel along with laterite, mainly on ridge-tops, plateaus and upper slopes.

It is listed as threatened with extinction in the wild.

Hakea microcarpa

Hakea microcarpa – A shrub growing to 2 metres tall and often as wide, with cream-white flowers. It has a wide distribution on the east coast and ranges of Australia from Stanthorpe in SE Queensland, down along the tablelands and western slopes to Tasmania, where it grows in subalpine bogs, or in forest or woodland in damp sites.