Common Names

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Common Names Index

        Confusion often arises through the use of common names when identifying species. In south eastern Australia for instance, there are at least six different eucalypts with the common name "Blue Gum".

Banbar                                         Melaleuca teretifolia

Bangalay                                     Eucalyptus botryoides

Blackbutt                                     Eucalyptus pilularis
           West Australian               Eucalyptus patens.

Blackwood                                  Acacia melanoxylon
                                                    

Blue Gum                                    Eucalyptus tereticornus tereticornus
                                                     Eucalyptus leucoxylon leucoxylon
            Southern Blue Gum        Eucalyptus globulus globulus
            Southern Blue Gum        Eucalyptus globulus bicostata
            Tasmanian Blue Gum    Eucalyptus globulus globulus
            Victorian Blue Gum        Eucalyptus globulus bicostata
            WA Blue Gum                 Eucalyptus rudis
            Sydney Blue Gum           Eucalyptus saligna
            Large Fruited                  Eucalyptus leucoxylon megalocarpa

Broad Leaved Paperbark         Melaleuca quinquinervia

Broom Bush                                Melaleuca uncinata

Bushy Yate                                  Eucalyptus muelleriana

Cape Ottway Blackwood           Acacia melanoxylon

Coastal Dune Mallee                 Eucalyptus foecunda

Coastal Moort                             Eucalyptus platypus heterophylla
                                                     Eucalyptus utilus

Coffin Bay Mallee                       Eucalyptus albopurpurea

Cootamundra Wattle                  Acacia baileyana

Creekline Honey Myrtle              Melaleuca hamulosa

Dwarf Sugar Gum                       Eucalyptus cladocalyx 'nana'

Dwellingup Wattle                       Acacia lateriticola

Dune Moses                                Acacia lasiocarpa

Eurabbie                                      Eucalyptus globulus bicostata

Flat Topped Yate                         Eucalyptus occidentalis

Flinders Range Wattle                Acacia iteaphylla

Flooded Gum                               Eucalyptus rudis
                                                       Eucalyptus grandis

Fremantle Mallee                         Eucalyptus foecunda

Fuchsia Mallee                            Eucalyptus forrestiana

Golden Spray                               Viminaria juncea

Golden Wreath Wattle                 Acacia saligna

Grey Honey Myrtle                        Melaleuca incana

Honey Myrtle
            Creekline                          Melaleuca hamulosa
            Grey                                  Melaleuca incana

Ironbark                                         Eucalyptus sideroxylon
            Red Flowered                  Eucalyptus sideroxylon rosea

Jarrah                                            Eucalyptus marginata.

Karri                                               Eucalyptus diversicolor.

Large Fruited Yellow or                Eucalyptus leucoxylon megalocarpa
                Blue Gum

Lemon Scented Gum                   Corymbia citriodora

Manna Gum                                   Eucalyptus viminalis viminalis

Marri                                               Corymbia calophylla.

Mallee
            Coffin Bay                          Eucalyptus albopurpurea 
            Fremantle                          Eucalyptus foecunda
            Fuchsia                              Eucalyptus forrestiana
            Purple Flowered               Eucalyptus albopurpurea
            Narrow Leaved Red         Eucalyptus foecunda

Messmate, Swamp                      Eucalyptus robusta

Mohan                                            Melaleuca viminea

Moort                                             Eucalyptus platypus congregata
                                                       Eucalyptus platypus platypus
            Coastal                              Eucalyptus utilus

Mountain Ash                                 Eucalyptus regnans

Mugga                                            Eucalyptus sideroxylon

Myrtle
            Creekline Honey               Melaleuca hamulosa
            Grey Honey                       Melaleuca incana

Narrow Leaved                             
            Black Peppermint             Eucalyptus nicholii
            Peppermint                        Eucalyptus nicholii
            Red Mallee                        Eucalyptus foecunda

Native Broom                                Viminaria juncea

Nichol's Gum                                 Eucalyptus nicholii

Paperbark                                     Melaleuca preissiana
        Saltwater                               Melaleuca cuticularis
        Broad Leaved                       Melaleuca quinquinervia
        Swamp                                  Melaleuca raphiophylla

Peppermint
          Narrow Leaved                   Eucalyptus nicholii
          West Australian                  Agonis flexuosa

Pink Flowered Yellow Gum         Eucalyptus leucoxylon 'rosea'

Prickly Moses                               Acacia pulchella

Purple Flowered Mallee              Eucalyptus albopurpurea

Queensland Silver Wattle           Acacia podalyriaefolia

Red Flowering Gum                    Corymbia ficifolia
        Ironbark                                Eucalyptus sideroxylon

Red Gum                                      Corymbia calophylla
                                                       Eucalyptus chloroclada
        Murray River                         Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Red Ironbark                                Eucalyptus sideroxylon

Ribbon Gum                                 Eucalyptus viminalis viminalis

River Red Gum                            Eucalyptus camaldulensis

River Gum                                    Eucalyptus rudis
        Salt                                       Eucalyptus sargentii

River Oak                                     Casuarina cunninghamiana

Robin Redbreast Bush               Melaleuca lateritia

Rose gum                                     Eucalyptus grandis

Salt River Mallet                           Eucalyptus sargentii

Saltwater Paperbark                   Melaleuca cuticularis

Southern Mahogany                    Eucalyptus botryoides

Spotted Gum                                Corymbia maculata

Stringy Gum                                  Eucalyptus regnans

Stringybark, Yellow                      Eucalyptus muelleriana

Sugar Gum                                    Eucalyptus cladocalyx

Swamp Gum                                 Eucalyptus regnans

Swamp Mahogany                        Eucalyptus robusta

Swamp Mallet                                Eucalyptus spathulata

Swamp Messmate                        Eucalyptus robusta

Swamp Oak                                  Casuarina obesa

Swamp Paperbark                      Melaleuca raphiophylla

Swamp Yate                                 Eucalyptus occidentalis

Swish Bush                                   Viminaria juncea

Sydney Blue Gum                         Eucalyptus saligna

Tasmanian Blackwood               Acacia melanoxylon

Tasmanian Blue Gum                  Eucalyptus globulus globulus

Toothed Wattle                            Acacia dentifera

Tuart                                              Eucalyptus gomphocephala

Victorian Blue Gum                     Eucalyptus globulus bicostata

W.A. Peppermint                        Agonis flexuosa

W.A. Blackbutt                             Eucalyptus patens.

Western Wattle                            Acacia saligna
                                                       Acacia cyanophylla

White Gum                                    Eucalyptus wandoo
                                                       Eucalyptus viminalis viminalis

Yarri                                               Eucalyptus patens.

Yellow Gum
            Large Fruited                   Eucalyptus leucoxylon megalacarpa
            Pink Flowered                 Eucalyptus leucoxylon 'rosea'

Yellow Stringybark                       Eucalyptus muelleriana

York Gum                                      Eucalyptus loxophleba

Yate                                               Eucalyptus cornuta
            Flat-Topped                      Eucalyptus occidentalis
            Swamp                              Eucalyptus occidentalis
            Bushy                                 Eucalyptus lehmanii