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Windbreak plants and paddock tree species for Pinery fire affected area Trees (Note – tree species provided will vary for different planting locations) Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping Sheoak Calltris gracilis Height: 3 – 6 m Southern Cypress Pine Width: 2 m Height: 5 – 12 m Notes: Width: 3 m Hardy, slow growing tree. Rounded canopy of drooping branchlets with thin, needle like leaves. Notes: Regeneration from seed as killed by fire. Very palatable to grazing animals. Eucalyptus dumosa Hardy, long lived tree preferring well drained soils. Initially slow growing. Termite resistant timber. Killed by fire. Regeneration from seed. Eucalyptus gracilis White Mallee Yorrell Height: 3 – 8 m Height: 3 – 10 m Width: can spread to over 6 m Width: can spread to over 6 m Notes: Notes: Single or multi-trunked tree. Single or multi-trunked tree. Re-sprouts from base (lignotuber) following fire or other disturbance. Re-sprouts from base (lignotuber) following fire or other disturbance. Eucalyptus incrassata Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp pruinosa Ridge Fruited Mallee Inland SA Blue Gum Height: 4 – 8 m Height: 5 – 20 m Width: can spread to over 6 m Width: can spread to over 10 m Notes: Notes: Prefers sandy, well drained soils. Re-sprouts from base (lignotuber) following fire or other disturbance. Tall, stately, mainly smooth barked gum tree. Often re-sprouts from trunk and base following fire or other disturbance. 2 | Windbreak plants and paddock tree species for Pinery fire affected area Trees (continued) Eucalyptus odorata Eucalyptus porosa Peppermint Box Mallee Box Height: 4 – 15 m Height: 4 – 14 m Width: can spread to over 10 m Width: can spread to over 10 m Notes: Notes: Rough barked, single or multi-trunked tree. Rough barked, single or multi-trunked tree. Re-sprouts from base (lignotuber) and occasionally from trunk following fire or other disturbance. Prefers heavier soils and is tolerant of temporary waterlogging. Re-sprouts from base (lignotuber) following fire or other disturbance. Eucalyptus socialis Red Beaked Mallee Height: 3 – 12 m Width: can spread to over 6 m Notes: Rough bark at base, smooth further up trunk. Highly drought tolerant. Re-sprouts from base (lignotuber) following fire or other disturbance. Shrubs (Note – shrub species provided will vary for different planting locations) Acacia acinaceae Acacia brachybotrya Round Leaved Wattle Grey Mulga-bush Height: 1 – 3 m Width: up to 3 m Width: up to 3 m Notes: Notes: Compact, dense, rounded, spreading, grey-green shrubs. Yellow flowers in winter and spring. Hardy, attractive shrub with yellow flowers in late winter to early spring. Height: 1 – 3 m Windbreak plants and paddock tree species for Pinery fire affected area | 3 Shrubs (continued) Acacia hakeoides Acacia ligulata Hakea Wattle Umbrella Bush Height: 1 – 4 m Height: 1 – 5 m Width: can equal height Width: can equal height Notes: Notes: Fast growing, bushy, spreading shrub. Prefers sandy soil but will grow on wide range of soil types. Has a suckering habit if roots are disturbed. Yellow flowers in winter and spring. Acacia notabilis Yellow flowers in winter and spring. Acacia oswaldii Notable Wattle Umbrella Wattle Height: 1 – 3 m Height: 2 – 6 m Width: 2 m Width: can equal height Notes: Notes: Attractive spreading shrub with yellow flowers in winter and spring. Dense, rounded, spreading shrub or small tree. Leaves rigid, ending with a sharp point. Yellow flowers mainly in summer. Acacia retinodes Acacia sclerophylla Wirilda Hard Leaf Wattle Height: 4 – 6 m Height: 1 – 2 m Width: to 4 m Width: often greater than height Notes: Fast growing shrub or small tree. Sweetly scented pale yellow flowers in late spring and summer. Notes: Dense, spreading shrub. Masses of yellow flowers in late winter and spring. 4 | Windbreak plants and paddock tree species for Pinery fire affected area Shrubs (continued) Bursaria spinosa Dodonaea viscosa ssp spatulata Sweet Bursaria Sticky Hop Bush Height: 1.5 – 3 m Height: 1 – 3 m Width: to 2 m Width: to 2m Notes: Notes: Shrub, often with spiny branches. Hardy shrub that produces attractive red seed capsules after flowering. Clusters of sweetly scented white flowers appear in summer. Can re-sprout from the base following fire. Melaleuca lanceolata Can re-sprout from the base following fire. Pittosporum phylliraeoides (now P. angustifolium) Dryland Tea Tree Native Apricot Height: 2 – 6 m Height: 6 – 8 m Width: to 4 m Width: 2 – 3 m Notes: Notes: Shrub or small tree with dense canopy. Clusters of white flowers in summer. Slow-growing but long-lived small tree with graceful drooping branches. May re-sprout following fire. Palatable to stock. May re-sprout after fire. Rhagodia parabolica Fragrant Salt Bush Senna artemisioides ssp coriacea/ petiolaris/filifolia Height: 1 – 2 m Senna / Desert Cassia Width: to 2 m Height: 1 – 2 m Notes: Width: to 2 m Dense, low shrub. Notes: Clusters of tiny, sweet smelling flowers followed by red berries that are eaten by birds. Palatable to grazing animals. Hardy shrub with showy yellow flowers in late winter to spring. Leaf shape variable depending on subspecies. Resprouts from the base following fire.