FORAGE TREES SUITABLE FOR FLYING FOXES
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David McMinn
This
has been published with the permission of the Agricultural Department and was
sourced from their book This is recommended reading for those interested.
Unfortunately, it is now out of print, but it should be available in local
libraries.
When planting out plots of native species, it is important to have a
wide range of species, so that flowers and/or fruit are produced over the whole year. This is to provide
fruit bats, and many other animal and bird species, with a reasonably reliable food supply.
All species are native to
the Northern Rivers and south east Queensland, unless otherwise indicated. Three sections have been
presented. 1) Ficus species. 2) Eucalyptus & 3) Other Species.
| Native Fig Species | Height (m) | Growth Rate |
Time of Attraction to Flying Foxes. |
| Weeping
Fig (NEQ) Ficus benjamina |
15-20 | Fastest
of the native Ficus |
July - December |
| Creek
Sandpaper Fig* Ficus coronata |
3-10 | Fast | January - September |
| Sandpaper Fig* Ficus fraseri |
6 | Fast | May - February |
| Moreton Bay Fig Ficus macrophylla |
12-20 |
Fast |
February - May |
| Ficus microcarpa var hillii | 15 | Fast | Spring |
| Small Leaf
Fig* Ficus obliqua |
15-20 | Moderate | March - July |
| Cluster Fig
(NEQ) Ficus racemosa |
15 | Moderate | October - March |
| Port Jackson
Fig* Ficus rubiginosa |
15-20 | Moderate | February - July |
| Cedar Fig Ficus superba var henneana |
15 | January - August | |
| White Fig Ficus virens |
15 | Moderate | June - October |
| Nipple Fig* Ficus watkinsiana |
15-25 | Fast | July - September |
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*
Recommended species from Trees For The North Coast. Lines-Kelly, Rebecca
& Currey, Anne (Eds). 1992. NSW Department of Agriculture Abbreviation: NEQ - Native to north east Queensland only. |
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| Rainforest Species | Height (m) | Growth Rate |
Time of Attraction to Flying Foxes. |
| Lillypilly Acmena smithii |
6-8 | Moderate | March - July |
| Ash species Alphitonia species |
8 | Fast | September - November |
| Bangalow Palm Archontopheonix cunninghamii |
15 | Fast in wet soils |
December - May |
| Black Bean Tree Castanospernum australe |
15-20 | Medium-Fast once established |
October - November |
| Native Tamarind Diploglottis australis |
10 | Moderate | October - November |
| Koda Ehretia acuminata |
8 | Moderate | January - April |
| Hard Quandong Elaeocarpus obovatus |
12 | Fast | January - April |
| White Mahogany Eucalyptus acmenoides |
20-30 | Moderate | November -December |
| Red Bloodwood Eucalyptus |
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| Sliky Oak Grevillea robusta |
20-30 | Fast | September - October |
| Walking Stick Palm Linospadix monstachyus |
2 | Slow | Febraury - April |
| Cabbage Tree Palm Livistona australis |
20 | Moderate once established | March - June |
| Turpentine Syncarpia glomulifera |
20-25 | Moderate | September - October |
| Brush Cherry Syzygium australe |
8-10 | Moderate | December - April |
| Water
Gum Tristaniopsis laurina |
12 | Moderate | December - January |
SPECIES FLOWERING FLOWERING
E
moluccana Feb - Mar 1 in 2 years
E grandis Mar - April 1 in 2 years
E robusta April - July 1 in 2 years
E dunnii winter
E
tereticornis Aug - Oct 1 in 3 years
E
paniculata Sept - Dec 1 in 2 years
E umbra Nov - Dec 1 in 2 years
E
acmenoides Nov - Dec 1 in 3 years
Lophostemon
L confertus
Nov - Jan 1 in 3 years
Syncarpia
S
glomulifera Sept - Oct 1 in 2 years
Copyright 2004. David McMinn. All rights reserved.