PLANTING NATIVE

VEGETATION for koalas

in Gunnedah

GULGGUNNEDAH URBAN LANDCARE GROUP

The following tree and shrub species are recognised as important food and shelter trees for koalas in the Gunnedah region. Planting these trees will benefit koalas by providing food and shelter.

It is crucial to plant the most suitable trees for your soil type and position in the landscape. If a tree is growing in a less than ideal location, it will suffer moisture and nutrient stress, and produce chemicals that discourage koalas from eating them.

Use the information overleaf to determine which species will be most suitable at your place. All the trees listed are valuable to koalas; those highlighted in yellow appear to be most favoured.

Where possible, to maximise koala use of new trees, plant next to existing remnant native vegetation or create a corridor between remnants.

Contact WIRES if you see a sick or injured koala 1300 094 737

Record a koala sighting to the Atlas of Living Australia www.ala.org.au

Post a picture on Facebook to Project Koala Gunnedah groupwww.facebook.com/groups/Project.Koala.Gunnedah

COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME WATERCOURSES/RIVERS & CREEKS

FLOODPLAINS/BLACK SOIL

SLOPES/ RED SOILS

FOOD TREES

Rough-barked apple Angophora floribunda

Blakely's red gum Eucalyptus blakelyi

River red gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Dwyer’s Red Gum Eucalyptus dwyeri

Tumbledown red gum Eucalyptus dealbata

White box Eucalyptus albens

Fuzzy box Eucalyptus conica

Yellow box Eucalyptus melliodora

Inland grey box Eucalyptus microcarpa

Grey box Eucalyptus moluccana

Bimble box Eucalyptus populnea

Mugga ironbark Eucalyptus sideroxylon

SHELTER TREES

Brigalow Acacia harpophylla

Weeping myall Acacia pendula

Cooba Acacia salicina

Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus

White cypress Callitris glaucophylla

Belah Casuarina cristata

River oak Casuarina cunninghamiana

Wilga Geijera parviflora

Native olive Notelaea microcarpa

Reference: North West Ecological Services, Phil Spark (2016). Gunnedah Koala Conservation Plan for Landcare and Community Groups, Prepared for North West Local Land Services. Available at: https://www.gunnedah.nsw.gov.au/index.php/environment/environmental-management/gunnedah-koala-conservation-plan

North West Local Land Services 35-37 Abbott StreetGunnedah NSW 2380T: 6742 9220northwest.lls.nsw.gov.au

Gunnedah Urban Landcare GroupPO Box 94 Gunnedah NSW 2380E: gulg2380@gmail.comwww.facebook.com/GunnedahUrbanLandcareGroup/

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The information contained in this publication is based on knowledge and understanding at the time of writing (July 2018) and may not be accurate, current or complete. The State of New South Wales (including Local Land Services), the author and the publisher take no responsibility, and will accept no liability, for the accuracy, currency, reliability or correctness of any information included in the document (including material provided by third parties). Readers should make their own inquiries and rely on their own advice when making decisions related to material contained in this publication.

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*Yellow highlighted species indicates prefered/primary food trees