Native Plant Explorer
We believe people should live with wildlife, and part of living with wildlife is having native plants in your garden. If you’ve got native plants in your garden then that’s the food for the things that should live here.
Use our native plant search tool below to discover those species native to Mission Beach region.
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Brachychiton acerifolius
(Illawarra Flame Tree, Flame Kurrajong)Height: Tree, deciduous to 45M (to 15M in cultivation) Leaves & Flowers: Sepals red/pink, 10-30mm,…
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Breynia cernua
(Fart Tree)Height: Shrub to 5M Leaves & Flowers: Solitary flower, sepals green, pink or red Fruit:…
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Buchanania arborescens
(Jam Jam)Height: Tree to 25M, elongated leaves Leaves & Flowers: Small white or cream flowers, 3-4mm…
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Buckinghamia celsissima
(Spotted Silky Oak)Height: Tree to 30M, may be buttressed Leaves & Flowers: Fragrant green, white or cream…
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Callistemon viminalis
(Red Bottlebrush)Height: Shrub or tree to 15M, branches mostly weeping Leaves & Flowers: White, cream, pink…
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Calophyllum inophyllum
(Beach Calophyllum)Tags: arboretumHeight: Tree to 30M Leaves & Flowers: White or cream flowers with yellow centres, 9-16mm…
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Cananga odorata
(Ylang Ylang)Tags: cassowary-foodHeight: Tree to 30M, may be buttressed Leaves & Flowers: Very fragrant yellow flowers, 50-90mm…
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Carallia brachiata
(Corkwood, Corky Bark)Tags: arboretumHeight: Tree to 30M Leaves & Flowers: Small green, white or cream flowers Fruit: Orange,…
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Cardwellia sublimis
(Northern Silky Oak, Bull Oak)Height: Primitive plant, tree to 35M Leaves & Flowers: White or cream spikes of fragrant…
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Castanospermum australe
(Black Bean, Moreton Bay Chestnut)Tags: arboretumHeight: Tree to 35M (8-10M in cultivation) Leaves & Flowers: Yellow to red flowers, 20-30mm,…
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Castanospora alphandii
(Brown Tamarind)Tags: cassowary-foodHeight: Tree to 45M, may be buttressed Leaves & Flowers: Fragrant flowers, white to cream,…
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Casuarina equisetifolia
(Beach Sheoak)Height: Tree to 35M, branches weeping Leaves & Flowers: Male and female flowers Fruit: Fruit…