Koala food trees

Eric Frei

List of trees which Koala's eat by region.

GENERAL LIST

SCIENTIFIC NAME; COMMON NAME

E. camaldulensis; River Red gum
E. melliodora; Yellow Box
E. microcorys ; Tallowwood
E. nicholii; Small-leafed peppermint
E. parramattensis; Drooping Red gum
E. populnea; Poplar Box
E. propinqua; Small fruited grey gum
E. punctata; Grey gum
E. robusta; Swamp Mahogany
E. tereticornis; Forest Red gum
E. viminalis; Manna Gum
E. racemosa; Scribbly Gum
E. resinifera; Red Mahogony
E. bancroftii; Bancroft's Red Gum
E. siderophloia; Grey Ironbark
E. tereticornis x E. robusta; Naturally-occuring hybrid
E. agglomerata; Blue-leafed Stringybark
E. cypellocarpa; Monkey Gum
E. longifolia; Woolybutt
E. muelleriana; Yellow Stringybark
E. globoidea; White Stringybark
E. chloroclada; Dirty Red Gum
E. pilligaensis; Pilliga Box
Shelter Tree, Callitris glaucophylla; White Cypress Pine
E. obliqua; Messmate Stringybark
E. baxteri; Brown Stringybark
E. pauciflora; Snow Gum
E. goniocalyx s.l.; Bundy
E. brookeriana; Brookers Gum
E. polyanthemos; Red Box

BRISBANE, REDLAND, LOGAN

E. tereticornis; Forest Red Gum
E. robusta; Swamp Mahogany
E. microcorys; Tallowwood
E. propinqua; Small-fruited Grey Gum
E. racemosa; Scribbly Gum

NOOSA

E. tereticornis; Forest Red Gum
E. robusta; Swamp Mahogany
E. microcorys; Tallowwood
E. propinqua; Grey Gum
E. resinifera; Red Mahogony
E. bancroftii; Bancroft's Red Gum
E. siderophloia; Grey Ironbark

LISMORE
E. tereticornis; Forest Red Gum
E. microcorys; Tallowwood

TWEED

E. tereticornis; Forest Red Gum
E. robusta; Swamp Mahogany
E. tereticornis x E. robusta; Naturally-occuring hybrid
E. microcorys; Tallowwood
E. propinqua; Small-fruited Grey Gum

PORT STEPHENS

E. parramattensis; Drooping Red gum
E. robusta; Swamp Mahogany
E. tereticornis; Forest Red Gum

CAMPBELLTOWN

E. punctata; Grey Gum
E. agglomerata; Blue-leafed Stringybark

BEGA

E. cypellocarpa; Monkey Gum
E. longifolia; Woolybutt
E. muelleriana; Yellow Stringybark
E. globoidea; White Stringybark

WESTERN SLOPES & PLAINS (NSW)

E. camaldulensis; River Red Gum
E. chloroclada; Dirty Red Gum
E. populnea; Bimble Box (Poplar Box)
E. pilligaensis; Pilliga Box
Shelter Tree;
Callitris glaucophylla; White Cypress Pine

BALLARAT

E. viminalis; Manna Gum
E. obliqua; Messmate Stringybark
E. baxteri; Brown Stringybark

CENTRAL VICTORIA

E. cypellocarpa; Monkey Gum
E. viminalis; Manna Gum
E. camaldulensis; River Red Gum
E. pauciflora; Snow Gum
E. goniocalyx s.l. ; Bundy
E. melliodora ; Yellow Box
E. obliqua; Messmate
E. baxteri; Brown Stringybark
E. brookeriana; Brookers Gum
E. nortonii; Bundy
E. polyanthemos; Red Box

https://www.savethekoala.com/koalastrees.html
Broad-leaved Paperbark, Melaleuca quinquenervia plays a very important role to Koala's. I have been recently advised the mother koala chews the paper bark leaves into a pulp to feed the young.

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Sean Freeman

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Eric Frei

Lophostemon confertus - brush box
Lophostemon suaveolens - swamp box

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rick

Corymbia (Eucalyptus) citriodora (Lemon Scented Gum)