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Unsuitable Trees
Safety advice for the community
The following trees are NOT suitable for planting under powerlines:
Botanical name
Common name
Acacia species (large)
Wattle
Acer species
Maples - not Japanese
Acmena species
Lillypilly or Bush Cherry
Alnus species
Black & Evergreen alder
Araucaria species
Bunya-Bunya, Hoop or Norfolk Island Pine
Bambusa species
Bamboo
Banksia species (large)
Banksia
Betula species
Birch
Brachychiton species
Lacebark, Flame & Kurragong
Caesalpinea ferrea
Leopard tree
Casuarina species
She-Oaks
Cedrus species
Cedar, also Fir & Spruce
Celtis species
Nettle-tree
Cinnamomum camphora
Camphor laurel
Cupressus species
Cypress trees
Delonix rigia
Poinciana or Flamboyant
Erythrina species
Coral-tree
Eucalyptus species (large)
Gum trees
Ficus species
Fig trees
Fraxinus species
Ash
Gleditsia species
Honey Locust
Grevillia robusta
Silky Oak
Hymenosporum flavum
Native Frangipani
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Jacaranda
Ligustrum species
Privet
Liquidamber species
Liquidamber
Lophostemon confertus
Brush box
Magnolia grandiflora
Bull Bay Magnolia
Melaleuca species (large)
Paperbarks
Melia azedarach
White cedar
Palm species
Palm
Pinus species
Pine
Platanus species
Plane tree
Populus species
Poplar
Quercus species
Oak
Salix species
Willow
Schinus species
Pepper-corn tree
Stenocarpus spinuatus
Qld. Firewheel tree
Syncarpia glomulifera
Turpentine
Syzygium species
Lillypilly or bush cherry
Tamarix aphylla
Athel pine
Tilia species
Linden or lime tree
Tipuana tipu
Race-horse tree
Ulmus species
Elm
Zelkova serrata
Japanese Elm
ALL
Tall growing fruit & nut trees
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