Self-guided tree trail

Go on a tour through the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden and explore our most special trees!

Location

Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah

Date

Daily

Time

9am to 5pm

Price

Free

Duration

1 hour

Contact

[email protected]

1. Sassafras:

Scientific name: Doryphora sassafras
Family: Atherospermataceae
Location: At the Forest Lookout

2. Rough Tree-fern

Scientific name: Cyathea australis
Family: Cyatheaceae
Location: Where ‘Forest Walk’ intersects with the trail to the Rhododendron garden

3. Deodar, or ‘Himalayan Cedar’

Scientific name: Cedrus deodara
Family: Pinaceae
Location: Next to picnic table on Brunet Meadow

4. Brown Barrel

Scientific name: Eucalyptus fastigata
Family: Myrtaceae
Location: Large tree at bottom of Brunet Meadow next to the path

5. Wollemi Pine

Scientific name: Wollemia nobilis
Family: Araucariaceae
Location: Downslope from ‘the beach’

6. Mueller Araucaria

Scientific name: Araucaria muelleri
Family: Araucariaceae
Location: Nearby to the Wollemi Pine

7. Grass tree

Scientific name: Xanthorrhoea glauca
Family: Xanthorhoeaceae
Location: Above the beach pond, at base of the rock garden

8. Eucalyptus copulans

Scientific name: Eucalyptus copulans
Family: Myrtaceae
Location: At bottom of the ‘bog garden’

9. Silver Birch

Scientific name: Betula pendula
Family: Betulaceae
Location: Residence garden lawn

10. Giant Sequioa

Scientific name: Sequioadendron giganteum
Family: Cupressaceae
Location: At beginning of trail on west side of residence garden, set back in garden bed