Small-leaved Figs
Ficus obliqua
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Field Notes
Description:
The Small-leaved Fig, like its cousin the Moreton Bay Fig, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the Moraceae family, and is a native to eastern Australia, New Guinea, eastern Indonesia to Sulawesi and islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. F. obliqua can grow to 60 m (200 ft) high and nearly as wide with a pale grey buttressed trunk, and glossy green leaves.
Habitat:
It is found in subtropical, warm temperate and dry rainforest, where, as an emergent tree, its crown may tower above the canopy, particularly along watercourses on alluvial soils. They thrive in Brisbane with its cool dry winters and hot humid summers.
Notes:
Unless you want to live in a tree house, don't plant one of these in your yard - it will lift your house right off its foundations. They are very thirsty trees and can be very invasive of domestic drainage systems. This series of photos was taken in Sunnybank, a suburb of Brisbane.
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