Bursaria spinosa, Blackthorn

Bursaria spinosa

Bursaria spinosa

Bursaria spinosa
“Blackthorn”

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SHRUB TO 3 METRES TALLErect, thorny shrub with dark green shiny leaves, and masses of white flowers in late Spring/Summer, attractive brown fruit, which are useful for floral arrangements. Attracts Bright Copper & Dull Copper butterflies. Hardy.

Suitability
Category	Medium Shrubs up to 5m
Family	Pittosporaceae
Aspect	Full Sun / Filtered Sun
Soil	Adaptable
Habitat	Dry Sclerophyll Forest
Features
Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Bush Food Plants, Butterfly Plants, Fire Resistant Plants, Perfumed Flowering Plants, Possum Plants
Localities
Alderley, Ascot, Auchenflower, Ballymore, Bardon, Berrinba, Calamvale, Camp Hill, Carina, Carina Heights, Cubberla Creek, Darra, Deagon, Doboy, Dorrington, Drewvale, Eagle Farm, Eagle Junction, Ellengrove, Enoggera, Enoggera Catchment, Everton Park, Ferny Grove, Gaythorne, Grovely, Hamilton, Heathwood, Hendra, Hill End, Inala, Indooroopilly, Ipswich area, Ironside, Ithaca, Kalinga, Karawatha, Keperra, Larapinta, Lindum, Logan City, Lytton, Meeandah, Milton, Mitchelton, Mt Gravatt, Myrtletown, Nathan, Normanby, Nudgee Beach, Oakleigh, Oxford Park, Parkinson, Pine Rivers, Pinkenba, Rainworth, Richlands, Rosalie, Seven Hills, Stretton, Toombul, Toowong, Torwood, Wacol, Whites Hill, Windsor, Woolloongabba
Host Plant For These Butterflies
Bright Copper (Paralucia aurifera), Fiery Copper (Paraalucia pyrodiscus)
Fruit & Berry Food source for Birds Below
Australian King-parrot (Alisterus scapularis), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella), Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae), Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris), Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina), Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Superb Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus), Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor), Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus), White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela), Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus), Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)
Nectar & Pollen Food source for Birds Below
Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta), Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), Fuscous Honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera), Musk lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna), New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala), Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia), Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta), Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata), The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops), Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)