Which macadamias grow near me?
Use the Wild Macadamias App to find out if you live on or near macadamia habitat, and if so, which are your local species.
The App shows all the macadamia sitings in our database:
- the bigger the circle, the more trees have been recorded at location – most grow in their original habitat, a few may have been planted.
- zoom in to find your location or use the search bar, then click on the map to see what habitat zone you are in.
- you can toggle two extra layers – one showing commercial macadamia orchards, and one showing the extent of the bushfires in 2019/20.
Regeneration of Macadamia habitat
If you would like to plant some locally endemic macadamias, please ask at your favourite native plant nursery. If they don’t already know about it, show them the WMC Wild Macadamias App, and ask if they can provide you with macadamias sourced from a wild population close to the proposed planting site. Please ask them to contact WMC if they need advice on how to source propagation material legally and without compromising the wild trees.
Macadamia Country – disappearing habitat
Macadamias evolved in in subtropical rainforests along the east coast of Australia. Their habitat has contracted over time and is now limited to the coastal ranges of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales.
They occur in a wide range of rainforest types ranging from rich complex rainforests on fertile volcanic soil or alluvium to less complex dry rainforests on rocky scree slopes. Most macadamia habitat is between 0 and 700 metres above sea level and receives at least 1000 mm annual rainfall.
Much of this rainforest has now been cleared for agriculture and housing, leaving highly fragmented patches threatened by weed invasion, trampling by cattle and wildfire.