BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS)

TOLERANCES (SEE KEY)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

USED FOR

KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES

ACACIA verticillata

Prickly Moses

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*

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3 x 3

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*

*

*

*

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Holy Moses that bugger is prickly- but birds love it!

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium

Manuka

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3 x 3

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*

*

*

*

*

Therapeutic honey source, front line coastal

MELALEUCA lanceolata

Moonah

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5 x 4

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*

**

*

*

*

*

Iconic twisted gnarled coastal shrub / tree

MYOPORUM insulare

Boobialla

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4 x 4

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*

*

*

*

Compact large shrub, coppices, windbreak, coastal

SOLANUM laciniatum

Kangaroo Apple

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*

*

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4 x 3

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*

*

Short lived pioneer, large purple flowers, orange fruit

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS)

TOLERANCES (SEE KEY)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

USED FOR

KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS)

SOILS ETC

TOLERANCES (SEE KEY)

USED FOR

KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES

ALYXIA buxifolia

Sea Box

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3 x 3

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***

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*

FR

*

Bright red berries, full frontal coastal

BURSARIA spinosa

Sweet Bursaria

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*

*

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4-6 x 3

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*

*

*

FL

*

Tall shrub, prickly, attracts insect predators - a must

CARPOBROTUS rossi

Common Karkalla

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GND

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FL

*

Local "pigface". Bright pink flowers in Spring, edible fruit in Autumn.

CHRYSOCEPHA- LUM apiculatum

Common Everlasting

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*

GND

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*

FL

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*

Grey foliage w bright yellow buttons in spring, perennial

CORREA alba

White Correa

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2 x 2

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**

*

FL

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*

Grey scented foliage, white star flowers - nectar, hedge

FICINIA nodosa

Knobby Club Rush

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*

GND

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*

***

L

*

*

Small rush for salt affected wind / soil - ornamental

HAKEA repullulans

Furze Hakea

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2 x 1

*

*

FL

*

Sharp needle leaves, white spider flowers, heath shrub

HAKEA sericea

Bushy Needlewood

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3 x 2

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*

FL

*

Sharp needle leaves, white spider flowers, heath shrub

LEUCOPHYTA brownii

Cushion Bush

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GND

*

***

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*

L

*

*

Soft looking silver foliage, landscape for coastal

LEUCOPOGON parviflorus

Coastal Beard Heath

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3 x 3

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FR

*

Dense shrub for coastal gardens, edible white berries

MYOPORUM viscosum

Sticky Boobialla

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2 x 2

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FL

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*

Compact shrub, quick grower, white star flowers in Spring

POA poiformis

Coastal Tussock

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1 x 1

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L

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*

The coastal tussock. For full frontal salty landscapes

RHAGODIA candolleana

Seaberry Saltbush

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CLIMB

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FR

A vigorous rambling plant with staining red fruit

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS)

SOILS ETC

TOLERANCES (SEE KEY)

USED FOR

KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES

COASTAL

ALL PLANTS

TREES

MIDSTOREY

UNDERSTOREY

CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS

AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD

EROSION & SALINITY

BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION

SHELTER & WINDBREAK

USEFUL / EDIBLE

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