Plant lists - Coastal - Erosion & Salinity

COASTAL

ALL PLANTS	TREES	MIDSTOREY	UNDERSTOREY	CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS
AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD	EROSION & SALINITY	BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION	SHELTER & WINDBREAK	USEFUL / EDIBLE

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

ALLOCASUARINA verticillata

Drooping She Oak

*

*

6-10 x 5

**

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Firewood, wind whistler, weeping habit, tough, beaut wood

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium

Manuka

*

3 x 3

***

*

*

*

*

*

*

Therapeutic honey source, front line coastal

MELALEUCA lanceolata

Moonah

*

5 x 4

*

*

**

*

*

*

*

Iconic twisted gnarled coastal shrub / tree

MYOPORUM insulare

Boobialla

*

4 x 4

***

***

*

*

*

*

*

Compact large shrub, coppices, windbreak, coastal

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

*

3 x 3

*

***

**

*

FR

*

Bright red berries, full frontal coastal

BURSARIA spinosa

Sweet Bursaria

*

*

*

*

4-6 x 3

*

*

*

*

FL

*

Tall shrub, prickly, attracts insect predators - a must

CARPOBROTUS rossi

Common Karkalla

*

GND

*

***

***

*

FL

*

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

CORREA alba

White Correa

*

2 x 2

*

**

**

*

FL

*

*

Grey scented foliage, white star flowers - nectar, hedge

FICINIA nodosa

Knobby Club Rush

*

*

GND

*

*

***

L

*

*

Small rush for salt affected wind / soil - ornamental

LEUCOPOGON parviflorus

Coastal Beard Heath

*

3 x 3

*

***

*

FR

*

Dense shrub for coastal gardens, edible white berries

MYOPORUM viscosum

Sticky Boobialla

*

*

2 x 2

*

*

***

*

FL

*

*

Compact shrub, quick grower, white star flowers in Spring

POA poiformis

Coastal Tussock

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1 x 1

*

***

*

L

*

*

The coastal tussock. For full frontal salty landscapes

RHAGODIA candolleana

Seaberry Saltbush

*

CLIMB

*

***

***

*

FR

A vigorous rambling plant with staining red fruit

SPYRIDIUM parvifolium

Dusty Miller

*

*

3 x 2

*

*

L

*

*

Tough ornamental shrub with very showy foliage

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

CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS

AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD

EROSION & SALINITY

BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION

SHELTER & WINDBREAK

USEFUL /
EDIBLE

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