Trees & Midstorey listed immediately below, Understorey, Climber & Groundcovers listed at bottom (here)

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 dealbata

Silver Wattle

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6-10 x 5

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*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Firewood, showy flowers, fast grower but variable size with site.

ACACIA implexa

Lightwood

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8-10 x 5

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*

*

*

*

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Firewood, shelter, shade for dry shallow soils

ACACIA mearnsii

Black Wattle

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10 x 5

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*

*

*

*

Firewood, attracts insect predators, gliders

ACACIA melanoxylon

Blackwood

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*

*

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8-20 x 7

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*

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Furniture, shade, varied growth due to site, excellent all round tree

ACACIA paradoxa

Hedge Wattle

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*

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3 x 3

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*

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Exc bird habitat, very hardy and prickly

ACACIA pycnantha

Golden Wattle

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5 x 4

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*

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Pioneer species, Australian floral emblem

ACACIA retinodes

Wirilda

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5 x 4

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**

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*

*

*

*

Poor drainage expert for basalt soils, quick grower

ACACIA verticillata

Prickly Moses

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3 x 3

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

ALLOCASUARINA littoralis

Black She Oak

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7 x 5

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Corky bark, wind whistler, suckers, beaut wood grain

ALLOCASUARINA misera

Dwarf She oak

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1 x 1

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*

*

*

Poor old miserable shrub for heaths but tough & birds love it

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

CALLISTEMON seiberi

River Bottlebrush

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4 x 3

**

*

*

*

*

Barwon river shrub, loves it wet but fresh, white/pink fls

EUCALYPTUS camaldulensis

River Red Gum

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20 x 18

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*

*

*

Iconic river edge beauty. Loves it wet and a bit salty

EUCALYPTUS melliadora

Yellow Box

15 x 10

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*

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Firewood, honey, tough tree for the plains

EUCALYPTUS ovata

Swamp Gum

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*

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15 x 12

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Loves it wet but not salty, dense crown, exc windbreak

EUCALYPTUS pauciflora

Snow Gum

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8-10 x 6

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White bark to ground, a few remnants in E otway region

EUCALYPTUS polyanthemos

Red Box

10-15 x 8

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Bluish leaves, nice flowers, firewood, plains expert

EUCALYPTUS viminalis

Manna Gum

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*

*

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25 x 12

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*

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Stately iconic Koala tree, can drop branches, quick grower

EUCALYPTUS yarraensis

Yarra Gum

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15 x 10

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East otway stately shade tree, rare, most conditions

LEPTOSPERMUM lanigerum

Woolly Tea Tree

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4 x 3

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Cut flower mkt, grows in swamps, needs it wet

LEPTOSPERMUM obovatum

River Tea Tree

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4 x 3

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*

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Grows along the Barwon, etc. uncommon, bird habitat

MELICYTUS dentatus

Tree Violet

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3 x 3

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*

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*

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Drooping creamy flowers, prickly, birds, moist conditions

SOLANUM laciniatum

Kangaroo Apple

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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

Understorey, Climbers & Groundcovers (Jump to : Trees & Midstorey)

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

ARTHROPODIUM strictum

Chocolate Lily

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GND

*

*

FL

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*

Very small perennial with choc scented flowers!

BANKSIA marginata

Silver Banksia

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*

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2-6 x 3

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*

*

FL

*

Yellow "Honeysuckle", the only Otway Banksia

BRUNONIA australis

Blue Pincushion

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GND

*

*

FL

*

Blue flowers in Summer, beautiful display

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

CAREX appressa

Tall Sedge

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*

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1 x 1

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L

Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks!

CAREX fascicularis

Tassel Sedge

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*

*

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1 x 1

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L

*

Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks!!

AUSTRODANTHO- NIA sp.

Wallaby Grass

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*

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GND

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*

*

*

FL

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*

Small, delicate, clumping grass, feathery white flowers

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

COPROSMA quadrifida

Prickly Currant Bush

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3 x 2

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*

FR

*

Small edible berries, prickly, very hardy, birds

CORREA glabra

Rock Correa

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2 x 2

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**

*

FL

*

*

Dusky red flowers with green throat, Barwon escarpment

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

DODANAEA viscosa

Sticky Hop Bush

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4 x 3

*

**

*

FR

*

Excellent tall screen with mauve seed capsules (hops)

FICINIA nodosa

Knobby Club Rush

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GND

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L

*

*

Small rush for salt affected wind / soil - ornamental

GOODENIA ovata

Hop Goodenia

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*

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2 x 1

*

*

*

FL

Pioneer species, excellent low bird habitat, yellow flowers for weeks

GYNATRIX pulchella

Native Hemp Bush

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*

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4 x 3

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*

FL

Tall open shrub with scented white flowers, annual prune

HELICHRYSUM scorpiodes

Button Everlasting

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*

GND

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FL

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*

Perennial clump forming paper daisy - 2 shades of yellow

KENNEDIA prostrata

Running Postman

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GND

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**

*

FL

*

Red pea flower with yellow throat, non invasive creeper

LOMANDRA longifolia

Spiny Matrush

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1 x 1

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L

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*

Straplike leaves, dry loving clumping tussock

MICRLAENA stipoides

Weeping Grass

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*

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GND

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*

FL

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Weeping habit. exc mass display for landscaping

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

MICROSERIS lanceolata

Yam Daisy, Murnong

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GND

*

*

R

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*

The Yam Daisy resembles Dandelion but it has edible tubers

PELARGONIUM australe

Austral Stork's Bill

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GND

*

*

L

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*

Nice round shape with sm white / pink Pelargonium flowers.

POA labillardieri

Silver Tussock

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*

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1 x 1

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**

*

L

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*

The tussock. Softens a landscape. Excellent for water filter

PTILOTUS macrocephala

Feather Heads

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GND

*

*

FL

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*

White feathery flower heads to 15cm tall. Fantastic

STYLIDIUM graminifolium

Grass Trigger Plant

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*

*

GND

*

*

FL

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*

Small tufted perennial with unique pollenation method!

THEMEDA triandra

Kangaroo Grass

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*

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GND

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*

FL

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*

Tough mat forming native grass, iconic flower heads

VIMINARIA juncea

Golden Spray

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4 x 3

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*

*

FL L

*

Tall, drooping shrub with egg and bacon flowers, moist soils

WAHLENBERGIA sp.

Blue Bells

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GND

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*

FL

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*

Delicate blue-purple fls on ground hugging perennial

XANTHORRHOEA minor

Small Grass Tree

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*

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1 x 1

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*

FL

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*

Grass tree's smaller cousin, more regular flowering

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

PLAINS

ALL PLANTS

TREES

MIDSTOREY

UNDERSTOREY

CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS

AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD

EROSION & SALINITY

BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION

SHELTER & WINDBREAK

USEFUL / EDIBLE

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