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
coast ridge foothills plains size
ACACIA implexa
Lightwood       * 8-10 x 5         * * * *   *   * Firewood, shelter, shade for dry shallow soils
ACACIA paradoxa
Hedge Wattle *   * * 3 x 3         * * * *   *   * Exc bird habitat, very hardy and prickly
ACACIA verticillata
Prickly Moses * * * * 3 x 3     * ** * * *   *     * Holy Moses that bugger is prickly- but birds love it!
ALLOCASUARINA verticillata

Drooping She Oak *     * 6-10 x 5       ** * * * *   * * * Firewood, wind whistler, weeping habit, tough, beaut wood
CALLISTEMON seiberi

River Bottlebrush       * 4 x 3     **   *       *   * * Barwon river shrub, loves it wet but fresh, white/pink fls
LEPTOSPERMUM lanigerum

Woolly Tea Tree     * * 4 x 3   * ***   *       *   * * Cut flower mkt, grows in swamps, needs it wet
LEPTOSPERMUM obovatum

River Tea Tree       * 4 x 3     **   *   *   *   * * Grows along the Barwon, etc. uncommon, bird habitat
MELICYTUS dentatus

Tree Violet     * * 3 x 3     *   * * *     * *   Drooping creamy flowers, prickly, birds, moist conditions


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
coast ridge foothills plains size

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
coast ridge foothills plains htxw
ARTHROPODIUM strictum

Chocolate Lily       * GND *           * FL *   * Very small perennial with choc scented flowers!
BANKSIA marginata

Silver Banksia *   * * 2-6 x 3   *     *   * FL     * Yellow "Honeysuckle", the only Otway Banksia
BURSARIA spinosa

Sweet Bursaria * * * * 4-6 x 3 * *     *   * FL   *   Tall shrub, prickly, attracts insect predators - a must
CAREX appressa

Tall Sedge * * * * 1 x 1 *   * ***       L       Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks!
CHRYSOCEPHA-
LUM
apiculatum

Common Everlasting     * * GND *           * FL *   * Grey foliage w bright yellow buttons in spring, perennial
CORREA glabra

Rock Correa       * 2 x 2   *       ** * FL   * * Dusky red flowers with green throat, Barwon escarpment
DODANAEA viscosa

Sticky Hop Bush       * 4 x 3 *         ** * FR   *   Excellent tall screen with mauve seed capsules (hops)
GOODENIA ovata

Hop Goodenia * * *   2 x 1   *     *   * FL       Pioneer species, excellent low bird habitat, yellow flowers for weeks
GYNATRIX pulchella

Native Hemp Bush   * * * 4 x 3 *     *       FL       Tall open shrub with scented white flowers, annual prune
LOMANDRA longifolia

Spiny Matrush *   * * 1 x 1   *         * L *   * Straplike leaves, dry loving clumping tussock
MICROSERIS lanceolata

Yam Daisy, Murnong       * GND *           * R *   * The Yam Daisy resembles Dandelion but it has edible tubers
PELARGONIUM australe

Austral Stork's Bill     * * GND   *         * L *   * Nice round shape with sm white / pink Pelargonium flowers.
PTILOTUS macrocephala

Feather Heads       * GND *           * FL *   * White feathery flower heads to 15cm tall. Fantastic
SENECIO linearifolius

Fireweed Groundsel * * *   1 x 1   *   *       FL      

Not the prettiest but provides the scent of the forest!

THEMEDA triandra

Kangaroo Grass * * * * GND *           * FL *   * Tough mat forming native grass, iconic flower heads
WAHLENBERGIA sp.

Blue Bells     * * GND   *         * FL
*   * Delicate blue-purple fls on ground hugging perennial


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
coast ridge foothills plains htxw
PLAINS
ALL PLANTS TREES MIDSTOREY UNDERSTOREY CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD EROSION & SALINITY BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION SHELTER & WINDBREAK USEFUL /
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