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 verticillata
Prickly Moses * * * * 3 x 3     * ** * * *   *     * Holy Moses that bugger is prickly- but birds love it!
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
SOLANUM laciniatum

Kangaroo Apple * * * * 4 x 3 **     *   *   *     *   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
coast ridge foothills plains size




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
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.
CHRYSOCEPHA-
LUM
apiculatum

Common Everlasting     * * GND *           * FL *   * Grey foliage w bright yellow buttons in spring, perennial
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
HAKEA repullulans

Furze Hakea     *   2 x 1   *         * FL   *   Sharp needle leaves, white spider flowers, heath shrub
HAKEA sericea

Bushy Needlewood     *   3 x 2   *         * FL   *   Sharp needle leaves, white spider flowers, heath shrub
LEUCOPHYTA brownii

Cushion Bush *       GND   *     *** * * L *   * Soft looking silver foliage, landscape for coastal
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 *       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


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


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