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