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 dealbata |
Silver Wattle |
* | * | * | 6-10 x 5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Firewood, showy flowers, fast grower but variable size with site. |
ACACIA melanoxylon |
Blackwood | * | * | * | * | 8-20 x 7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Furniture, shade, varied growth due to site, excellent all round tree |
ACACIA pycnantha |
Golden Wattle | * | 5 x 4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | Pioneer species, Australian floral emblem |
ALLOCASUARINA verticillata |
Drooping She Oak | * | * | 6-10 x 5 | ** | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Firewood, wind whistler, weeping habit, tough, beaut wood |
CASSINIA aculeata |
Dogwood | * | * | 4 x 3 | * | * | Pioneer species, fls resemble small cauliflowers |
EUCALYPTUS willisii |
Shining Peppermint | * | 6 x 4 | * | * | * | For poor heath soils, showy masses of cream flowers |
EUCALYPTUS yarraensis |
Yarra Gum | * | * | 15 x 10 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | East otway stately shade tree, rare, most conditions |
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) | 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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BANKSIA marginata |
Silver Banksia | * | * | * | 2-6 x 3 | * | * | * | FL | * | Yellow "Honeysuckle", the only Otway Banksia |
COASTAL |
ALL PLANTS | TREES | MIDSTOREY | UNDERSTOREY | CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS | AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD | EROSION & SALINITY | BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION | SHELTER & WINDBREAK | USEFUL / EDIBLE |