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! |
ALLOCASUARINA verticillata |
Drooping She Oak | * | * | 6-10 x 5 | ** | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Firewood, wind whistler, weeping habit, tough, beaut wood |
EUCALYPTUS baxteri |
Brown Stringybark | * | 10-15 x 8 | * | * | * | * | For sandy soils in heath country ain't pretty but tough |
EUCALYPTUS obliqua |
Messmate | * | * | * | 25 x 10 | * | * | * | * | Stringybark. Firewood, quick grower, adaptable |
EUCALYPTUS viminalis |
Manna Gum | * | * | * | * | 25 x 12 | * | * | * | * | Stately iconic Koala tree, can drop branches, quick grower |
LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium |
Manuka | * | 3 x 3 | *** | * | * | * | * | * | * | Therapeutic honey source, front line coastal |
MELALEUCA lanceolata |
Moonah | * | 5 x 4 | * | * | ** | * | * | * | * | Iconic twisted gnarled coastal shrub / tree |
OZOTHAMNUS turbinatus |
Coastal Everlasting | * | 3 x 3 | *** | * | * | * | Can withstand tough coastal conditions, pretty as well |
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 |
LEUCOPOGON parviflorus |
Coastal Beard Heath | * | 3 x 3 | * | *** | * | FR | * | Dense shrub for coastal gardens, edible white berries |
COASTAL |
ALL PLANTS | TREES | MIDSTOREY | UNDERSTOREY | CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS | AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD | EROSION & SALINITY | BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION | SHELTER & WINDBREAK | USEFUL / EDIBLE |