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!
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
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
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


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