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 myrtifolia |
Myrtle Wattle | * | * | 2 x 2 | * | * | * | Pretty shrub for poor shallow soils, habitat |
ACACIA stricta |
Hop Wattle | * | 3 x 2 | * | * | * | * | * | Upright pioneer plant for dry coastal foothills |
ACACIA verniciflua |
Varnish Wattle | * | * | 6 x 4 | * | * | * | * | * | 2 forms, shrub for coastal f'hills, tree for ridge & inland |
ACACIA verticillata |
Prickly Moses | * | * | * | * | 3 x 3 | * | ** | * | * | * | * | * | Holy Moses that bugger is prickly- but birds love it! |
ALLOCASUARINA littoralis |
Black She Oak | * | * | 7 x 5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | Corky bark, wind whistler, suckers, beaut wood grain |
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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ALLOCASUARINA misera |
Dwarf She oak | * | * | 1 x 1 | * | * | * | * | * | Poor old miserable shrub for heaths but tough & birds love it |
ALLOCASUARINA verticillata |
Drooping She Oak | * | * | 6-10 x 5 | ** | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Firewood, wind whistler, weeping habit, tough, beaut wood |
LEPTOSPERMUM continentale |
Prickly Tea Tree | * | * | * | * | 3 x 2 | ** | ** | * | * | * | * | Important insect predator habitat, wet soils |
LEPTOSPERMUM lanigerum |
Woolly Tea Tree | * | * | 4 x 3 | * | *** | * | * | * | * | Cut flower mkt, grows in swamps, needs it wet |
LEPTOSPERMUM myrsinoides |
Silky Tea Tree | * | 2 x 2 | * | * | * | * | * | Small pretty shrub for tough heathy conditions |
LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium |
Manuka | * | 3 x 3 | *** | * | * | * | * | * | * | Therapeutic honey source, front line coastal |
MELALEUCA squarrosa |
Scented Paperbark | * | 4 x 2 | ** | ** | * | * | * | * | For wet peaty soils and sands. Small yellow bottlebrush flowers. |
OZOTHAMNUS turbinatus |
Coastal Everlasting | * | 3 x 3 | *** | * | * | * | Can withstand tough coastal conditions, pretty as well |
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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ACACIA suaveolens |
Sweet Wattle | * | * | * | 2 x 2 | * | * | * | * | L | * | Graceful open shrub, bluish foliage |
ALYXIA buxifolia |
Sea Box | * | 3 x 3 | * | *** | ** | * | FR | * | Bright red berries, full frontal coastal |
BANKSIA marginata |
Silver Banksia | * | * | * | 2-6 x 3 | * | * | * | FL | * | Yellow "Honeysuckle", the only Otway Banksia |
BURSARIA spinosa |
Sweet Bursaria | * | * | * | * | 4-6 x 3 | * | * | * | * | FL | * | Tall shrub, prickly, attracts insect predators - a must |
COPROSMA quadrifida |
Prickly Currant Bush | * | * | 3 x 2 | * | * | FR | * | Small edible berries, prickly, very hardy, birds |
CORREA alba |
White Correa | * | 2 x 2 | * | ** | ** | * | FL | * | * | Grey scented foliage, white star flowers - nectar, hedge |
GAHNIA sieberiana |
Red Fruited Saw Sedge | * | * | 2-3 x 1 | * | * | * | ** | L | * | Pampas grass alternative, black seed heads with red seeds |
GOODENIA ovata |
Hop Goodenia | * | * | * | 2 x 1 | * | * | * | FL | Pioneer species, excellent low bird habitat, yellow flowers for weeks |
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 |
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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INDIGOFERA australis |
Austral Indigo | * | 2 x 1 | * | FL | * | Native pea family, bright pink/purple flowers in Spring - beaut |
LEUCOPOGON parviflorus |
Coastal Beard Heath | * | 3 x 3 | * | *** | * | FR | * | Dense shrub for coastal gardens, edible white berries |
PROSTANTHERA mellisifolia |
Balm Mint Bush | * | * | 4 x 3 | * | * | FL | * | * | Another of the prettiest trees in the Otways! |
SPYRIDIUM parvifolium |
Dusty Miller | * | * | 3 x 2 | * | * | L | * | * | Tough ornamental shrub with very showy foliage |
XANTHORRHOEA australis |
Austral Grass Tree | * | * | * | 1 x 1 | * | * | FL | * | The iconic Grass tree. Slow growing but worth the wait |
XANTHORRHOEA minor |
Small Grass Tree | * | * | * | 1 x 1 | * | * | FL | * | * | Grass tree's smaller cousin, more regular flowering |
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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ALL PLANTS | TREES | MIDSTOREY | UNDERSTOREY | CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS | AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD | EROSION & SALINITY | BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION | SHELTER & WINDBREAK | USEFUL / EDIBLE |