Plant lists - Foothills - Midstorey

FOOTHILLS

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

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

ACACIA dealbata

Silver Wattle

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6-10 x 5

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Firewood, showy flowers, fast grower but variable size with site.

ACACIA mearnsii

Black Wattle

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10 x 5

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Firewood, attracts insect predators, gliders

ACACIA melanoxylon

Blackwood

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8-20 x 7

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Furniture, shade, varied growth due to site, excellent all round tree

ALLOCASUARINA littoralis

Black She Oak

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7 x 5

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Corky bark, wind whistler, suckers, beaut wood grain

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

OLEARIA argophylla

Musk Daisy Bush

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5 x 5

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FL

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Masses of large Spring pom pom daisy flowers

POMADERRIS aspera

Hazel Pomaderris

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6 x 4

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B

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Quick growing, lanky, lovely foliage, thickets

FOOTHILLS

CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS

AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD

EROSION & SALINITY

BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION

SHELTER & WINDBREAK

USEFUL /
EDIBLE

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