Trees & Midstorey listed immediately below, Understorey, Climber & Groundcovers listed at bottom (here)


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 dealbata
Silver Wattle
*   * * 6-10 x 5 *     * * * * * *     * Firewood, showy flowers, fast grower but variable size with site.
ACACIA implexa
Lightwood       * 8-10 x 5         * * * *   *   * Firewood, shelter, shade for dry shallow soils
ACACIA mearnsii
Black Wattle     * * 10 x 5           * * *   *   * Firewood, attracts insect predators, gliders
ACACIA melanoxylon
Blackwood * * * * 8-20 x 7 *       * * * * *   * * Furniture, shade, varied growth due to site, excellent all round tree
ACACIA mucronata
Variable Sallow Wattle   * *   3 x 2           * * *         Pioneer species, quick grower, low bird habitat
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!
LEPTOSPERMUM petersonii

Lemon Scented Tea Tree         3 x 2     *     * *   *   *   Beautiful scented leaves, dainty white flowers in autumn
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
coast ridge foothills plains size

Understorey, Climbers & Groundcovers (Jump to : Trees & Midstorey)


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
ARTHROPODIUM strictum

Chocolate Lily       * GND *           * FL *   * Very small perennial with choc scented flowers!
COPROSMA quadrifida

Prickly Currant Bush   * *   3 x 2   *     *     FR   *   Small edible berries, prickly, very hardy, birds
DIANELLA tasmanica

Otway Flax Lily   * *   1 x 1 * *   *   **   FR *   * Agapanthus alternative, Tough and pretty, purple flowers and fruit
GYNATRIX pulchella

Native Hemp Bush   * * * 4 x 3 *     *       FL       Tall open shrub with scented white flowers, annual prune
KENNEDIA prostrata

Running Postman *   * * GND   *       ** * FL *     Red pea flower with yellow throat, non invasive creeper
PROSTANTHERA lasianthos

Christmas Bush   * *   6 x 4               FL     * One of the prettiest trees in the Otways
PROSTANTHERA mellisifolia

Balm Mint Bush   * *   4 x 3   *         * FL   * * Another of the prettiest trees in the Otways!
SAMBUCUS gaudichaudiana

White Elderberry   *     1 x 1   *   *       FR     * Perennial - rather succulent with edible white berries
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
coast ridge foothills plains htxw
FOOTHILLS
ALL PLANTS TREES MIDSTOREY UNDERSTOREY CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD EROSION & SALINITY BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION SHELTER & WINDBREAK USEFUL /
EDIBLE


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