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 paradoxa
Hedge Wattle *   * * 3 x 3         * * * *   *   * Exc bird habitat, very hardy and prickly
ACACIA pycnantha
Golden Wattle       * 5 x 4         * * * *   *   * Pioneer species, Australian floral emblem
ACACIA retinodes
Wirilda *     * 5 x 4   * ** * *   *   *   * * Poor drainage expert for basalt soils, quick grower
ACACIA stricta
Hop Wattle     *   3 x 2       *   *   *     * * Upright pioneer plant for dry coastal foothills


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 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
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
CALLISTEMON citrinus

Crimson Bottlebrush         3 x 3     *   * *     *   * * Annual prune keeps it thick, bright red flowers, nectar
CALLISTEMON pallidus
Lemon Bottlebrush         3 x 2     *   * *     *   *   Eastern Victoria local, very showy yellow flowers
CALLISTEMON salignus

Yellow Bottlebrush         5 x 3     *   *       *   * * Stately small tree showy yellow fls. new leaves are red
CALLISTEMON seiberi

River Bottlebrush       * 4 x 3     **   *       *   * * Barwon river shrub, loves it wet but fresh, white/pink fls
CALLISTEMON viminalis

Weeping Bottlebrush         5 x 4     *   * *   * *   * * Deep red fls, lovely weeping habit, exc garden specimen


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
CASUARINA cunninghamiana

River She Oak         15 x 5 * **     * *         *   Tall stately NSW tree, Agroforestry, best in deep soils
CASUARINA glauca

Swamp She Oak         8-12 x 6   *** **   *   *   *   * * Tough tree for tough conditions, suckers when established
CASSINIA aculeata

Dogwood     * * 4 x 3           *   *         Pioneer species, fls resemble small cauliflowers
CORYMBIA maculata

Spotted Gum         20 x 10 *       * *       *   * Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood
CORYMBIA citriadora
Lemon Scented Gum         8-15 x 6 *       * *       *     White bark to ground, scented lvs, frost tender when young
CORYMBIA ficifolia

Red Flowering Gum         5-8 x 5           * *     *   * The Red Flowering Gum. Rough bark, large gum nuts
EUCALYPTUS aromaphloia

Apple Box, Scentbark     *   15 x 10           * *       * * Great paddock tree for shelter, firewood, uncommon
EUCALYPTUS baxteri

Brown Stringybark     *   10-15 x 8       *   *       *   * For sandy soils in heath country ain't pretty but tough
EUCALYPTUS botryoides

Mahogany Gum         25 x 15         * * *     *   * Can get v. large crown. Dark fissured bark. Agroforestry
EUCALYPTUS brookerana

Brooker's Gum   * *   25 x 10     *     *     *       Tall smooth bark swamp gum in higher rainfall areas


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
EUCALYPTUS camaldulensis

River Red Gum       * 20 x 18   * **   *   *   *   * * Iconic river edge beauty. Loves it wet and a bit salty
EUCALYPTUS cladocalyx

Tall Sugar Gum         20 x 10         * * *     *   * Agroforestry and firewood, coppices well, honey
EUCALYPTUS cosmophylla

Cup Gum         4 x 4     *   * *     *   * * Beaut shrubby tree for poorly drained soils, yellow fls
EUCALYPTUS cypellocarpa

Mountain Grey Gum   * *   30 x 15       * * *           * Tall stately ridge tree, quick growing, Agroforestry
EUCALYPTUS globulus

Blue Gum *   *   30 x 15       *   *           * Local species, quick growing, honey, Agroforestry
EUCALYPTUS kitsoniana

Bog Gum *       4-8 x 4     ** *   *     *   * * Wet soils, quick grower, variable size tree
EUCALYPTUS leucoxylon connata

Surf Coast Yellow Gum       * 20 x 10           * *       * * Lovely, tough shade tree with drooping yellow flowers, smooth bark
EUCALYPTUS leucoxylon rosea

Red Flowering Yellow Gum         10-15 x 8           * *       * * Lovely drooping red flowers in winter, smooth bark
EUCALYPTUS melliadora

Yellow Box         15 x 10         * * *     * * * Firewood, honey, tough tree for the plains
EUCALYPTUS muelleriana

Yellow Stringybark         20 x 10           *           * Tall straight rough bark tree, Agroforestry


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
EUCALYPTUS nitens

Shining Gum         50 x 20         * * *         * Agroforestry, quick grower, cream wood grain
EUCALYPTUS obliqua

Messmate * * *   25 x 10       *   *   *       * Stringybark. Firewood, quick grower, adaptable
EUCALYPTUS obliqua-regnans

Otway Messmate   *     50 x 20         *       *     * Agroforestry, top quality hybrid- Ash / Messmate
EUCALYPTUS occidentalis

Swamp Yate         10 x 8   ** **   *   *           W.A. tree growing well in local salt discharge
EUCALYPTUS ovata

Swamp Gum *   * * 15 x 12     **   *       *   * * Loves it wet but not salty, dense crown, exc windbreak
EUCALYPTUS pauciflora

Snow Gum       * 8-10 x 6 *       * * *       * * White bark to ground, a few remnants in E otway region
EUCALYPTUS polyanthemos

Red Box         10-15 x 8           * *     * * * Bluish leaves, nice flowers, firewood, plains expert
EUCALYPTUS radiata

Narrow Leaf Peppermint     *   15 x 10           *   *     * * Eucalyptus oil source, firewood, shade, nectar
EUCALYPTUS regnans

Mountain Ash   *     60 x 30         *       *       Agroforestry, world's tallest hardwood
EUCALYPTUS saligna

Sydney Blue Gum         25 x 15         *             * Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood


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
EUCALYPTUS viminalis

Manna Gum * * * * 25 x 12       *   *         * * Stately iconic Koala tree, can drop branches, quick grower
EUCALYPTUS willisii

Shining Peppermint     *   6 x 4           *       *   * For poor heath soils, showy masses of cream flowers
EUCALYPTUS yarraensis

Yarra Gum     * * 15 x 10     *   * * *   *   * * East otway stately shade tree, rare, most conditions
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 obovatum

River Tea Tree       * 4 x 3     **   *   *   *   * * Grows along the Barwon, etc. uncommon, bird habitat
LEPTOSPERMUM petersonii

Lemon Scented Tea Tree         3 x 2     *     * *   *   *   Beautiful scented leaves, dainty white flowers in autumn
LEPTOSPERMUM rotundifolium

Round Leaf Tea Tree         3 x 3           * *   *   *   Pink-purple flowers in summer, annual prune
LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium

Manuka *       3 x 3       ***   *   * * * * * Therapeutic honey source, front line coastal


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
MELALEUCA ericifolia

Swamp Paperbark         3 x 2   *** *** * *       *   * * Very hardy for wet and salty plantations
MELALEUCA halmaturorum

Salt Paperbark         3 x 3   *** *** * *   *   *   * * Even hardier! For wet and salty plantations
MELALEUCA lanceolata

Moonah *       5 x 4   * * ** * *         * * Iconic twisted gnarled coastal shrub / tree
MELALEUCA linariifolia

Snow in Summer         6 x 4   * *   * * *   *   * * Paperbark, covered in white flowers in summer. Birds!
MELALEUCA squarrosa

Scented Paperbark     *   4 x 2   ** **     *   *     * * For wet peaty soils and sands. Small yellow bottlebrush flowers.
MELICYTUS dentatus

Tree Violet     * * 3 x 3     *   * * *     * *   Drooping creamy flowers, prickly, birds, moist conditions
MYOPORUM insulare

Boobialla *       4 x 4 ***     ***   *   *   * * * Compact large shrub, coppices, windbreak, coastal
OLEARIA lirata

Snowy Daisy Bush * * *   3 x 3       *   *   *     *   Covered in white daisy flowers-spring, pioneer plant
OZOTHAMNUS ferrugineus

Tree Everlasting     * * 4 x 3           * * *     * * Fast grower, pink buds-white flowers, scented leaves
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
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
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
ARTHROPODIUM strictum

Chocolate Lily       * GND *           * FL *   * Very small perennial with choc scented flowers!
AUSTRODANTHO-
NIA
sp.

Wallaby Grass *   * * GND * *     *   * FL *   * Small, delicate, clumping grass, feathery white flowers
AUSTROSTIPA sp.

Spear Grass *   * * 1 X 1   *         * L *   * Tall grass - very showy in mass display
BANKSIA marginata

Silver Banksia *   * * 2-6 x 3   *     *   * FL     * Yellow "Honeysuckle", the only Otway Banksia
BILLARDIERA longifolia

Purple Appleberry   *     CLIMB   *           FR *     Bright purple fruit in Autumn, pretty vigorous
BRUNONIA australis

Blue Pincushion     * * GND   *         * FL *     Blue flowers in Summer, beautiful display
BURSARIA spinosa

Sweet Bursaria * * * * 4-6 x 3 * *     *   * FL   *   Tall shrub, prickly, attracts insect predators - a must
CAREX appressa

Tall Sedge * * * * 1 x 1 *   * ***       L       Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks!


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
CAREX fascicularis

Tassel Sedge * * * * 1 x 1 *     ***       L     * Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks!!
CARPOBROTUS rossi

Common Karkalla *       GND   *     *** *** * FL *     Local "pigface". Bright pink flowers in Spring, edible fruit in Autumn.
CHRYSOCEPHA-
LUM
apiculatum

Common Everlasting     * * GND *           * FL *   * Grey foliage w bright yellow buttons in spring, perennial
CLEMATIS aristata

Old Man's Beard   * *   CLIMB   *           FL       Vigorous climber, white star fls, fluffy seeds - Autumn
CLEMATIS microphylla

Small Leaved Clematis *     * CLIMB   *     **     FL *   * Small twining coastal plant. White Winter flowers
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
CYPERUS lucidus

Leafy Flat Sedge     * * 1 x 1   *   ***       FL       Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks!!!
DIANELLA tasmanica

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

Sticky Hop Bush       * 4 x 3 *         ** * FR   *   Excellent tall screen with mauve seed capsules (hops)


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
FICINIA nodosa

Knobby Club Rush *     * GND   * *   ***     L *   * Small rush for salt affected wind / soil - ornamental
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
GOODIA lotifolia

Golden Tip   * *   2 x 2   *         * FL   *   Tough and dense egg and bacon shrub, annual prune
GYNATRIX pulchella

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

Button Everlasting *   *   GND   *           FL *   * Perennial clump forming paper daisy - 2 shades of yellow
INDIGOFERA australis

Austral Indigo     *   2 x 1   *           FL     * Native pea family, bright pink/purple flowers in Spring - beaut
KENNEDIA prostrata

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


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
LEPTORHYNCHOS squamatus

Scaly Buttons       * GND *             FR *   * Clump forming perennial, yellow button flowers in Spring
LEUCOPHYTA brownii

Cushion Bush *       GND   *     *** * * L *   * Soft looking silver foliage, landscape for coastal
LEUCOPOGON parviflorus

Coastal Beard Heath *       3 x 3   *     ***   * FR   *   Dense shrub for coastal gardens, edible white berries
LOMANDRA longifolia

Spiny Matrush *   * * 1 x 1   *         * L *   * Straplike leaves, dry loving clumping tussock
MICRLAENA stipoides

Weeping Grass   * * * GND   *         * FL *   * Weeping habit. exc mass display for landscaping
MICROSERIS lanceolata

Yam Daisy, Murnong       * GND *           * R *   * The Yam Daisy resembles Dandelion but it has edible tubers
MYOPORUM viscosum

Sticky Boobialla *   *   2 x 2   *     * *** * FL   * * Compact shrub, quick grower, white star flowers in Spring
OLEARIA argophylla

Musk Daisy Bush   * *   5 x 5   *           FL     * Masses of large Spring pom pom daisy flowers
OLEARIA speciosa

Netted Daisy Bush *   *   1 x 1   *         * L *   * Rare, large daisy flowers, serrated leaves, beautiful
PELARGONIUM australe

Austral Stork's Bill     * * GND   *         * L *   * Nice round shape with sm white / pink Pelargonium flowers.


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
POA labillardieri

Silver Tussock * * * * 1 x 1 *     **     * L *   *

The tussock. Softens a landscape. Excellent for water filter

POA morrisi

Velvet Tussock     *   1 x 1 * *         * L *   * Small blue leaved tussock for dry gardens
POA poiformis

Coastal Tussock *       1 x 1   *     ***   * L *   *

The coastal tussock. For full frontal salty landscapes

POMADERRIS aspera

Hazel Pomaderris   * *   6 x 4 *             B     * Quick growing, lanky, lovely foliage, thickets
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!
PTILOTUS macrocephala

Feather Heads       * GND *           * FL *   * White feathery flower heads to 15cm tall. Fantastic
PULTANAEA daphnoides

Large Bush Pea *   *   3 x 3   *     *   * FL   * * Dense egg and bacon shrub-lovely, annual prune
RHAGODIA candolleana

Seaberry Saltbush *       CLIMB   *     *** *** * FR       A vigorous rambling plant with staining red fruit


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
SAMBUCUS gaudichaudiana

White Elderberry   *     1 x 1   *   *       FR     * Perennial - rather succulent with edible white berries
SENECIO linearifolius

Fireweed Groundsel * * *   1 x 1   *   *       FL      

Not the prettiest but provides the scent of the forest!

SPYRIDIUM parvifolium

Dusty Miller   * *   3 x 2   *         * L   * * Tough ornamental shrub with very showy foliage
STYLIDIUM graminifolium

Grass Trigger Plant *   * * GND   *         * FL *   * Small tufted perennial with unique pollenation method!
THEMEDA triandra

Kangaroo Grass * * * * GND *           * FL *   * Tough mat forming native grass, iconic flower heads
VIMINARIA juncea

Golden Spray     * * 4 x 3 *     *     * FL
L
    * Tall, drooping shrub with egg and bacon flowers, moist soils
WAHLENBERGIA sp.

Blue Bells     * * GND   *         * FL
*   * Delicate blue-purple fls on ground hugging perennial
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
COASTAL GARDEN & LANDSCAPES
ALL PLANTS TREES MIDSTOREY UNDERSTOREY CLIMBERS HEDGES GROUNDCOVERS ATTRACTIVE FOLIAGE/FLOWERS BIRD ATTRACTING SEPTIC FILTERING WATERWISE FIREWISE LANDSCAPING


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