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

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

ACACIA paradoxa

Hedge Wattle

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3 x 3

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*

*

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Exc bird habitat, very hardy and prickly

ACACIA retinodes

Wirilda

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5 x 4

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Poor drainage expert for basalt soils, quick grower

ALLOCASUARINA littoralis

Black She Oak

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7 x 5

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Corky bark, wind whistler, suckers, beaut wood grain

ALLOCASUARINA verticillata

Drooping She Oak

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6-10 x 5

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Firewood, wind whistler, weeping habit, tough, beaut wood

CALLISTEMON seiberi

River Bottlebrush

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4 x 3

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Barwon river shrub, loves it wet but fresh, white/pink fls

CASUARINA cunninghamiana

River She Oak

15 x 5

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Tall stately NSW tree, Agroforestry, best in deep soils

CASUARINA glauca

Swamp She Oak

8-12 x 6

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Tough tree for tough conditions, suckers when established

EUCALYPTUS camaldulensis

River Red Gum

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20 x 18

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Iconic river edge beauty. Loves it wet and a bit salty

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

EUCALYPTUS occidentalis

Swamp Yate

10 x 8

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*

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W.A. tree growing well in local salt discharge

LEPTOSPERMUM lanigerum

Woolly Tea Tree

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4 x 3

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Cut flower mkt, grows in swamps, needs it wet

LEPTOSPERMUM obovatum

River Tea Tree

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4 x 3

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Grows along the Barwon, etc. uncommon, bird habitat

MELALEUCA ericifolia

Swamp Paperbark

3 x 2

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Very hardy for wet and salty plantations

MELALEUCA halmaturorum

Salt Paperbark

3 x 3

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Even hardier! For wet and salty plantations

MELALEUCA linariifolia

Snow in Summer

6 x 4

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Paperbark, covered in white flowers in summer. Birds!

MELICYTUS dentatus

Tree Violet

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3 x 3

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Drooping creamy flowers, prickly, birds, moist conditions

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

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

BURSARIA spinosa

Sweet Bursaria

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4-6 x 3

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FL

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Tall shrub, prickly, attracts insect predators - a must

GYNATRIX pulchella

Native Hemp Bush

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4 x 3

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FL

Tall open shrub with scented white flowers, annual prune

POA labillardieri

Silver Tussock

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1 x 1

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L

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The tussock. Softens a landscape. Excellent for water filter

VIMINARIA juncea

Golden Spray

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4 x 3

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*

FL L

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Tall, drooping shrub with egg and bacon flowers, moist soils

PLAINS

ALL PLANTS

TREES

MIDSTOREY

UNDERSTOREY

CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS

AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD

EROSION & SALINITY

BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION

SHELTER & WINDBREAK

USEFUL / EDIBLE

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