Plant lists - Ridge - All plants

RIDGE

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

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 verniciflua

Varnish Wattle

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*

6 x 4

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*

*

*

*

2 forms, shrub for coastal f'hills, tree for ridge & inland

ACACIA verticillata

Prickly Moses

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*

*

*

3 x 3

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**

*

*

*

*

*

Holy Moses that bugger is prickly- but birds love it!

EUCALYPTUS brookerana

Brooker's Gum

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*

25 x 10

*

*

*

Tall smooth bark swamp gum in higher rainfall areas

EUCALYPTUS cypellocarpa

Mountain Grey Gum

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30 x 15

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*

*

*

Tall stately ridge tree, quick growing, Agroforestry

EUCALYPTUS globulus

Blue Gum

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30 x 15

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*

*

Local species, quick growing, honey, Agroforestry

EUCALYPTUS obliqua

Messmate

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*

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25 x 10

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*

*

*

Stringybark. Firewood, quick grower, adaptable

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 obliqua-regnans

Otway Messmate

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50 x 20

*

*

*

Agroforestry, top quality hybrid- Ash / Messmate

EUCALYPTUS regnans

Mountain Ash

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60 x 30

*

*

Agroforestry, world's tallest hardwood

LEPTOSPERMUM continentale

Prickly Tea Tree

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*

*

*

3 x 2

**

**

*

*

*

*

Important insect predator habitat, wet soils

OLEARIA lirata

Snowy Daisy Bush

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*

*

3 x 3

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*

*

*

Covered in white daisy flowers-spring, pioneer plant

OZOTHAMNUS ferrugineus

Tree Everlasting

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4 x 3

*

*

*

*

*

Fast grower, pink buds-white flowers, scented leaves

SOLANUM laciniatum

Kangaroo Apple

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*

*

*

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

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

AUSTRODANTHO-
NIA sp.

Wallaby Grass

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*

*

GND

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*

*

*

FL

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*

Small, delicate, clumping grass, feathery white flowers

BEDFORDIA arborescens

Blanket Leaf

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*

5 x 3

*

L

*

Rainforest look, small yellow daisy flowers

BILLARDIERA longifolia

Purple Appleberry

*

CLIMB

*

FR

*

Bright purple fruit in Autumn, pretty vigorous

CAREX appressa

Tall Sedge

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*

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

***

L

Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks!

CAREX fascicularis

Tassel Sedge

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*

*

*

1 x 1

*

***

L

*

Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks!!

CLEMATIS aristata

Old Man's Beard

*

*

CLIMB

*

FL

Vigorous climber, white star fls, fluffy seeds - Autumn

COPROSMA quadrifida

Prickly Currant Bush

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*

3 x 2

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*

FR

*

Small edible berries, prickly, very hardy, birds

CORREA lawrenciana

Mountain Correa

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4 x 3

FL

Lime green flowers, very attractive tall open shrub

DIANELLA tasmanica

Otway Flax Lily

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1 x 1

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*

*

**

FR

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*

Agapanthus alternative, Tough and pretty, purple flowers and fruit

GAHNIA sieberiana

Red Fruited Saw Sedge

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2-3 x 1

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*

*

**

L

*

Pampas grass alternative, black seed heads with red seeds

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

GOODENIA ovata

Hop Goodenia

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*

*

2 x 1

*

*

*

FL

Pioneer species, excellent low bird habitat, yellow flowers for weeks

GOODIA lotifolia

Golden Tip

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*

2 x 2

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*

FL

*

Tough and dense egg and bacon shrub, annual prune

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

LOMATIA fraseri

Forest Lomatia

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5 x 4

*

FL

Native Proteaceae tree, serrated leaves, white spider flowers.

MICRLAENA stipoides

Weeping Grass

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*

*

GND

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*

FL

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*

Weeping habit. exc mass display for landscaping

NOTELAEA ligustrina

Privet Mock Olive

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5 x 4

FR

Red/blue inedible olive berries, shapely tree

NOTHOFAGUS cunninghamii

Myrtle Beech

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20 x 10

*

B

The Otway rainforest tree, Spring / Autumn colours

OLEARIA argophylla

Musk Daisy Bush

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5 x 5

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FL

*

Masses of large Spring pom pom daisy flowers

OLEARIA speciosa

Netted Daisy Bush

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1 x 1

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*

L

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*

Rare, large daisy flowers, serrated leaves, beautiful

PHEBALIUM squameum

Satinwood

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5 x 4

L

*

Beaut, dense, high rainfall, Agroforestry,white scented 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

PIMELEA ligustrina

Tall Rice Flower

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2 x 1

FL

*

Lovely pom pom flowers in Spring annual prune

PITTOSPORUM bicolor

Banyalla

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4 x 3

*

**

L

*

Great dense screen, lovely flowers and fruit, upright form

POA labillardieri

Silver Tussock

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*

*

*

1 x 1

*

**

*

L

*

*

The tussock. Softens a landscape. Excellent for water filter

POMADERRIS aspera

Hazel Pomaderris

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*

6 x 4

*

B

*

Quick growing, lanky, lovely foliage, thickets

PROSTANTHERA lasianthos

Christmas Bush

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*

6 x 4

FL

*

One of the prettiest trees in the Otways

PROSTANTHERA mellisifolia

Balm Mint Bush

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4 x 3

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*

FL

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*

Another of the prettiest trees in the Otways!

SAMBUCUS gaudichaudiana

White Elderberry

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1 x 1

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*

FR

*

Perennial - rather succulent with edible white berries

SENECIO linearifolius

Fireweed Groundsel

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1 x 1

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*

FL

Not the prettiest but provides the scent of the forest!

TASMANNIA lanceolata

Mountain Pepper

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4 x 3

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L

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The Otway edible plant (pepper-chilli). Needs moist soils

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

RIDGE

CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS

AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD

EROSION & SALINITY

BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION

SHELTER & WINDBREAK

USEFUL /
EDIBLE

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