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 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!

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

BEDFORDIA arborescens

Blanket Leaf

*

*

5 x 3

*

L

*

Rainforest look, small yellow daisy flowers

CAREX appressa

Tall Sedge

*

*

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

***

L

Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks!

COPROSMA quadrifida

Prickly Currant Bush

*

*

3 x 2

*

*

FR

*

Small edible berries, prickly, very hardy, birds

CORREA lawrenciana

Mountain Correa

*

4 x 3

FL

Lime green flowers, very attractive tall open shrub

DIANELLA tasmanica

Otway Flax Lily

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

*

**

FR

*

*

Agapanthus alternative, Tough and pretty, purple flowers and fruit

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

GYNATRIX pulchella

Native Hemp Bush

*

*

*

4 x 3

*

*

FL

Tall open shrub with scented white flowers, annual prune

HAKEA sericea

Bushy Needlewood

*

3 x 2

*

*

FL

*

Sharp needle leaves, white spider flowers, heath shrub

NOTELAEA ligustrina

Privet Mock Olive

*

5 x 4

FR

Red/blue inedible olive berries, shapely tree

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

NOTHOFAGUS cunninghamii

Myrtle Beech

*

20 x 10

*

B

The Otway rainforest tree, Spring / Autumn colours

OLEARIA argophylla

Musk Daisy Bush

*

*

5 x 5

*

FL

*

Masses of large Spring pom pom daisy flowers

PHEBALIUM squameum

Satinwood

*

5 x 4

L

*

Beaut, dense, high rainfall, Agroforestry,white scented flowers

PIMELEA ligustrina

Tall Rice Flower

*

2 x 1

FL

*

Lovely pom pom flowers in Spring annual prune

PITTOSPORUM bicolor

Banyalla

*

4 x 3

*

**

L

*

Great dense screen, lovely flowers and fruit, upright form

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!

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!

TASMANNIA lanceolata

Mountain Pepper

*

4 x 3

*

*

L

*

*

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

VIMINARIA juncea

Golden Spray

*

*

4 x 3

*

*

*

FL L

*

Tall, drooping shrub with egg and bacon flowers, 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

ALL PLANTS

TREES

MIDSTOREY

UNDERSTOREY

CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS

AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD

EROSION & SALINITY

BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION

SHELTER & WINDBREAK

USEFUL / EDIBLE

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