Plant lists - Ridge - Erosion & Salinity

RIDGE

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

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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*

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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

EUCALYPTUS occidentalis

Swamp Yate

10 x 8

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**

*

*

W.A. tree growing well in local salt discharge

LEPTOSPERMUM continentale

Prickly Tea Tree

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*

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3 x 2

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Important insect predator habitat, wet soils

MELALEUCA squarrosa

Scented Paperbark

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4 x 2

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*

*

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For wet peaty soils and sands. Small yellow bottlebrush flowers.

OLEARIA lirata

Snowy Daisy Bush

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3 x 3

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Covered in white daisy flowers-spring, pioneer plant

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

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

CAREX appressa

Tall Sedge

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1 x 1

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*

***

L

Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks!

CAREX fascicularis

Tassel Sedge

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*

*

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1 x 1

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L

*

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

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

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

SENECIO linearifolius

Fireweed Groundsel

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*

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1 x 1

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*

FL

Not the prettiest but provides the scent of the forest!

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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