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 melanoxylon
Blackwood * * * * 8-20 x 7 *       * * * * *   * * Furniture, shade, varied growth due to site, excellent all round tree
ACACIA verniciflua
Varnish Wattle   * *   6 x 4       *   *   *   *   * 2 forms, shrub for coastal f'hills, tree for ridge & inland
EUCALYPTUS brookerana

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

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

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

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

Prickly Tea Tree * * * * 3 x 2     ** **   *     *   * * Important insect predator habitat, wet soils


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




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
BEDFORDIA arborescens

Blanket Leaf   * *   5 x 3   *           L     * Rainforest look, small yellow daisy flowers
NOTELAEA ligustrina

Privet Mock Olive   *     5 x 4               FR       Red/blue inedible olive berries, shapely tree
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
PITTOSPORUM bicolor

Banyalla   *     4 x 3 *         **   L     * Great dense screen, lovely flowers and fruit, upright form
PROSTANTHERA lasianthos

Christmas Bush   * *   6 x 4               FL     * One of the prettiest trees in the Otways
TASMANNIA lanceolata

Mountain Pepper   *     4 x 3   *   *       L   * * 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
coast ridge foothills plains htxw
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ALL PLANTS TREES MIDSTOREY UNDERSTOREY CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD EROSION & SALINITY BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION SHELTER & WINDBREAK USEFUL /
EDIBLE


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