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