Plant lists - Ridge - Useful / Edible

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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*

*

*

*

*

*

*

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

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

COPROSMA quadrifida

Prickly Currant Bush

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3 x 2

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*

FR

*

Small edible berries, prickly, very hardy, birds

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

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

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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