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 implexa

Lightwood

*

8-10 x 5

*

*

*

*

*

*

Firewood, shelter, shade for dry shallow soils

ACACIA mearnsii

Black Wattle

*

*

10 x 5

*

*

*

*

*

Firewood, attracts insect predators, gliders

ACACIA melanoxylon

Blackwood

*

*

*

*

8-20 x 7

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Furniture, shade, varied growth due to site, excellent all round tree

ACACIA mucronata

Variable Sallow Wattle

*

*

3 x 2

*

*

*

Pioneer species, quick grower, low bird habitat

ACACIA pycnantha

Golden Wattle

*

5 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

*

Pioneer species, Australian floral emblem

ALLOCASUARINA littoralis

Black She Oak

*

*

7 x 5

*

*

*

*

*

*

Corky bark, wind whistler, suckers, beaut wood grain

ALLOCASUARINA verticillata

Drooping She Oak

*

*

6-10 x 5

**

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Firewood, wind whistler, weeping habit, tough, beaut wood

CALLISTEMON salignus

Yellow Bottlebrush

5 x 3

*

*

*

*

*

Stately small tree showy yellow fls. new leaves are red

CALLISTEMON viminalis

Weeping Bottlebrush

5 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Deep red fls, lovely weeping habit, exc garden specimen

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

CORYMBIA ficifolia

Red Flowering Gum

5-8 x 5

*

*

*

*

The Red Flowering Gum. Rough bark, large gum nuts

EUCALYPTUS cosmophylla

Cup Gum

4 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

*

Beaut shrubby tree for poorly drained soils, yellow fls

EUCALYPTUS kitsoniana

Bog Gum

*

4-8 x 4

**

*

*

*

*

*

Wet soils, quick grower, variable size tree

EUCALYPTUS willisii

Shining Peppermint

*

6 x 4

*

*

*

For poor heath soils, showy masses of cream flowers

MELALEUCA lanceolata

Moonah

*

5 x 4

*

*

**

*

*

*

*

Iconic twisted gnarled coastal shrub / tree

MELALEUCA linariifolia

Snow in Summer

6 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Paperbark, covered in white flowers in summer. Birds!

MYOPORUM insulare

Boobialla

*

4 x 4

***

***

*

*

*

*

*

Compact large shrub, coppices, windbreak, coastal

OZOTHAMNUS ferrugineus

Tree Everlasting

*

*

4 x 3

*

*

*

*

*

Fast grower, pink buds-white flowers, scented leaves

SOLANUM laciniatum

Kangaroo Apple

*

*

*

*

4 x 3

**

*

*

*

*

Short lived pioneer, large purple flowers, orange fruit

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

OLEARIA argophylla

Musk Daisy Bush

*

*

5 x 5

*

FL

*

Masses of large Spring pom pom daisy flowers

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

COASTAL GARDEN & LANDSCAPES

ALL PLANTS

TREES

MIDSTOREY

UNDERSTOREY

CLIMBERS

HEDGES

GROUNDCOVERS

ATTRACTIVE FOLIAGE/FLOWERS

BIRD ATTRACTING

SEPTIC FILTERING

WATERWISE

FIREWISE

LANDSCAPING

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