Ground cover
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
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| Carpobrotus modestus | Matures to 3m |
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Inland Pigface |
| Convolvulus erubescens | Matures to 3m |
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Pink Bindweed | |
| Einadia nutans | Matures to 3m |
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Nodding Saltbush |
Herbaceous perennials
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calocephalus citreus | 20cm x 30cm |
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Lemon Beauty-heads |
| Chrysocephalum apiculatum | 20cm x 1m |
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Common Everlasting | |
| Wahlenbergia stricta | 80cm x 30cm |
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Tall Bluebell |
Shrubs
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acacia acinacea | 2m x 2m |
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Gold Dust Wattle |
| Acacia genistifolia | 1.5m x 1m |
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Spreading Wattle |
| Allocasuarina muelleriana | 2.5m x 2m |
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Salty She-oak |
| Bursaria spinosa | 3m x 2m |
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Sweet Bursaria |
| Callistemon sieberi | 3m x 3m |
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River Bottlebrush |
| Cassinia longifolia | 3m x 3m |
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Shiny Cassinia |
| Dodonaea viscosa | 4m x 3m |
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Wedge-leaf Hop-bush |
| Enchylaena tomentosa |
40cm x 1m |
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Ruby Saltbush |
| Maireana microphylla | 2m x 2m |
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Heath Tea-tree |
| Lomatia ilicifolia |
80cm x 1.5m |
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Cottonbush |
| Melaleuca decussata |
3m x 3m |
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Totem-poles |
Tufted perennials
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrostis avenacea | 60cm x 50cm |
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Common Blown Grass |
| Bothriochloa macra | 40cmm x 30cm |
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Red-leg Grass |
| Carex appressa | 1m x 1m |
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Tall Sedge | |
| Carex inversa | 30cm x 50cm |
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Knob Sedge | |
| Carex tereticaulis | 1m x 1m |
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Common Sedge | |
| Chionochloa pallida | 1.5m x 50cm | Silvertop Wallaby-grass | ||
| Danthonia Austrodanthonia spp. | 80cm x 20cm |
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Wallaby Grasses |
| Dianella spp. | 60cm x 1.5m |
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Black-anther Lily-flax |
| Dichanthium sericeum | 80cm x 20cm |
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Silky Blue-grass | |
| Eleocharis acuta | 80cm x spreading |
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Common Spike-sedge |
| Lepidosperma spp. | 1m x 1m |
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Sword Sedge |
| Poa labillardieri | 70cm x 1.5m |
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Common Tussock-grass |
| Themeda triandra | 70cm x 50cm |
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Kangaroo Grass |
Tolerances
Sand - suitable to plant in deep sand
Clay - suitable to plant in deep clays
Salt - can withstand medium salting
Water - tolerant of persistent waterlogging and low oxygen levels
Frost - tolerant of frosts. Heavy frosts will harm most plants, only plant when frost is unlikely.
Special uses
Wind - suitable for use in windbreaks or provides wind protection.
Fire - has characteristics that may reduce the severity of a fire, for example:
- high water content,
- bark that is fire resistant, or
- dense foliage to reduce wind speed.
Dense planting of such plants near buildings can reduce the impact of a bushfire.