Ground cover
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
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| Microlaena stipoides | 40cm x 3m |
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Weeping Grass |
Herbaceous perennials
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comesperma ericinum | 80cm x 1.5m |
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Heath Milkwort | |
| Hibbertia riparia | 80cm x 50cm |
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Erect Guinea-flower | |
| Mentha australis | 80cm x1.5m |
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Swampy Billy-buttons |
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 |
| Acacia myrtifolia | 2m x 2m |
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Myrtle Wattle |
| Acacia stricta | 3m x 3m |
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Hop Wattle |
| Acacia verticillata | 3m x 4m |
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Prickly Moses |
| Banksia marginata | 2.5m x 2m |
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Silver Banksia |
| Billardiera scandens | 1.5m x 1.5m |
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Common Apple Berry |
| Bursaria spinosa | 3m x 2m |
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Sweet Bursaria |
| Calytrix tetragona | 2m x 2m |
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Common Fringe-myrtle |
| Correa reflexa | 1.5m x 1m |
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Native Fuchsia |
| Dodonaea viscosa | 4m x 3m |
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Wedge-leaf Hop-bush |
| Epacris impressa | 1.5m x 80cm |
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Common Heath |
| Goodenia ovata | 2m x 2m |
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Hop Goodenia |
| Goodia lotifolia | 3m x 2m |
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Golden Tip |
| Gynatrix pulchella | 3m x 1.5m |
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Hemp-bush | |
| Hakea decurrens | 2.5m x 2m |
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Bushy Needlewood |
| Indigofera australis | 2m x 2m |
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Austral Indigo |
| Leptospermum myrsinoides | 2m x 2m |
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Heath Tea-tree |
| Leucopogon lanceolatus | 1–3m x 3m |
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Spiked Beard Heath | |
| Melaleuca squarrosa | 3m x 3m |
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Scented Paperbark |
| Myoporum viscosum | 2.5m x 3m |
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Sticky Boobialla | |
| Platylobium obtusangulum | 1m x 1m |
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Common Flat-pea | |
| Solanum laciniatum | 2m x 3m |
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Cut-leaf Kangaroo Apple |
| Spyridium parvifolium | 3m x 2m |
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Australian Dusty Miller |
| Viminaria juncea | 3m x 2m |
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Golden Spray |
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 |
| Carex appressa | 1m x 1m |
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Tall Sedge | |
| 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 |
| Gahnia spp. | 2m x 2m |
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Saw Sedge |
| Lepidosperma spp. | 1m x 1m |
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Sword Sedge |
| Lomandra spp. | 1m x 1m |
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Spiny-headed Mat-rush |
| Stipa spp. | 1m x 30cm |
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Spear 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.