Ground cover
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentha australis | 80cm x 1.5m |
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River Mint Native |
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 euthycarpa | 3m x 3m |
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Wallowa | |
| Acacia glandulicarpa | 2m x 3m |
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Hairy Pod Wattle | |
| Acacia hakeoides | 4m x 4m |
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Hakea-leaf Wattle |
| Acacia lanigera | 1.5m x 2m |
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Woolly Wattle |
| Acacia macrocarpa | 3m x 4m |
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Manna Wattle |
| Acacia montana | 3m x 5m |
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Mallee Wattle |
| Acacia verticillata | 3m x 4m |
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Prickly Moses |
| Bursaria spinosa | 3m x 2m |
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Sweet Bursaria |
| Callistemon rugulosus | 3m x 3m |
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Scarlet Bottlebrush |
| Dodonaea viscosa | 4m x 3m |
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Wedge-leaf Hop-bush |
| Enchylaena tomentosa | 40cmm x 1m |
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Ruby Saltbush |
| Exutaxia microphylla | 80cm x 2m |
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Eutaxia |
| Grevillea lavandulacea | 1.5m x 1.5m |
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Lavender Grevillea |
| Melaleuca wilsonii | 3m x 4m |
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Violet Honey-myrtle |
| Senna artemisioides | 3m x 1m |
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Desert Cassia |
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 |
| Danthonia Austrodanthonia spp. | 80cm x 20cm |
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Wallaby Grasses |
| Dichanthium sericeum | 80cm x 20cm |
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Silky Blue-grass | |
| Eleocharis acuta | 80cm x spreading |
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Common Spike-sedge |
| Poa labillardieri | 70cm x 1.5m |
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Common Tussock-grass |
| Stipa spp. | 1m x 30cm |
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Spear 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.