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Indigenous plants of the Swan Bay region Indigenous plants Common Name Scientific Name Angled Lobelia Lobelia anceps Annual Buttercup Ranunculus sessiliflorus Annual Celery Apium annuum Austral Crane’s-bill Geranium solanderi var. solanderi Austral Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea australis Austral Indigo Indigofera australis Austral Rush Juncus australis Austral Seablite Suaeda australis Austral Stork’s-bill Pelargonium australe Austral Trefoil Lotus australis Australian Carrot Daucus glochidiatus Australian Hollyhock Malva preissiana Australian Hound’s-tongue Cynoglossum australe Australian Lilaeopsis Lilaeopsis polyantha Australian Salt Grass Distichlis distichophylla Australian Saltmarsh Grass Puccinellia stricta Bare Twig-Rush Baumea juncea Beaded Glasswort Salicornia quinqueflora Bellarine Yellow Gum Eucalyptus leucoxylon bellarinensis Berry Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata Bidgee-widgee Acaena anserinifolia Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii Black Sheoak Allocasuarina littoralis Black-anther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta Black-Seeded Glasswort Tecticornia pergranulata subsp. pergranulata Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Blady Grass Imperata cylindrica Blue Bottle-daisy Lagenophera stipitata Blue Stars Chamaescilla corymbosa var. corymbosa Blue Tussock Grass Poa poiformis Blunt Everlasting Argentipallium obtusifolium Blunt Pondweed Potamogeton ochreatus Bower Spinach Tetragonia implexicoma Bracken Pteridium esculentum Bristly Wallaby-grass Rytidosperma setaceum Broad-leaf Rush Juncus planifolius Broom Spurge Amperea xiphoclada var. xiphoclada Chaffy Saw-sedge Gahnia filum Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis Chocolate Lily Arthropodium strictum Climbing Lignum Muehlenbeckia adpressa Coast Banksia Banksia integrifolia Coast Beard-heath Leucopogon parviflorus Coast Bitter-bush Adriana quadripartita Common Name Scientific Name Coast Blown Grass Lachnagrostis billardieri Coast Bonefruit Threlkeldia diffusa Coast Daisy-bush Olearia axillaris Coast Everlasting Ozothamnus turbinatus Coast Flax-lily Dianella brevicaulus Coast Groundsel Senecio spathulatus Coast Pomaderris Pomaderris paniculosa subsp. paniculosa Coast Saltbush Atriplex cinerea Coast Saltwort Salsola tragus subsp. pontica Coast Spear Grass Stipa flavescens Coast Swainson-pea Swainsona lessertiifolia Coast Sword Sedge Lepidosperma gladiatum Coast Teatree Leptospermum laevigatum Coast Twinleaf Roepera billardierei Coast Wattle Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae Coast Wirilda Acacia uncifolia Common Beard-heath Leucopogon virgatus Common Blown Grass Lachnagrostis filiformis Common Boobialla Myoporum insulare Common Correa Correa reflexa Common Cotula Cotula australis Common Cudweed Euchiton involucratus Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum Common Love-grass Eragrostis brownii Common Onion-Orchid Microtis unifolia Common Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma filiforme Common Raspwort Gonocarpus tetragynus Common Reed Phragmites australis Common Rice-flower Pimelea humilis Common Spike-rush Eleocharis acuta Common Swamp Wallaby-grass Amphibromus nervosus Common Tussock Grass Poa labillardieri Common Wallaby-grass Rytidosperma caespitosum Common Wood Rush Luzula meridionalis var. densiflora Cottony Fireweed Senecio quadridentatus Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum Creeping Brookweed Samolus repens Creeping Myoporum Myoporum parvifolium Creeping Wood-sorrel Oxalis corniculata Cushion Bush Leucophyta brownii Drooping Sheoak Allocasuarina verticillata Dune Thistle Actites megalocarpa Dwarf Grass-wrack Zostera muelleri Early Nancy Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica Fennel Pondweed Stuckenia pectinata Floating Pondweed Potamogeton sulcatus Giant Honey-myrtle Melaleuca armillaris subsp. armillaris Glaucous Goosefoot Chenopodium glaucum Gnat Orchid Cyrtostylis reniformis Golden Spray Viminaria juncea Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Common Name Scientific Name Grassland Sundew Drosera hookeri Grass Triggerplant Stylidium graminifolium Grassy Rush Juncus caespiticius Greater Sea-spurrey Spergularia media Grey Glasswort Tecticornia halocnemoides subsp. halocnemoides Hairy Pennywort Hydrocotyle hirta Hairy Sheep’s Burr Acaena agnipila Hairy Willow-herb Epilobium hirtigerum Heath Teatree Leptospermum myrsinoides Heath Wallaby Grass Rytidosperma semiannulare Hedge Wattle Acacia paradoxa Honey-pots Acrotriche serrulata Hop Bitter-pea Daviesia latifolia Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata Horny Cone-bush Isopogon ceratophyllus Ivy-leaved Violet Viola hederacea Jagged Fireweed Senecio biserratus Jersey Cudweed Laphangium luteoalbum Kangaroo Apple Solanum aviculare Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra Karkalla Carpobrotus rossii Kidney-weed Dichondra repens Kneed Wallaby-grass Rytidosperma geniculatum Knobby Club-rush Ficinia nodosa Kurwan Bursaria spinosa Large Bindweed Calystegia sepium Large Kangaroo-apple Solanum laciniatum Lax Goosefoot Einadia trigonos Leafy Bog-rush Schoenus maschalinus Little Club Sedge Isolepis marginata Long-fruit Water-mat Althenia cylindrocarpa Long-hair Plume-grass Dichelachne crinita Loose-flower Rush Juncus pauciflorus Love Creeper Comesperma volubile Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Many Fruit Tassel Ruppia polycarpa Marsh Club-rush Bolboschoenus caldwellii Marsh Saltbush Atriplex paludosa subsp. paludosa Mat Grass Hemarthria uncinata var. uncinata Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata Murnong (Yam Daisy) Microseris lanceolata Narrowleaf Cumbungi Typha domingensis Nodding Club-rush Isolepis cernua Oval Sea Wrack Halophila australis Oyster Bay Pine Callitris rhomboidea Paddle Grass Halophila decipiens Pale Flax-lily Dianella longifolia Pale Rush Juncus pallidus Pale Sundew Drosera auriculata Pink Fairies Caladenia latifolia Common Name Scientific Name Pointed Centrolepis Centrolepis aristata Pointed Twinleaf Roepera apiculata Poong’ort Carex tereticaulis Prickly Arrow-grass Triglochin mucronata Prickly Saltbush Salsola tragus Prickly Spear Grass Stipa stipoides Prickly Teatree Leptospermum juniperinum Red Sand-spurrey Spergularia rubra Reed Bent-grass Deyeuxia quadriseta Robust Willow-herb Epilobium billardiereanum subsp. billardiereanum Rough Fireweed Senecio hispidulus Rounded Noon-flower Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Salt Angianthus Angianthus preissianus Salt Couch Sporobolus virginicus Salt Lawrencia Lawrencia spicata Salt Pratia Lobelia irrigua Scented Groundsel Senecio odoratus Sea Celery Apium prostratum Sea Rush Juncus kraussii Sea Tassel Ruppia maritima Sea Water-mat Althenia marina Sea-box Alyxia buxifolia Seaberry Saltbush Rhagodia candolleana Shade Pellitory Parietaria debilis Sheep’s Burr Acaena echinata Shiny Bog-rush Schoenus nitens Shiny Cassinia Cassinia longifolia Shiny Swamp-mat Goodenia radicans Short-stem Sedge Carex breviculmis Showy Bossiaea Bossiaea cinerea Shrubby Glasswort Tecticornia arbuscula Sieber Crassula Crassula sieberiana Silky Guinea-flower Hibbertia sericea Silky Wilsonia Wilsonia humilis Silver Banksia Banksia marginata Slender Beard-orchid Calochilus therophilus Slender Blue Swamp Sun-orchid Thelymitra pauciflora holmesii ? Slender Bush-pea Pultenaea tenufolia Slender Cotula Cotula vulgaris var. australasica Slender Dock Rumex brownii Slender Pennywort Hydrocotyle capillaris Slender Speedwell Veronica gracilis Slender Velvet-bush Lasiopetalum baueri Small Loosestrife Lythrum hyssopifolia Small Sheoak Allocasuarina misera Small St John’s Wort Hypericum gramineum Small-flowered Matrush Lomandra micrantha Small-fruit Fan-flower Scaevola albida Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla Smooth Parrot-pea Dillwynia glaberrima Common Name Scientific Name Smooth Rice-flower Pimelea glauca Soft Crane’s-bill Geranium potentilloides Southern Club-sedge Isolepis australiensis Southern Sea-heath Frankenia pauciflora var. gunnii Spinifex Spinifex sericeus Spiny-Headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Sprawling Bluebell Wahlenbergia gracilis Spreading Crassula Crassula decumbens Sticky Boobialla Myoporum petiolatum Sticky Daisy-bush Olearia glutinosa Sticky Hop-bush Dodonaea viscosa Stinking Pennywort Hydrocotyle laxiflora Streaked Arrow Grass Triglochin striata Swamp Club-rush Isolepis inundata Swamp Crassula Crassula helmsii Sweet Hound’s-tongue Cynoglossum suaveolens Sweet Wattle Acacia suaveolens Tangled Bedstraw Galium australe Tasman Grass-wrack Heterozostera tasmanica Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula Thick-head Glasswort Sarcocornia blackiana Tiger Orchid Diuris sulphurea Thorny Lawrencia Lawrencia squamata Thyme Rice-flower Pimelea serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia Tiny Arrowgrass Triglochin minutissima Tiny Cudweed Gnaphalium indutum Tiny Star Pauridia glabella var. glabella Toad Rush Juncus bufonius Trailing Hemichroa Hemichroa pentandra Tree Everlasting Ozothamnus ferrugineus Tuberous Seatassel Ruppia tuberosa Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa Twining Fringe-lily Thysanotus patersonii Twining Glycine Glycine clandestina Variable Groundsel Senecio pinnatifolius Variable Spider-orchid Caladenia xvariabilis Variable Sword Sedge Lepidosperma laterale Variable Willow-herb Epilobium billardierianum subsp. cinereum Water-ribbons Cycnogeton procerum Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides White Correa Correa alba White Sebaea Sebaea albidiflora Wire-leaf Mistletoe Amyema preissii Woolly Rice-flower Pimelea octophylla Yellow Rush Juncus flavidus Yellow Rush Lily Tricoryne elatior Yellow Sea-lavender Limonium australe Yellow Sebaea Sebaea ovata Marine algae These plants are generally known only by their scientific name. Green (Chlorophyta) Acetabularia peniculus Caulerpa brownii Caulerpa remotifolia Chaetomorpha sp. Ulva sp. Brown (Phaeophyta) Cystophora congesta Dictyota furcellata Giffordia irregularis Lobospira bicuspidata Red (Rhodophyta) Ceramium sp. Dasyphloea insignis Gracilaria secundata Gracilaria sp. Liagora harveyiana Plocamium mertensii Polysiphonia blandi Polysiphonia sp. Phaeocystis giraudii Mosses and liverworts (Bryophytes) These plants are generally known only by their scientific name. Breutelia affinis Bryum billardieri Campylopus clavatus Ceratodon purpureus Polytrichum juniperinum Sematophyllum homomallum Thuidium furfurosum Tortella calycina Tortula princeps Triquetrella papillata swanbayenvironment.org.au .
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    Seeding Victoria Inc Ballarat Region Seed Bank Back to catalogue search Sawpit Rd, Creswick. General Stock P.O. Box 3., Creswick, 3363 Jul-02 Phone: 03 5345 2200 Fax: 03 53451357 e-mail:[email protected] Servicing: North Central, Corangamite, Wimmera and parts of Glenelg-Hopkins and Port Phillip catchments Note when ordering - there is a $5 batch handling charge for each batch ordered in addition to the price per kg of seed. Prices quoted in this catalogue do not include GST. Packaging and postage charge will apply to posted orders. Seed prices within the same species may vary due to variation in the seed germination, age, cleanliness and quality control considerations. Batch Botanical Name Common Name Provenance Gms Price does not include GST $ 1kg 11450 Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle Barfold 970.00 $660.00 11054 Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle Bealiba 862.00 $660.00 11285 Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle Bealiba 445.00 $660.00 11266 Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle Bourke's Flat 345.00 $660.00 10906 Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle Carapooee 2950.00 $660.00 11227 Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle Castlemaine 540.00 $660.00 11278 Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle Dunolly 398.00 $660.00 11298 Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle Dunolly 1400.00 $660.00 11453 Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle Glenhope/White Hills 480.00 $660.00 10115 Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle Gowar 1975.00 $660.00 10204 Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle Gowar 7425.00 $660.00 4695 Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle Kamarooka 55.00 $400.00 11451 Acacia acinacea Gold-dust
  • A Year on the Vasse-Wonnerup Wetlands

    A Year on the Vasse-Wonnerup Wetlands

    Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Department of Water and Environmental Regulation A Year on the Vasse-Wonnerup Wetlands An Ecological Snapshot March 2017—January 2018 W IN N T M E U R T U A S P R R I N E G M M U S Musk duck (Biziura lobata) (Photo: Mark Oliver) The Vasse-Wonnerup Wetlands The conservation values of the Vasse-Wonnerup wetlands are recognised on a local, state, national and international level. The wetlands provide habitat to thousands of Australian and migratory water birds as well as supporting the largest breeding population of black swans in the state. In 1990 the wetlands were recognised as a ‘Wetland of International Importance’ under the Ramsar Convention. The wetlands are also one of the most nutrient enriched wetlands in Western Australia, characterised by extensive macroalgae and phytoplankton blooms and occasional major fish kills. Poor water quality in the wetlands is a major concern for the local community. Over the past four years scientists have been working together to investigate options to improve water quality in the wetlands by monitoring seawater inflows through the Vasse surge barrier and modelling options to increase water levels and flows into the Vasse estuary. These trials have successfully shown that seawater inflows can reduce the incidence of harmful phytoplankton blooms and improve conditions for fish in the Vasse Estuary Channel over summer months. What isn’t as well understood is how these management approaches and subsequent increased water levels may impact on the broader wetland system, especially how the ecology of the wetlands responds to changes in the timing and volume of seawater inflow through the surge barriers.