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PLANT SPECIES

SEDGES AND RUSHES AND SEDGES

GRASSES AND LILIES AND GRASSES ESTUARY NATIVE NATIVE ESTUARY

FLOODPLAIN & & FLOODPLAIN

CLARENCE RIVER RIVER CLARENCE

• proximity to crops, pastures, riparian zones • harvesting and maintenance of crops • availability of water • landowner’s ability to maintain site. A guide to selection for The decline of some native vegetation communities and seasonal influences on flowering and seeding

revegetation projects times, may limit the availability of resources

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and . Some species require a permit for seed SPECIES NATIVE OTHER SMALL TREES TREES SMALL

Using local native plants for revegetation projects AND MANGROVES VINES, contributes significantly to improving biodiversity. collection (or collection is limited) and propagation A range of different plant species occurs along the is best achieved through specialist native plant Clarence River estuary. Where they are located is nurseries. The aftercare of revegetation projects is largely dependent upon their geographic range and vitally important and maintenance of plantings should distribution as well as preferences for soil conditions be considered as part of any revegetation project. and tolerances of different levels of inundation by salt This is especially important for threatened, rare and or fresh water. endangered plants. Species selection for each site is determined by The plant species list represents many of the known assessing the many factors that influence growth species occurring on the Clarence estuary and and the purpose of the planting such as: floodplain or which have been successfully grown for revegetation projects. This guide is available from • availability of seed resources Clarence Landcare website. • suitability of height and width for location • soil type • erosion control • managing salinity • shading of watercourses TREES A-C TREES C-F SMALL TREES AND SHRUBS VINES

Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name A. disparrima subsp. Ironbark Wattle Corymbia intermedia Pink Bloodwood Baeckea virgata Twiggy Baeckea Derris involuta Native Derris disparrima (E. intermedia) Breynia oblongifolia Breynia Flagelaria indica Whip Vine Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Cryptocarya glaucescens Jackwood Leptospermum Thin-fruited Teatree Maclura cochinchinensis Cockspur Thorn Acacia floribunda White Sallow Wattle Cryptocarya triplinervis Three-veined Laurel brachyandrum Parsonsia straminea Common Silkpod Acmena smithii Lilly Pilly Cupaniopsis anacardiodes Tuckeroo Leptospermum polygalifolium Creek Teatree (Syzigium smithii) Cupaniopsis parvifolia Small-leaved Tuckeroo subsp. cismontanum MANGROVES Alectryon tomentosus Hairy Alectryon Duboisia myoporoides Duboisia Melaleuca alternifolia Teatree Allocasuarina littoralis Black Sheoak Dysoxylum mollissimum Red Bean Melastoma affine Blue Tounge Botanical Name Common Name Alphitonia excelsa Red Ash subsp. molle (D. muelleri) Myoporum acuminatum Mangrove Boobialla Aegiceras corniculatum River Mangrove Aphananthe philippinensis Rough-leaved Elm Elaeocarpus obovatus Hard Quandong (shrub, common) Angophora subvelutina Broad-leaved Apple Elaeocarpus reticulatus Blueberry Ash Avicennia marina Grey Mangrove Araucaria cunninghamii Hoop Pine Elaeocarpus grandis Blue Quandong (tree, common) Banksia integrifolia Coast Banksia Elaeodendron australis Red Olive Plum Bruguiera gymnorhiza Large-leaved Mangrove (tree, not common) Brush Ironbark (Cassine australis) Excoecaria agallocha Milky Mangrove Backhousia sciadophora Shatterwood Endiandra sieberi Hard Corkwood (tree, fairly common) Callistemon salignus White Bottlebrush Eucalyptus microcorys Tallowwood Rhizophora stylosa Red or Stilted Mangrove Callistemon viminalis Red Bottlebrush E. robusta Swamp Mahogany (tree, not common) Capparis arborea Brush Caper Berry E. tereticornis Forest Red Gum Swamp Oak E. grandis Flooded Gum OTHER Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak E.siderophloia Northern Grey Ironbark Castanospermum australe Black Bean Euroschinus falcata Ribbonwood Botanical Name Common Name Acrostichum speciosum Mangrove Fern Commersonia bartramia Brown Kurrajong Ficus coronata Sandpaper Fig Tetragona tetragonioides NZ Spinach, Warrigal Green (herb)

TREES F-M TREES M-Z SEDGES AND RUSHES GRASSES AND LILIES

Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Ficus virens var White Fig Melaleuca quinquenervia Broad-leaved Paperbark Bolboschoenus fluviatilis Marsh Club-rush Crinum pedunculatum River Lily sublanceolata Mischocarpus pyriformis Yellow Pear- Baumea articulata Jointed Twig-rush Dianella spp. Flax Lily Ficus macrophylla Moreton Bay Fig Notelaea longifolia Large Mock Olive Baumea rubiginosa Twig-rush Lomandra hystrix River Mat-rush Ficus fraseri Sandpaper Fig Persoonia stradbrokiensis Geebung Baumea juncea Bare Twig-rush Lomandra longifolia Spiny Mat-rush Ficus obliqua Small-leaved Fig Myrsine variabilis Variable Muttonwood Cyperus lucidus Leafy Flat-sedge Oplismenus aemulus Basket Grass Ficus superb var henneana Deciduous Fig (Rapanea variabilis) Cyperus gunni Flat-sedge Oplismenus imbecillis Basket Grass Ficus rubignosa Rusty Fig Rhodamnia rubescens Scrub Turpentine Carex gaudichaudiana Carex Phragmites autralis Common Reed Flindersia australis Australian Teak Streblus brunonianus Whalebone Tree Carex appressa Tall sedge Flindersia schottiana Cudgerie Syncarpia glomulifera Turpentine Gahnia clarkei Tall saw-sedge Flindersia bennettiana Bennett’s Ash Toona ciliata Red Cedar Gahnia sieberiana Red-fruited saw-sedge Glochidion ferdinandi Cheese Tree kraussii Sea Rush Grevillea robusta Silky Oak Juncus usitatus Common Rush Guioa semiglauca Guioa Lepironia articulata Grey Sedge Plant identification references Hibiscus tiliaceus Cottonwood Hibiscus Phylidrum lanuginosum Frogsmouth Floyd, A.G. (2008) Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Jagera pseudorhus Foambark Schoenoplectus mucronatus Club-rush Terania Creek Publishing, Lismore Australia. Lophostemon suaveolens Swamp Turpentine Schoenoplectus validus River Club-rush Harden, G., McDonald, B. & Williams, W. (2006) Rainforest trees Lophostemon confertus Brush Box and shrubs: A field guide to their identification Gwen Harden Mallotus discolor Yellow Kamala Publishing Nambucca Heads. Mallotus philippensis Red Kamala Harden, G., McDonald, B. & Williams, W. (2007) Rainforest climbing plants: A field guide to their identification Melaleuca linariifolia Snow in Summer Gwen Harden Publishing Nambucca Heads. Melaleuca stypheliodes Prickly Paperbark Romanowski, N., (1998) Aquatic and wetland plants: a field guide for non – tropical Australia published by UNSW, Sydney.

Reference: Mousley, J. (2011). Clarence River floodplain and estuary native plant species – a guide to selection for revegetation projects. Published by Clarence Landcare Inc., Grafton NSW.