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Plants of the Great South West Planting Guide LARGE SHRUBS/SMALL TREES: ‘Plants of the Great South West’ Acacia myrtifolia Myrtle Wattle Wind,Dry,Shade Acacia stricta Hop Wattle Wind,Dry,Shade Indigenous Planting Guide for Acacia verticillata subsp. verticillata Prickly Moses Wind,Dry,Shade Warrnambool Adriana quadripartita (v) Coast Bitter-bush Coast Allocasuarina paludosa Swamp She-oak Wind,Wet,Dry,Shade The following is a list of suitable species for planting in Warrnambool, included as a Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping She-oak Coast,wind,Dry,Lime guide, are conditions that these plants are particularly suited to or tolerant of. Atriplex cinerea Coast Saltbush Coast,Wind,Dry,Lime, SMALL SHRUBS: Banksia marginata Silver Banksia Coast,wind,Dry,Lime,Shade Acrotriche serrulata Honey-pots Coast,Dry,Shade Beyeria leschenaultii Pale Turpentine Bush Coast,Wind,Dry,Lime Astroloma humifusum Cranberry Heath Dry Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria Wind,Dry,Lime,Shade Correa alba var. pannosa White Correa Coast,Wind,Dry,Lime,Shade Cassinia aculeata Common Dogwood Moist Correa reflexa var. reflexa Common Correa Coast,Dry,Shade Coprosma quadrifida Prickly Current Bush Shade Hibbertia aspera subsp. aspera Rough Guinea-flower Dry,Shade Indigofera australis Austral indigo Dry,Shade Leucophyta brownii Cushion Bush Coast,Dry,Lime Leptospermum continentale Prickly Teatree Wind,Wet,Dry,Shade Pimelea glauca Smooth Rice-flower Dry,Shade Leptospermum lanigerum Woolly Teatree Wind,Wet,Water,Shade Pimelea humilis Common Rice-flower Dry,Shade Leucopogon parviflorus Coast Beard-heath Coast,Wind Pimelea serpyllifolia Thyme Rice-flower Coast Melaleuca squarrosa Scented Paperbark Wind,Wet,Water,Dry,Shade Pultenaea canaliculata (r) Coast Bush-pea Coast Myoporum insulare Common Boobialla Coast,Wind,Dry,Lime Pultenaea tenuifolia Slender Bush-pea Coast,Dry Olearia axillaris Coast Daisy-bush Coast,Wind,Dry,Lime Rubus parvifolius Small leaf Bramble Shade Ozothamnus ferrugineus Tree Everlasting Moist Ozothamnus turbinatus Coast Everlasting Coast SEDGES & SEDGE TYPE PLANTS: Carex appressa Tall Sedge Wet,Water,Shade Pomaderris aspera Hazel Pomaderris Shade Carex inversa Knob Sedge Wet,Water,Shade Rhagodia candolleana subsp. candolleana Seaberry Saltbush Coast,Wind,Dry,Lime, Carex tereticaulis Hollow Sedge Wet Sambucus gaudichaudiana White Elderberry Shade Eleocharis acuta Common spike-rush Wet Solanum laciniatum Kangaroo Apple Moist Ficinia nodosa Nobby Club-rush Coast,Wet,Dry,Lime,Shade LARGE TREES: Gahnia filum Chaffy Saw-sedge Coast,Wet Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Wind,Dry Gahnia sieberiana Red-fruit Sedge Wet,Dry,Shade Eucalyptus obliqua Messmate Stringybark Wind,Dry,Shade Isolepis cernua subsp. cernua Nobby Club-rush Wet Eucalyptus ovata Swamp Gum Wind,Wet,Shade Isolepis marginata Club-rush Wet Eucalyptus viminalis subsp. cygnetensis Rough-barked Manna Gum Wind,Shade Juncus pallidus Pale Rush Coastal,Wet,Water,Shade Eucalyptus viminalis subsp. viminalis Manna Gum Wind,Shade Lepidosperma gladiatum Coast Sword-sedge Coast,Lime Lomandra filiformis subsp. filiformis Wattle Mat-rush Moist,Shade FERNS: Lomandra longifolia subsp longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Dry,Shade Adiantum aethiopicum Maidenhair fern Wet,Shade Schoenoplectus pungens Sharp Club-sedge Wet Dicksonia antarctica Tree Fern Wet,Shade Schoenus apogon Common Bog-rush Wet Pteridium esculentum Austral Bracken Moist Typha domingensis Narrow-leaf Cumbungi Wet,Water HERBS & WILDFLOWERS: GRASSES: Acaena novae-zelandiae Bidgee Widgee Coast Austrodanthonia caespitosa Common Wallaby-grass Dry Actites megalocarpa Dune Thistle Coast Austrodanthonia setacea Bristly Wallaby-grass Dry Ajuga australis Austral Bugle Dry,Shade Austrofestuca hookeriana Hooker Fescue Wet Apium prostratum subsp. prostratum var. Austrofestuca littoralis (r) Coast Fescue Coast prostratum Sea Celery Coast Austrostipa flavescens Coast Spear-grass Coast,Moist Arthropodium milleflorum Pale Vanilla Lily Moist,Shade Austrostipa pubinodis Tall Spear-grass Moist,Shade Arthropodium strictum Chocolate Lily Moist Distichlis distichophylla Australian Salt-grass Coast,Lime Bossiaea prostrata Creeping Bossiaea Dry,Shade Elymus scaber Common Wheat-grass Dry,Moist Brachyscome cardiocarpa Hinge-fruit Daisy Wet Glyceria australis Australian Sweet-grass Wet Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine Lily Dry,Shade Lachnagrostis billardierei subsp. billardierei Coast Blown-grass Coast,Moist Burchardia umbellata Milkmaids Dry,Shade Lachnagrostis punicea subsp. filifolia (Rr) Common Blown-grass Moist Carpobrotus rossii Karkalla Coast,Dry Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides Weeping-grass Dry,Shade Dianella tasmanica Tasman Flax Lily Dry,Shade Phragmites australis Common Reed-grass Wet,Water Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Dry,Shade Poa labillardierei var. labillardierei Common Tussock-grass Dry,Shade Kennedia prostrata Running Postman Dry,Shade Poa morrisii Soft Tussock-grass Moist,Shade Lythrum hyssopifolia Small Loosestrife Moist,Dry Poa poiformis var. poiformis Blue Tussock-grass Coast Mimulus repens Creeping Monkey-flower Wet,Water Poa sieberiana var. sieberiana Tussock-grass Dry,Shade Myosotis australis Austral Forget-me-not Dry Poa tenera Slender Tussock-grass Moist,Shade Pelargonium australe Stork's Bill Coast,Dry,Shade Spinifex sericeus Hairy Spinifex Coast,Lime Ranunculus lappaceus Australian Buttercup Wet,Shade Sporobolus virginicus Salt Couch Coast Senecio pinnatifolius Variable Groundsel Coast,Lime Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass Dry,Shade Stackhousia spathulata (k) Coast Stackhousia Coast,Dry Stylidium graminifolium Grass Triggerplant Coast,Dry,Shade CREEPERS: Tetragonia implexicoma Bower Spinach Coast,Dry Calystegia sepium Large Bindweed Wet,Shade Veronica gracilis Slender Speedwell Shade Clematis aristata Mountain Clematis Moist,Shade Villarsia reniformis Running Marsh Flower Wet,Water Clematis microphylla Small-leaved Clematis Coast,Dry,Lime,Shade Viola hederacea Ivy-leaf Violet Wet,Water,Dry,Shade Comesperma volubile Love Creeper Lime,Moist,Shade Zygophyllum billardierei Coast Twin-leaf Coast,Dry Muehlenbeckia adpressa Climbing Lignum Coast,Dry AQUATIC PLANTS: Coast: Plants suitable for frontline coastal planting. Azolla filiculoides Pacific Azolla Water Dry: Plants particularly suitable for planting in areas prone to dry conditions. Lemna disperma Common Duckweed Water Wind: Plants that will generally tolerate strong winds. Shade: Plants that will grow with little sunlight throughout the year. Lilaeopsis polyantha Australian Lilaeopsis Water Wet: Plants that will grow in soil that is permanently boggy but not actually under water. Potamogeton crispus Curly Pond-weed Water Water: Plants that will grow on water or in areas that are permanently under water. Potamogeton sulcatus Floating Pondweed Water Lime: Plants that will tolerate limestone soils or soils with a high PH level. Triglochin procera Water Ribbons Water Moist: Grows best in moist, well-drained soils. Triglochin striata Streaked Arrow-grass Wet,Water (Source – Growing conditions: ‘Grow What Where’ by Australian Plant Study Group) (k) (v) (r) (R) Threatened species, refer to Conservation Status “Plants of the Great South West” This plant list remains the property of Warrnambool & District Society for Growing Australian Plants Inc. You are welcome to use it for personal use however no part may be reproduced for further publication without written permission..
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