Dune Plants
The Tennyson dunes are significant because of the flora that remains. The Tennyson Dunes Group has recorded 49??? native plant species within the dunes. Sixteen plants have a conservation status for the Southern Lofty Region and several other plants once common historically along the coast are now only surviving in these dunes.
Current identified species: 2006
Botanical name Common name Family Type Acacia cupularis Cup wattle Leguminosae Shrub Acacia ligulata Umbrella bush Leguminosae Shrub Acacia longifolia ssp. Coastal wattle Leguminosae Shrub sophorae Adriana quadriparita Coast bitterbush Euphorbiaceae Shrub Alyxia buxifolia Dysentery bush Apocynaceae Shrub Atriplex cinerea Grey saltbush Chenopodiaceae Shrub Austrodanthonia Wallaby grass Gramineae Grass caespitosa Austrostipa Spear grass Gramineae Grass flavescens Austrostipa scabra Rough spear grass Gramineae Grass ssp. falcata Baumea juncea Bare twig-rush Cyperaceae Sedge Calandrinia Dry-land Purslane Portulacaceae Herb eremaea Carpobrotus rossii Angular pigface Aizoaceae Mat Cassytha pubescens Devils twine Lauraceae Vine Clematis microphylla Old man's beard Ranunculaceae Vine Cotula australis Common cotula Compositae Herb Crassula colorata var Dense crassula Crassulaceae Herb colorata Crassula decumbens Spreading crassula Crassulaceae Herb var. decumbens Crassula colligata Sieber crassula Crassulaceae Herb ssp. lamprosperma Daucus glochidiatus Native carrot Umbelliferae Herb Dianella brevicaulis Short stem flax lily Liliaceae Sedge Distichlis Salt couch Gramineae Grass distichophylla Enchylaena Ruby saltbush Chenopodiaceae under Shrub tomentosa Geranium Crane's bill Geraniaceae Herb potentilliodes var. potentilliodes Helichrysum Satin everlasting Compositae Herb leucopsideum Isolepis nodosa Knobby club rush Cyperaceae Sedge Kennedia prostrata Running postman Leguminosae Mat Kunzea pomifera Muntries Myrtaceae Mat Lepidosperma Sword rush Cyperaceae Sedge gladiatum Botanical name Common name Family Type Leucophyta brownii Cushion bush Compositae Shrub Leucopogon Coastal bearded Epacridaceae Shrub parviflorus heath Lomandra Irongrass Liliaceae Sedge leucocephala ssp. robusta Lotus australis Austral trefoil Leguminosae Herb Melaleuca Dryland tea-tree Myrtaceae Tree lanceolata Muehlenbeckia Coastal lignum Polygonaceae Vine gunnii Myoporum insulare Coastal boobialla Myoporaceae Shrub Nitraria billardierei Nitre bush Zygophyllaceae Shrub Olearia axillaris Coastal daisy Compositae Shrub Parietaria debilis Smooth nettle Urticaceae Herb Pelargonium australe Native Geraniaceae Herb pelargonium Picris squarrosa Hawk weed picris Compositae Herb Pimelea serpyllifolia Thyme rice flower Thymelaeaceae Shrub ssp serpyllifolia Poa poiformis Native poa Gramineae Grass Rhagodia Fleshy saltbush Chenopodiaceae under Shrub candolleana ssp. candolleana Salsola kali Prickly saltwart Chenopodiaceae Shrub Scaevola crassifolia Cushion fanflower Goodeniaceae Shrub Senecio pinnatifolius Variable groundsel Compositae Herb Spinifex hirsutus Coast spinifex Gramineae Grass Tetragonia Sea spinach Aizoaceae Vine implexicoma Threlkeldia diffusa Coast bonefruit Chenopodiaceae under Shrub Triglochin Arrow grass Juncaginaceae Herb tricophorum
The comparison of present and past dune plants has been made from Fenner and Cleland, 1932 “ XXX“. For the Grange white dunes they identified approximately XX native species.