Indigenous plants suitable for revegetation or landscaping in the Nepean Region. Scientific Name Common Name Size h x w (m) 1234

CANOPY Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood 30 x 15 Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping Sheoak 11 x 6 TREES Banksia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia Coast Banksia 20 x 10 Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria 6 x 3 Leptospermum laevigatum Coast Tea-tree 7 x 4 Eucalyptus ovata var. ovata Swamp Gum 30 x 20 Leptospermum lanigerum Woolly Tea-tree 6 x 3 Melaleuca ericifolia Swamp Paperbark 9 x 3 Melaleuca lanceolata Moonah 8 x 6 Myoporum insulare Common Boobialla 6 x 3 Viminaria juncea Golden Spray 5 x 2 SMALL Acacia longifolia var. sophorae Coast Wattle 4 x 5 Acacia paradoxa Hedge Wattle 4 x 5 TREES / Acacia retinodes var. uncifolia Coast Wirilda 8 x 5 LARGE Acacia verticillata Prickly Moses 6 x 5 SHRUBS Adriana quadripartita Rare Bitter-bush 3 x 3 Alyxia buxifolia Sea Box 2 x 3 Aotus ericoides Common Aotus 1.5 x 1.5 Cassinia aculeata Common Cassinia 4 x 2 Correa alba var. alba White Correa 2 x 3 Eutaxia microphylla var. microphylla Common Eutaxia 1 x 1 Goodenia ovata Hop Goodenia 2.5 x 3 Hibbertia sericea var. sericea Silky Guinea-flower 1 x 0.6 Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree 4 x 2 Leucophyta brownii Cushion Bush 1 x 2 Leucopogon parviflorus Coast Beard-heath 4 x 3 Olearia axillaris Coast Daisy-bush 2 x 2 Olearia glutinosa Sticky Daisy-bush 2 x 1.5 Olearia ramulosa var. ramulosa Twiggy Daisy-bush 2.5 x 1 Ozothamnus ferrugineus Tree Everlasting 3 x 2 Ozothamnus rosmarinifolius Rosemary Everlasting 2 x 0.8 Pimelea serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia Thyme Rice-flower 1.2 x 0.6 Pomaderris paniculosa subsp. paralia Scurfy Pomaderris 1.5 x 1.5 Rhagodia candolleana subsp. candolleana Seaberry Saltbush 2 x 2.5 Solanum laciniatum Large Kangaroo Apple 3 x 3 GROUND Acaena novae-zelandiae Bidgee Widgee 0.6 x spreading Alisma plantago-aquatica Water Plantain 1 x 0.5 COVER Astroloma humifusum Cranberry Heath 0.5 x 1.5 Brachyscome parvula Coast Daisy 0.4 x 0.2 Carprobrotus rossii Karkalla 0.3 x 2 Centella cordifolia Centella 0.1 x spreading Clematis microphylla var. microphylla Small-leaved Clematis Climber Dianella brevicaulis Small-flower Flax-lily 0.8 x 0.5 Dianella laevis Pale Flax-lily 0.8 x 0.5 Dianella admixta Black-anther Flax-lily 1 x 2.5 Dichondra repens Kidney Weed 0.1 x spreading Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum Rounded Noon-flower 0.4 x spreading Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa Ruby Saltbush 1.5 x 1 Gonocarpus micranthus subsp. micranthus Creeping Raspwort 0.2 x 0.5 Goodenia humilis Swamp Goodenia 0.1 x 1.5 Gratiola peruviana Austral Brooklime 0.3 x 1.5 Helichrysum leucopsideum Satin Everlasting 0.5 x 0.6 Hydrocotyle hirta, H. laxiflora Hairy, Stinking Pennywort 0.2 x spreading Hypericum gramineum, H. japonicum Small, Matted St John’s Wort 0.1–0.3 x 0.2 Kennedia prostrata Running Postman 0.1 x 2 Lilaeopsis polyantha Australian Lilaeopsis 0.3 x spreading Lobelia anceps Angled Lobelia 0.3 x spreading Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat-rush 0.3 x 0.2 Lomandra longifolia subsp. longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush 1 x 1.2 Lythrum hyssopifolia Small Loosestrife 0.3 x 0.3 Muehlenbeckia adpressa Climbing Lignum Climber Patersonia occidentalis Long Purple-flag 0.4 x 0.6 Pelargonium australe Austral Stork’s-bill 0.6 x 1 Persicaria decipiens Slender Knotweed 0.6 x 1 Potamogeton tricarinatus, P. ochreatus Floating, Blunt Pondweed Floating x 4.5 Pultenaea tenuifolia Slender Bush-pea 0.5 x 0.3 Sambucus gaudichaudiana White Elderberry 2 x 1.5 Scaevola albida Pale Fan-flower 0.5 x spreading Selliera radicans Shiny Swamp-mat 0.4 x 1 Senecio biserratus Jagged Fireweed 1 x 0.4 Senecio minimus Shrubby Fireweed 1 x 0.5 Senecio quadridentatis Cotton Fireweed 1 x 1 Senecio pinnatifolius Variable Groundsel 1 x 0.5 Stackhousia monogyna Creamy Stackhousia 0.3 x 0.3 Swainsona lessertifolia Coast Swainson-pea 0.3 x 1 Tetragonia implexicoma, T. tetragonioides Bower Spinach 2.5 x 2 Triglochin alcockiae T. striata Streaked Arrowgrass, Water Ribbons 0.3 x 0.1 Veronica calycina Hairy Speedwell 0.2 x 0.5 Villarsia reniformis Running Marsh-flower 0.4 x 1 Viola hederacea Ivy-leaf Violet 0.1 x spreading GRASSES, Austrodanthonia racemosa var. racemosa Stiped Wallaby-grass 0.6 x 0.4 Austrodanthonia setacea Bristly Wallaby-grass 1 x 0.4 SEDGES Austrostipa elagantissima, A. stipoides Feathery, Prickly Spear-grass 1 x 0.5 AND Austrostipa flavescens, A. mollis Coast, Supple Spear-grass 1.2 x 0.5 Baumea acuta, B. gunnii, B. tetragona Pale, Slender, Square Twig-sedge 0.3–1 x 0.2–spreading RUSHES Bolboschoenus medianus Marsh Club-sedge 2 x 1 Carex appressa Tall Sedge 1.2 x 1 Carex breviculmis Common Grass-sedge 0.5 x 0.3 Carex fascicularis Tassel Sedge 1 x 0.8 Deyeuxia quadriseta Reed Bent-grass 1 x 0.2 Distichlis distichophylla Australian Salt-grass 0.2 x spreading Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-sedge 0.9 x spreading Eleocharis sphacelata Tall Spike-sedge 2 x spreading Eragrostis brownii Common Love-grass 0.4 x 0.3 Ficinia nodosa Knobby Club-sedge 1.5 x 2 Gahnia sieberiana Red-fruit Saw-sedge 3 x 3 Juncus holoschoenus, J. procerus, J. sarophorus Joint-leaf, Tall, Broom Rush 0.5–2 x 0.4–1.5 Lachnagrostis billardierei subsp. billardierei Coast Blown-grass 0.6 x 0.4 Lepidosperma gladiatum Coast Sword-sedge 1.5 x 2 Lepidosperma longitudinale Pithy Sword-sedge 1.7 x 1 Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides Weeping Grass 1 x 0.3 Notodanthonia semiannularis Wetland Wallaby-grass 0.6 x 0.3 Poa clelandii Noah’s Ark 0.8 x 0.3 Poa labillardierei var. labillardierei Common Tussock-grass 1.2 x 1 Poa poiformis var. poiformis Coast Tussock-grass 1 x 1 Poa tenera Slender Tussock-grass 0.2 x spreading Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani River Club-sedge 2 x 2 Speak to your local indigenous nursery regarding the availability of plants listed above. Height for grasses, sedges and rushes is to the top of the flowering stem.

Coastal Moonah Woodland Coastal Moonah Woodland (left) is a plant community of the Ecological Vegetation Class Coastal Alkaline Scrub.

It is found on parts of the Point Nepean region and is protected under ’s Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, due to its limited distribution throughout the state and risk from ongoing threats including clearing.

Nepean Region DSE Ecological Vegetation Classes

This map is based on EVC maps of the modelled Point distribution of pre-1750 vegetation boundaries (NRE 2002). Mornington Nepean Peninsula Less than 20% of native vegetation cover is remaining today National Park Portsea within the Nepean region. P o i n Hotham Rd t It is intended as a guide for determining the EVC in which Mor nin you will be planting. gt on P Sorrento en N in ep su e la a N n a tio na l P a rk Blairgowrie Port Phillip Bay 1. Coastal Headland Scrub Rd Coast Banksia Woodland Tyrone Bushland Rye see Rosebud region brochure for plant list Reserve

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EVC mapping: C State of Victoria and Gidga Walker EVC tables derived from lists by Jeff Yugovic and the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE). Nomenclature follows Ross JH and Walsh NG (2003) A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria. 7th Edition. Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.

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