SUTHERLAND SHIRE COUNCIL P L A N T S E L E C T I O N T A B L E
Landscape Use Urban Zone Plant Characteristics e u s n a l i e g n i i e d p o s t / s d e n a t e u s t u a r s a b o r u i e s / e s a n t n g r r d g e s g a r t i i a n t e p l e o m n t e k o w e r s n g f r a c & e s n g i m e t r e h a l t f l e a s m e t r e p l e d r s t a l t u c / u n c f o r / s e a t r h e g h t - n t a r e n i d d t h - r p o s a y e i r e a t u r S h a d e t o l W S c B i B u s R a i F C o a s S a n d s t o e l p & g u i E x C l S h o w y I n t e r R a r H e i W TREES
Botanical Name Common Name
Indigenous Acacia binervata Two Veined Hickory 3- 6 2-4 Acacia decurrens Green Wattle 3-6 2-3 Acacia implexa Hickory 4-6 2-4 Acacia irrorata Green Wattle 4-6 2 . 4 Acacia maidenii Maiden’s Wattle 4-8 3-5 Acacia parramattensis Sydney Green Wattle 3-6 2-3 Acacia parvipinnula Silver Stem Wattle 3-5 2-3 Acmena smithii Lillypilly 3-8 3-5 Allocasuarina littoralis Black Sheoak 4-6 3-3 Allocasuarina torulosa Forest Oak 5-8 2-3 Alphitonia excelsa Red Ash 4-8 3-5 Angophora bakeri Narrow Leaf Apple 3-6 2-4 Angophora costata Smooth Barked Apple 8-20 5-10 Angophora floribunda Rough Barked Apple 8-20 4-10 Archontophoenix cunninghamiana Bangalow Palm 5-10 3 Banksia integrifolia Coast Banksia 4-8 3-5 Banksia serrata Old Man Banksia 3-4 2-4 Callicoma serratifolia Black Wattle 3-5 2-3 Cassine australis Red Fruited Olive Plum 2-3 2-3 Casuarina glauca Swamp Sheoak 4-8 3-4 Celtis paniculata Hackberry 4-6 3-5 Ceratopetalum apetalum Coachwood 4-8 3-4 Cupaniopsis anacardioides Tuckeroo 3-8 3-5 Ehretia acuminata Koda 5-8 3-4 Elaeocarpus reticulatus Blueberry Ash 4-8 2-4 Endiandra sieberi Corkwood 3-6 3-4 Eucalyptus agglomerata Blue Leaf Stringy Bark 6-20 4-10 Eucalyptus amplifolia Cabbage Gum 10-20 4-8 Eucalyptus botryoides Bangalay 10-20 6-8 Eucalyptus capitellata Brown Stringybark 4-15 3-8 Eucalyptus consideniana Yertchuk 10-15 7-10 Eucalyptus eugenioides Thin Leaf Stringybark 12-20 5-10 Eucalyptus globoidea White Stringybark 4-15 4-8 Eucalyptus gummifera Bloodwood 3-15 3-10 Eucalyptus haemastoma Scribbly Gum 4-12 4-8 Eucalyptus luehmanniana Yellow Top Ash 3-5 3-4 Eucalyptus longifolia Woollybutt 14-20 5-10 Eucalyptus multicaulis Whip Stick Mallee 3-5 2-4 Eucalyptus oblonga Sandstone Stringybark 4-6 3-5 Landscape Use Urban Zone Plant Characteristics Shade tolerant Wet areas Screening attractingBird Bush tucker/ aboriginal use Rainforest garden plant Feature Coastal & estuarine Sandstone slopes & gullies Exposed ridges Clay/ shale plateaus Showy flowers Interesting fruit/ seed pods uncommonRare/ Height- metres Width- metres
Eucalyptus obstans Port Jackson Mallee 2-5 2-3 Eucalyptus paniculata Grey Ironbark 15-30 8-15 Eucalyptus pilularis Blackbutt 15-30 8-10 Eucalyptus piperita Sydney Peppermint 15-25 8-12 Eucalyptus punctata Grey Gum 10-25 5-8 Eucalyptus racemosa Narrow Leaf Scribbly Gum 10-25 5-10 Eucalyptus resinifera Red Mahogany 6-25 4-10 Eucalyptus robusta Swamp Mahogany 10-20 4-8 Eucalyptus saligna Sydney Blue Gum 15-30 5-12 Eucalyptus sieberi Silver top Ash 8-25 4-10 Eucalyptus squamosa Scaly Bark 3-4 3-4 Eucalyptus tereticornis Forest Red Gum 15-35 6-12 Euroschinus falcata Ribbonwood 5-15 4-8 Ficus coronata Sandpaper Fig 3-4 2-4 Ficus rubiginosa Rusty Fig 5-15 5-15 Ficus superba var. henneana Deciduous Fig 5-10 4-8 Glochidion ferdinandi Cheese Tree 5-10 4-8 Gmelina leichhardtii White Beech 8-15 4-8 Guioa semiglauca Guioa 2-5 2-3 Leptospermum laevigatum Coastal Tea Tree 3-5 2-4 Livistona australis Cabbage Palm 10-20 2-3 Melaleuca linariifolia Snow in Summer 4-8 2-4 Melaleuca quinquenervia Broad Leaf Paperbark 5-10 3-5 Melaleuca styphelioides Prickly Tea Tree 4-8 2-5 Planchonella australis Black Plum 4-8 3-4 Polyscias elegans Celerywood 3-8 3-5 Rapanea howitteana Brush Muttonwood 5-8 3-5 Sarcomelicope simplicifolia Yellow Wood 3-6 3-4 Schizomeria ovata Crab Apple 6-20 4-5 Syncarpia glomulifera Turpentine 15-25 5-8 Syzygium australe Brush Cherry 3-8 3-5 Syzygium oleosum Blue Lilli Pilli 3-5 2-3 Syzygium paniculatum Magenta Lilli Pilli 5-15 4-10 Toona ciliata Red Cedar 8-12 5-8 Tristaniopsis laurina Water Gum 3-10 3-5
Native Acacia binervia Coast Myall 4-6 4-5 Hymenosporum flavum Native Frangipani 5-8 3-4 Macadamia tetraphylla Macadamia Nut 6-10 4-6 Melaleuca bracteata + cultivars Melalueca 3-5 2-3 Landscape Use Urban Zone Plant Characteristics Shade tolerant Wet areas Screening attractingBird Bush tucker/ aboriginal use Rainforest garden plant Feature Coastal & estuarine Sandstone slopes & gullies Exposed ridges Clay/ shale plateaus Showy flowers Interesting fruit/ seed pods uncommonRare/ Height- metres Width- metres SHRUBS 1- 4m
Botanical Name Common Name
Indigenous Acacia elongata Swamp Wattle 1.5-3 1-2 Acacia falcata Sickle Wattle 1.5-3 1-2 Acacia floribunda Sally Wattle 2-4 2-3 Acacia linifolia Flax Leaf Wattle 2-3 1-2 Acacia longifolia Sydney Golden Wattle 2-4 2-3 Acacia myrtifolia Myrtle Leaf Wattle 1.5 1 Acacia obtusifolia Blunt Leaf Wattle 2-3 2-3 Acacia pubescens Downy Wattle 2-3 1-2 Acacia sophorae Coastal Wattle 1.5-3 2-3 Acacia stricta Straight Wattle 1.5-2 1 Acacia suaveolens Scented Wattle 1-2 1-1.5 Acacia terminalis Sunshine Wattle 1.5-2 1-2 Allocasuarina distyla Scrub Sheoak 2-3 2-3 Angophora hispida Dwarf Apple 2-4 2-3 Aotus ericoides Common Aotus 1-2 1 Backhousia myrtifolia Grey Myrtle 2.5-4 1.5-3 Baekea linifolia Swamp Baeckea 1.5-2.5 1-2 Banksia ericifolia Heath Leaf Banksia 2-3 2.5 Banksia marginata Silver Banksia 1.5-3 1.5-2.5 Banksia oblongifolia Banksia 1-2 1-2 Banksia robur Swamp Banksia 1-1.5 2 Banksia spinulosa Hairpin Banksia 1.5 1 Bauera rubiodes Dog Rose 1-2 1-2 Bertya brownii Bertya 1-2 1 Bertya pomaderroides Hazel Bertya 1.5-2.5 1.5 Bursaria spinosa Blackthorn 2-3 1 Callistemon citrinus Crimson Bottlebrush 2-3 1-2 Callistemon linearis Narrow Leaf Bottlebrush 1-2 1 Callistemon pinifolius Green Bottlebrush 1-2 1-2 Callistemon subulatus Dwarf Bottlebrush 1.5 1 Callitris muelleri Mueller’s Cypress 3-5 1-2 Callitris rhomboidea Port Jackson Pine 3-5 1-2 Calytrix tetragona Fringe Myrtle 0.5-1.5 1 Cassinia aureonitens Golden Cassinia 1.5-2 1 Cassinia uncata Bent Cassinia 1.5-2 1 Ceratopetalum gummiferum NSW Christmas Bush 2-4 1-3 Clerodendrum tomentosum Hairy Clerodendrum 2 1.5 Daviesia corymbosa Bitter Pea 1.5 1 Daviesia mimosoides Bitter Pea 1-2 1 Dillwynia retorta Eggs and Bacon 1.5 1 Dodonaea triquetra Hop Bush 1-2 1 Eriostemon australasius Pink Wax Flower 11 Landscape Use Urban Zone Plant Characteristics Shade tolerant Wet areas Screening attractingBird Bush tucker/ aboriginal use Rainforest garden plant Feature Coastal & estuarine Sandstone slopes & gullies Exposed ridges Clay/ shale plateaus Showy flowers Interesting fruit/ seed pods uncommonRare/ Height- metres Width- metres
Eupomatia laurina Native Guava 2-3 1.5 Gompholobium grandiflorum Wedge Pea 11 Gompholobium latifolium Broad Leaf Wedge Pea 11 Grevillea buxifolia Grey Spider Flower 1-1.5 1.5 Grevillea linearifolia Narrow Leaf Grevillea 1.5 1.5 Grevillea longifolia Long Leaf Grevillea 2-3 2-3 Grevillea mucronulata Green Grevillea 11 Grevillea oleoides Red Spider Flower 1-2 1 Grevillea sericea Pink Spider Flower 1.5 1 Hakea dactyloides Broad Leaf Hakea 2-4 2 Hakea gibbosa Needlebush 1,5-2 1 Hakea propinqua Needlebush 1.5-2 1 Hakea salicifolia Willow Leaf Hakea 2-3 2 Hakea sericea Bushy Needlebush 2-3 1.5 Hakea teretifolia Dagger Hakea 22 Hibbertia riparia Erect Guinea Flower 1.5 0.5 Indigophora australis Native Indigo 1.5 1 Kunzea ambigua Tick Bush 2-4 2 Kunzea capitata Pink Kunzea 1.5 1 Lambertia formosa Mountain Devil 1-2 1 Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea Tree 2 1 . 2 Leptospermum grandifolium Woolly Tea Tree 2-3 2 Leptospermum juniperinum Tea Tree 21 Leptospermum polygalifolium Lemon Scented Tea Tree 2 1.5 Leptospermum squarrosum Pink Tea Tree 1-2 1.5 Leptospermum trinervium Paperbark Tea Tree 2 1-2 Logania albiflora Logania 2 1.5 Lomatia myricoides River Lomatia 2-3 1-2 Melaleuca deanei Deane’s Honeymyrtle 1 . 2 1.5 Melaleuca ericifolia Swamp Paperbark 2-3 2.5 Melaleuca nodosa Ball Honeymyrtle 1-2 1.5 Melaleuca squamea Swamp Honeymyrtle 1-2 1 Melaleuca squarrosa Scented Paperbark 2 1.5 Myoporum acuminatum Mangrove Boobialla 22 Olearia microphylla Small Leaf Daisy Bush 1-2 1.5 Olearia tomentosa Hairy Olearia 1-2 1 Omalanthus populifolius Bleeding Heart 2-3 2 Ozothamnus diosmifolium Everlasting Paper Daisy 21 Persoonia pinifolia Pine Leaf Geebung 2-3 2 Petrophile pulchella Cone Stick 2-3 1.5 Petrophile sessilis Cone Stick 21 Phebalium dentatum Phebalium 2 1.5 Phebalium squamulosum Phebalium 1-1.5 1 Pittosporum revolutum Hairy Pittosporum 1-2 1.5 Platylobium formosum Handsome Flat Pea 11 Polyscias sambucifolia Elderberry Panax 1.5 1 Pomaderris andromedifolia Pomaderris 1.5 1 Pomaderris discolor Pomaderris 2.5 1.5 Landscape Use Urban Zone Plant Characteristics Shade tolerant Wet areas Screening attractingBird Bush tucker/ aboriginal use Rainforest garden plant Feature Coastal & estuarine Sandstone slopes & gullies Exposed ridges Clay/ shale plateaus Showy flowers Interesting fruit/ seed pods uncommonRare/ Height- metres Width- metres
Pomaderris ferruginea Rusty Pomaderris 2-3 1.5 Pomaderris intermedia Pomaderris 2-3 1.5 Pomaderris lanigera Woolly Pomaderris 21 Prostanthera linearis Narrow Leaf Mint Bush 1.5-3 1.5 Prostanthera sieberi Mint Bush 2 1.5 Pultenaea blakelyi Blakely’s Bush Pea 2-3 1.5 Pultenaea daphnoides Large Leaf Bush Pea 1-2.5 1.5 Pultenaea flexilis Graceful Bush Pea 2-3 1.5 Pultenaea stipularis Fine Leaf Bush Pea 1-1.5 1.5 Pultenaea villosa Hairy Bush Pea 1-1.5 1 Rhodamnia rubescens Scrub Turpentine 2-3 2.5 Ricinocarpos pinifolius Wedding Bush 1-1.5 1.5 Rulingia dasyphylla Kerrawang 1-2 1.5 Stenocarpus salignus Scrub Beefwood 2-4 1.5 Synoum glandulosum Bastard Rosewood 2-3 2-3 Tasmannia insipida Pepper Bush 1-1.5 1 Telopea speciosissima NSW Waratah 1-3 1 Trema aspera Native Peach 2-4 2 Tristania neriifolia Water Gum 1-1.5 1 Viminaria juncea Native Broom 2-3 1.5 Westringia fruticosa Coast Rosemary 1-2 1.5 Xylomelum pyriforme Woody Pear 2-3 1.5 Zieria smithii Sandfly Zieria 1-2 1
Native Callistemon 'Candy Pink' Bottlebrush 22 Callistemon 'Captain Cook' " 1.5 1.5 Callistemon 'Endeavour' " 22 Callistemon 'Eureka' " 3-4 2 Callistemon 'Hannah Ray' " 42 Callistemon 'Kings Pk Special' " 43 Callistemon 'Western Glory' " 2-4 2 Eriostemon myoporoides Long Leaf Wax Flower 1.5-2 1.5
Grevillea banksii Grevillea/ Spider Plants 2-3 2 Grevillea 'Clear View David' " 22 Grevillea 'Ivanhoe' " 2-3 2.5 Grevillea 'Moonlight' " 22 Grevillea 'Ned Kelly' " 1.5-2 1.5 Grevillea 'Poorinda Constance' " 1.5 1.5 Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' " 1.5 1 Grevillea 'Superb' " 1-2 1.5 Melaleuca hypericifolia Honeymyrtle 2.5 2.5 Melaleuca nesophila Showy Honeymyrtle 2-3 2.5 Prostanthera incana Velvet Leaf Mint Bush 1 1.5 Prostanthera ovalifolia Oval Leaf Mint Bush 2-3 2 Westringia 'Blue Heaven' 1.5-2 1.5-2 Westringia glabra 1 1.5-2 Landscape Use Urban Zone Plant Characteristics Shade tolerant Wet areas Screening attractingBird Bush tucker/ aboriginal use Rainforest garden plant Feature Coastal & estuarine Sandstone slopes & gullies Exposed ridges Clay/ shale plateaus Showy flowers Interesting fruit/ seed pods uncommonRare/ Height- metres Width- metres SHRUBS up to 1m
Botanical Name Common Name
Indigenous Acacia brownei Prickly Moses 11 Acacia hispidula Rough Hairy Wattle 11 Acacia ulicifolia Prickly Moses 11 Actinotus helianthi Flannel Flower 1 0.4 Actinotus minor Lesser Flannel Flower 0.3 0.3 Allocasuarina diminuta ssp. diminuta Sheoak 0.3 0.5-1 Allocasuarina nana Dwarf Sheoak 0.5-1 1-1.5 Austromyrtus tenuifolia Narrow Leaf Myrtle 1 1-2 Baekea imbricata Heath Myrtle 0.4 0.3 Bauera microphylla White River Rose 0.3 0.5 Boronia floribunda Pale Pink Boronia 1 0.5-1 Boronia ledifolia Sydney Boronia 0.6 0.5 Boronia serrulata Native Rose 0.6 0.5 Bossiaea heterophylla Variable Bossiaea 1 0.5 Bossiaea stephensoni Bossiaea 0.5 0.5 Bracteantha bracteatum Golden Everlasting Daisy 0.5 0.3 Callistemon subulatus Dwarf Bottlebrush 11 Correa alba Coast Correa 11 Correa reflexa Native Fuchsia 11 Crowea exalata Crowea 0.5 1 Crowea saligna Crowea 0.6 0.4 Dampiera purpurea Dampiera 0.5 0.4 Dampiera stricta Blue Dampiera 0.4 0.2 Darwinia diminuta Darwinia 0.5 0.5 Dillwynia floribunda Eggs and Bacon 0.5 0.4 Dillwynia parvifolia Small Leaf Dillwynia 0.3-1 0.5 Epacris longiflora Fuchsia Heath 0.5-1 0.5 Epacris microphylla Coral Heath 0.5 0.3 Eriostemon buxifolius Wax Flower 0.3-0.5 0.3-0.5 Gonocarpus teucrioides Germander Raspwort 0.3 0.3 Grevillea diffusa Red Spider Flower 11 Grevillea sphacelata Grey Spider Flower 0.5 0.5 Helichrysum elatum White Everlasting Daisy 1 0.3 Hibbertia bracteata Guinea Flower 1 0.5 Hibbertia empetrifolia Trailing Guinea Flower 0.3 0.6 Hibbertia obtusifolia Grey Guinea Flower 0.2 0.5 Hibbertia linearis Showy Guinea Flower 1 0.4 Hibbertia monogyna Guinea Flower 0.6 0.4 Hibbertia nitida Shining Guinea Flower 1 0.5 Hovea linearis Hovea 0.5 0.3 Isopogon anemonifolius Drumsticks 1 0.5-1 Isopogon anethifolius Drumsticks 1 0.5-1 Lasiopetalum ferrugineum Rusty Petals 0.5-1.5 0.5-1.5 Lasiopetalum rufum Rusty Petals 11 Leptospermum arachnoides Spidery Tea Tree 0.5 1 Leptospermum parvifolia Small Leaf Tea Tree 0.5 0.5 Lobelia dentata Native Lobelia 0.3 0.1 Landscape Use Urban Zone Plant Characteristics Shade tolerant Wet areas Screening attractingBird Bush tucker/ aboriginal use Rainforest garden plant Feature Coastal & estuarine Sandstone slopes & gullies Exposed ridges Clay/ shale plateaus Showy flowers Interesting fruit/ seed pods uncommonRare/ Height- metres Width- metres
Lobelia gracilis Native Lobelia 0.3 0.1 Lomatia silaifolia Wild Parsley 0.4 0.4 Melaleuca thymifolia Thyme Honeymyrtle 11 Mirbelia rubifolia Mirbelia 0.3 0.3 Mirbelia speciosa Mirbelia 0.4 0.2 Pelargonium australe Coast Geranium 0.3 1 Pelargonium inodorum Wild Geranium 0.2 0.2 Persicaria decipiens Slender Knot Weed 0.5 0.5 Persicaria lapathifolia Pale Knot Weed 11 Phyllanthus hirtellus Thyme Spurge 0.3 0.3 Phyllota phylicoides Common Phyllota 0.5 0.5 Pimelia linifolia Rice Flower 11 Pomax umbellata Pomax 0.2 0.2 Prostanthera densa Cliff Mintbush 0.5-1 0.5 Pseudanthus pimeleoides Pseudanthus 11 Pultenaea elliptica Bush Pea 0.5-1 0.5 Pultenaea hispidula Rough Leaf Pultenaea 0.5 0.5 Pultenaea linophylla Bush Pea 0.5-1 0.5 Rhagodia candolleana Seaberry Saltbush 0.5 1 Stylidium laricifolium Giant Trigger Plant 0.5-1.5 0.1 Tetratheca neglecta Black Eyed Susan 0.2 0.3 Tetratheca shiresii Black Eyed Susan 0.2 0.3 Trachymene incisa Tracymene 0.3 0.3 Wahlenbergia communis Blue Bells 0.3 0.2 Wahlenbergia gracilis Blue Bells 0.3 0.1 Xanthosia pilosa Hairy Xanthosia 0.5 0.4 Xanthosia tridentata Rock Xanthosia 0.2 0.3
Native Austromyrtis dulcis Midyin Berry 0.5-1 1 Baeckea virgata 'Nana' Dwarf Swamp Myrtle 0.3-0.5 1 Brachycome 'Break-O-Day' Swan River Daisy 0.3 0.5 Brachycome multifida Swan River Daisy 0.3 0.5 Callistemon citrinus 'White Anzac' 11 Correa baeuerlenii Chef's Cap Correa 11 Correa decumbens Correa 0.2 1.5 Correa 'Dusky Bells' Correa 0.7 1-2 Grevillea 'Mt Tamboritha' Soft Leaf Grevillea 0.5 1 Leptospermum polygalifolia 'Pacific Beauty' 0.5 1 Landscape Use Urban Zone Plant Characteristics Shade tolerant Wet areas Screening attractingBird Bush tucker/ aboriginal use Rainforest garden plant Feature Coastal & estuarine Sandstone slopes & gullies Exposed ridges Clay/ shale plateaus Showy flowers Interesting fruit/ seed pods uncommonRare/ Height- metres Width- metres CLIMBERS
Botanical Name Common Name
Indigenous Aphanopetalum resinosum Gum Vine Billardiera scandens Apple Berry Cissus antarctica Cissus hypoglauca Water Vine Clematis aristata Old Man’s Beard Clematis glycinoides Old Man’s Beard Dioscorea transversa Native Yam Eustrephus latifolius Wombat Berry Geitonoplesium cymosum Scambling Lily Glycine clandestinum Lovers Twine Hardenbergia violacea False Sarsaparilla Hibbertia dentata Guinea Flower Hibbertia scandens Snake Vine Kennedia rubicunda Dusky Coral Pea Marsdenia rostrata Common Milk Vine Marsdenia suaveolens Sweet-scented Doubah Morinda jasminoides Jasmine Morinda Pandorea pandorana Wonga Vine Parsonsia straminea Monkey Rope Passiflora herbertiana Native Passionfruit Sarcopetalum harveyanum Pearl Vine Smilax glyciphylla Native Sarsparilla Stephania japonica Snake Vine
Native Pandorea 'Golden Showers' Wonga Vine Pandorea 'Snow Bells' Wonga Vine Pandorea jasminoides Bower Vine Landscape Use Urban Zone Plant Characteristics Shade tolerant Wet areas Screening attractingBird Bush tucker/ aboriginal use Rainforest garden plant Feature Coastal & estuarine Sandstone slopes & gullies Exposed ridges Clay/ shale plateaus Showy flowers Interesting fruit/ seed pods uncommonRare/ Height- metres Width- metres GRASSES & TUFTED PLANTS
Botanical Name Common Name
Indigenous Anisopogon avenaceus Oat Spear Grass 1-1.5 0.5 Aristida vagans Three Awned Spear Grass 0.3 0.2 Austrofestuca littoralis Coastal Fescue 0.5 0.5 Baumea articulata Jointed Twig Rush 1x Baumea rubiginosa Soft Twig Rush 11 Baumea teretifolia Wrinkle Nut Twig Rush 11 Blandfordia nobilis Christmas Bells 0.5 0.1 Carex appressa Tall Sedge 1 0.5 Crinum pedunculatum Crinum Lily 1-1.5 1.5 Cymbopogon refractus Barbed Wire Grass 0.5 0.5 Danthonia species Wallaby Grasses 0.4 0.4 Deyeuxia quadriseta Reed Bent Grass 0.5 0.3 Dianella caerulea Blue Flax Lily 0.5 0.5 Dianella prunina Flax Lily 0.6 0.5 Dianella revoluta Mauve Flax Lily 0.5 0.5 Dichelachne crinita Long Hair Plume Grass 0.5 0.5 Doryanthes excelsa Gymea Lily 1.5-2 2 Echinopogon caespitosus Hedgehog Grass 0.3 0.2 Eleocharis sphacelata Tall Spike Rush 1x Gahnia aspera Sword Sedge 0.8 0.5 Gahnia clarkei Sword Sedge 1.5 1.5 Gahnia erythrocarpa Sword Sedge 1.5 1.5 Gahnia sieberiana Sword Sedge 1.5 1.5 Haemodorum planifolium Strap Leaf Bloodroot 1 0.3 Imperata cylindrica Blady Grass 0.6 x Isolepis inundata Swamp Club Rush 0.5 0.5 Isolepis nodosus Knobby Club Rush 0.5 0.3 Juncus continuus Rush 11 Juncus krausii Sea Rush 1x Juncus planifolius Broad Rush 0.4 0.4 Juncus usitatus Common Rush 0.6 0.5 Lomandra fluviatilis River Lomandra 0.4 0.5 Lomandra longifolia Spiny Mat Rush 1 1.5 Lomandra multiflora Lomandra 0.3 0.2 Macrozamia communis Burrawang 1-1.5 1.5 Microlaena stipoides Weeping Meadow Grass 0.1-0.5 x Paspalum distichum Water Couch 0.3 x Patersonia glabrata Smooth Purple Flag 0.3 0.3 Patersonia sericea Silky Purple Flag 0.3 0.3 Phragmites australis Common Reed 2.5 x Phylidrum lanuginosum Frogsmouth 1 0.3 Restio tetraphyllus Tassel Rush 1.5 1-2 Schoenoplectus littoralis Bog Rush 1.5 x Schoenoplectus mucronatus Rush 1x Landscape Use Urban Zone Plant Characteristics Shade tolerant Wet areas Screening attractingBird Bush tucker/ aboriginal use Rainforest garden plant Feature Coastal & estuarine Sandstone slopes & gullies Exposed ridges Clay/ shale plateaus Showy flowers Interesting fruit/ seed pods uncommonRare/ Height- metres Width- metres
Schoenoplectus validus River Club Rush 1x Spinifex sericeus Coastal Spinifex 0.3 x Sporobolus virginicus Salt Water Couch Stipa pubescens Spear Grass 1.5 1 Stylidium graminifolium Trigger Plant 0.3 0.1 Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass 0.5 0.5 Typha domingensis Bull Rush 2x Typha orientalis Bull Rush 2x Xanthorrhoea arborea Grass Tree 11 Xanthorrhoea media Grass Tree 11 Xanthorrhoea resinosa Grass Tree 11 Landscape Use Urban Zone Plant Characteristics Shade tolerant Wet areas Screening attractingBird Bush tucker/ aboriginal use Rainforest garden plant Feature Coastal & estuarine Sandstone slopes & gullies Exposed ridges Clay/ shale plateaus Showy flowers Interesting fruit/ seed pods uncommonRare/ Height- metres Width- metres GROUNDCOVERS & SCRAMBLERS
Botanical Name Common Name
Indigenous Astroloma humifusum Craneberry Heath 0.2 0.5 Billardiera scandens Appleberry 0.3 1 Carpobrotus glaucescens Native Pig Face 0.1 1.5 Centella asiatica Swamp Pennywort 0.1 x Cissus antarctica Kangaroo Grape 0.3 3 Commelina cyanea Scurvy Weed 0.2 x Darwinia grandiflora Darwinia 0.1 1 Dichondra repens Kidney Weed 0.1 x Geitonoplesium cymosum Scrambling Lily 12 Geranium homeanum Northern Cranesbill 0.2 1.5 Glycine clandestinum Lover’s Twine 0.2 x Goodenia hederacea Ivy Leaf Goodenia 0.2 0.5 Hardenbergia violacea False Sarsaparilla 0.1 2 Hibbertia scandens Snake Vine 0.3 2 Hibbertia serpyllifolia Guinea Flower 0.1 0.3 Hydrocotyle pedunculata Pennywort 0.1 x Hydrocotyle tripartita Pennywort 0.01 x Ipomoea brasilliensis Goatsfoot Convolvulus 0.1 x Kennedia prostrata Running Postman 0.2 2 Lobelia alata Coastal Lobelia 0.1 0.3 Microlaena stipoides Weeping Meadow Grass 0.1 x Oplismenus aemulus Basket Grass 0.1 x Podocarpus spinulosus Plum Pine 0.3 x Polymeria calycina Swamp Bind Weed 0.2 0.4 Pratia purpurascens White Root 0.1 x Rubus hillii Broad Leaf Bramble 0.1 2 Rubus parvifolius Native Rasberry 0.5 2 Rulingia hermanniifolia Rulingia 0.1 0.5 Scaevola calendulacea Dune Fan Flower 0.1 1 Scaevola ramosissima Purple Fan Flower 0.1 1 Tetragonia tetragonoides Warrigal Cabbage 0.3 1 Veronica plebeia Speedwell 0.1 1 Viola hederacea Native Violet 0.1 x
Native Banksia integrifolia 'Prostrate' Groundcover Banksia 0.3 3 Dampiera diversifolia Dampiera 0.2 0.5 Grevillea 'Gaudichaudii' Grevillea 0.3 2 Grevillea juniperina 'Prostrate' Grevillea 0.5 2 Grevillea 'Royal Mantle' Grevillea 0.2 3-4 Scaevola aemula Fan Flower Scaevola albida White Fan Flower 0.1 1 Landscape Use Urban Zone Plant Characteristics Shade tolerant Wet areas Screening attractingBird Bush tucker/ aboriginal use Rainforest garden plant Feature Coastal & estuarine Sandstone slopes & gullies Exposed ridges Clay/ shale plateaus Showy flowers Interesting fruit/ seed pods uncommonRare/ Height- metres Width- metres FERNS
Botanical Name Common Name
Indigenous Adiantum aethiopicum Maidenhair Fern 0.3 x Adiantum formosum Giant Maidenhair 0.5 x Adiantum hispidulum Rough Maidenhair 0.2 0.4 Asplenium australasicum Birds Nest Fern 0.5 1 Blechnum camfieldii Water Fern 0.5-1 x Blechnum cartilagineum Gristle Fern 0.4 x Blechnum indicum Swamp Water Fern 0.5-1 x Blechnum minus Soft Water Fern 0.3 0.5 Blechnum nudum Fishbone Water Fern 0.3 0.3 Calochlaena dubia Soft Bracken 0.5 x Christella dentata Binung 0.6 1 Cyathea australis Rough Tree Fern 2-3 2 Cyathea cooperi Straw Tree Fern 2-3 2 Davallia pyxidata Hare’s Foot Fern 0.2 0.5 Dennstaedtia davallioides Lacy Ground Fern 0.5-1 x Dicksonia antarctica Soft Tree Fern 1.5-2 1.5-2 Doodia aspera Rasp Fern 0.2 x Histiopteris incisa Bat’s Wing Fern 0.5 1 Hypolepis muellerii Harsh Ground Fern 0.5 x Pellaea falcata Sickle Fern 0.2 x Platycerium bifurcatum Elkhorn 0.8 0.8 Polystichum australiense Shield Fern 0.4 0.5 Pteris tremula Slender Brake 0.4 0.4 Todea barbara King Fern 1-1.5 1-2