Table key
The table below uses letters to denote the type of environment the species are suited to:
- A plants are adaptable, growing well in most soil types and aspects
- C plants are for the coast – dune scrub and woodland
- D plants prefer dry, well-drained soils and can tolerate dryness once established
- S plants prefer or tolerate full shade
- H plants prefer heath or woodland
- W plants prefer or tolerate moist soils, wetness and periodic inundation
Please note, all indigenous plants provide habitat and food for local birds, insects and other native animals.
Species name | Common name | Mature size range (HxW) | Key | |
Acacia brownii | Heath Wattle | 0.5-1m x 1-2m | H | |
Acacia suaveolens | Sweet Wattle | 1–3m x 1–5m | HD | |
Acacia ulicifolia | Juniper Wattle | 1–2m x 1–2m | HW | |
Allocasuarina paradoxa | Green She-oak | 50cm–2m x 1–2m | HDS | |
Aotus ericoides | Common Aotus | 50cm–2m x 30cm x 1.5m | HWD | |
Atriplex cinerea | Coast or Grey Saltbush | 1–2m x 2–3m | CD | |
Bossiaea cinerea | Showy Bossiaea | 1–2m x 1–2m | HCD | |
Correa alba | White Correa | 50cm–2m x 1–3m | CA | |
Correa reflexa | Common Correa | 30cm–2m x 1–2m | HSA | |
Daviesia ulicifolia | Gorse Bitter-pea | 1.5m x 1–2m | HA | |
Dillwynia cinerascens | Grey Parrot-pea | 60cm–1.5m x 50cm–1.5m | HDS | |
Dillwynia glaberrima | Heath Parrot-pea | 50cm–2m x 1–2m | HDS | |
Epacris impressa | Common Heath | 50cm–1.5m x 20–60cm | HA | |
Goodenia ovata | Hop Goodenia | 1–2.5m x 1–3m | HCA | |
Hibbertia fasciculata var. prostrata | Bundled Guinea-flower | 30–60cm x 30cm | HD | |
Hibbertia sericea | Silky Guinea-flower | 30cm–1m x 60cm | HD | |
Hibbertia riparia | Erect Guinea-flower | 30cm–1.2m x 60cm | HA | |
Lasiopetalum baueri | Slender Velvet-bush | 1–1.5m x 50cm–1m | CDA | |
Leptospermum myrsinoides | Heath or Silky Tea-tree | 50cm–2.5m x 1m | HA | |
Leucophyta brownii | Cushion Bush | 20cm–1m x 50cm–2m | CD | |
Leucopogon virgatus | Common Beard-heath | 30cm–1m x 20–60cm | HD | |
Monotoca scoparia | Prickly Broom-heath | 1–2.5m x 1–1.5m | HDW | |
Myoporum petiolatum | Sticky Boobialla | 50cm–2m x 1.5–2m | CA | |
Olearia ramulosa | Twiggy Daisy-bush | 50cm–2m x 1–2.5m | HD | |
Rhagodia candolleana | Seaberry Saltbush | 1.5–4m x 1–2.5m | CA | |
Suaeda australis | Austral Seablite | 15–18cm x 30cm–1.2m | CW |