Indigenous plants to phillip island

SPECIES

COMMON NAME

Acacia dealbata

Silver wattle - Fast growing evergreen tree growing up to 30 metres tall. The flowers are globular bright yellow in colour, produced in large racemose inflorescences containing around 10 - 45 single flowers. The seed is a flatened pea like pod from 2 -12cm long and 6 -15mm wide, containing several seeds that germinate afer servre heat or fire. They generally live from 15 - 40 years.

The leaves are bluish grey, 10 -30 pairs of pinnae and a gland at the junction of each pair. Bird attracting.

Acacia mearsii

Black wattle- Grows 6 -20 metres high. The leaves bipinnate, raised glands occur irrecgularly at and in between the junctions of each pair of pinnae. Flowers are yellow - cream, with fragrant globular flower heads, fruits are dark brown with fine white hairs on them once they rippen.

Good source of firewood burns hot. Bird attracting.

Acacia melanoxylon

Blackwood- Grows fast up to 45 metres in higher altitude forrests like the Dandenong Ranges. Leaves (Phyllodes) are 5 - 10 cm long, they start out greyish then turn dark gree, slightly curved with 3 - 7 veins running along the length of the leaf. Flower is pale yellow globular. Seeds, reddish brown twisted pods. Excellent firewood and beautiful furniture timber. Bird attracting.

Banksia integrifolia

Coastal banksia- Leaves are dark green, and white underneath. Flowers are pale yellow to yellow and appear with several hundred other flowers on a single woody spike 10 -12cm high and 5cm wide. The seeds contained int he spike or cone a few months after the flowers have died, they are black 6 -10mm long depending on the environment. Banksias can reach 35 metres but generally on the Island Eg: Silverleaves 10 -25 metres. Timber is good for woodwork and firewood once it has been dried. Bird attracting.

Eucalyptus globulus subsp. bicostata

Southern blue gum. Found along the Great dividing range from northern New South Wales to western and southern Victoria. E.globulus may reach 70 metres (210ft) in ideal conditions but in Phillip Island more commonly !0 to 20 mts. If left out in the open this tree will retain great shape. Flowers are white and occur in winter to summer.The bark remains rough around the base and sheds in ribbons up the branches. It does have an aggressive root system if planted near pathways it will lift and crack concrete and crack sewer pipes.Blue Gum is a very versatile timber it is solid, showy and durable. Excellent firewood. Bird and Bee attractant.

Eucalyptus obliqua

Messmate

Eucalyptus ovata

Swamp gum

Eucalyptus radiata

Narrow-leaf peppermint

Eucalyptus strzeleckii

Strzelecki gum

Eucalyptus viminalis

Manna gum

Allocasuarina littoralis

Black sheoak

Allocasuarina verticillata

Drooping sheoak

Eucalyptus kitsoniana

Gippsland mallee

Eucalyptus pryoriana

Coast manna gum

Exocarpos cupressiformis

Cherry ballart

Lomatia fraseri

Tree loamatia

Melaleuca ericifolia

Swamp paperbark

Melaleuca lanceolata

Moonah

Melaleuca squarrosa

Scented paperbark

Myoporum insulare

Common boobialla

Acacia mucronata

Narrow-leaf wattle

Acacia paradoxa

Hedge wattle

Acacia sophorae

Coast wattle

Acacia stricta

Hop wattle

Acacia verticillata

Prickly moses

Allocasuarina palodosa

Scrub sheoak

Banksia marginata

Silver banksia

Bansksia spinulosa

Hairpin banksia

Bursaria spinosa

Sweet bursaria

Cassinia aculeata

Common cassinia

Cassinia longifolia

Shiny cassinia

Coprosma quadrifida

Prickly currant-bush

Dodonaea viscosa

Wedge-leaf Hop-bush

Exocarpos strictus

Pale-fruit Ballart

Gynatrix pulchella

Hemp bush

Hakea sericea

Bushy needlewood

Hakea ulicina

Furze hakea

Kunzea ericoides

Burgan

Hymenanthera dentata

Tree violet

Leptospermum continentale

Prickly Tea-tree

Leptospermum laevigatum

Coast Tea-tree

Leptospermum lanigerum

Woolly Tea-tree

Monotoca elliptica

Tree Broom-heath

Monotoca glauca

Currant-wood

Leucopogan parviflorus

Coast Beard-heath

Olearia lirata

Snow Daisy-bush

Polyscias sambucifolia

Elderberry panax

Pomaderris apsera

Hazel pomaderris

Prostanthera lasianthos

Victorian Christmas-bush

Pultenaea daphnoides

Large-leaf Bush-pea

Pultenaea scabra

Rough Bush-pea

Rhagodia candolleana

Seaberry Saltbush

Solanum aviculare

Kangaroo apple

Viminaria juncea

Golden spray

Acacia myrtifolia

Myrtle wattle

Acacia suaveolens

Sweet wattle

Acrotriche serrulata

Honey-pots

Allocasuarina paradoxa

Green sheoak

Allocasuarina pusilla

Dwarf sheoak

Alyxia buxifolia

Sea box

Astroloma humifusum

Cranberry Heath

Atriplex cinerea

Coast saltbush

Correa alba

White correa

Correa reflexa

Common correa

Daviesia latifolia

Hop Bitter-pea

Dillwynia cinerascens

Grey parrot-pea

Dillwynia glaberrima

Smooth parrot-pea

Dillwynia sericea

Showy parrot-pea

Epacris impressa

Common heath

Goodenia ovata

Hop goodenia

Hakea nodosa

Yellow hakea

Hakea teretifoia ssp. hirsuta

Dagger hakea

Hibbertia acicularis

Prickly Guinea-flower

Hibbertia prostrata

Bundled Guinea-flower

Hibbertia sericea

Silky Guinea-flower

Indigofera australis

Austral indigo

Isopogon ceratophyllus

Horny Cone-bush

Leptospermum myrsinoides

Heath tea-tree

Leucophyta brownii

Cushion bush

Leucopogon australis

Spike beard-heath

Olearia axillaris

Coast Daisy-bush

Olearia phlogopappa

Dusty Daisy-bush

Olearia ramulosa

Twiggy Daisy-bush

Ozothamnus turbinatus

Coast everlasting

Persoonia juniperina

Prickly Geebung

Platylobium obtusangulum

Common Flat-pea

Platylobium formosum

Handsome Flat-pea

Pomaderris oraria ssp. paralia

Coast pomaderris

Pultenaea daphnoides

Large-leaf Bush-pea

Pultenaea gunnii

Golden Bush-pea

Pultenaea stricta

Rigid Bush-pea

Ricinocarpos pinifolius

Wedding Bush

Spyridium parvifolium

Dusty miller

Tetratheca ciliata

Pink-bells

Tetratheca pilosa

Hairy pink-bells

Blechnum minus

Soft Water-fern

Gleichenia microphylla

Scrambling Coral-fern

Austrodanthonia laevis

Smooth Wallaby-grass

Austrodanthonia pilosa

Velvet Wallaby-grass

Austrodanthonia setacea

Bristly Wallaby-grass

Austrostipa flavescens

Coast Spear-grass

Austrostipa semibarbata

Fibrous spear-grass

Austrostipa stipoides

Prickly Spear-grass

Carex appressa

Tall Sedge

Carex breviculmis

Common Sedge-grass

Carex fascicularis

Tassel Sedge

Ficinia nodosa (Isolepis nodosa)

Knobby Club-Sedge

Gahnia radula

Thatch Saw-Sedge

Gahnia sieberiana

Red-fruit Saw-Sedge

Gahnia trifida

Coast Sword-Sedge

Juncus krussii ssp. australiansis

Sea Rush

Juncus pallidus

Pale Rush

Lepidosperma elatius

Tall Sword-Sedge

Lepidosperma filiforme

Common Rapier-Sedge

Lepidosperma gladiatum

Coast Sword-Sedge

Lepidosperma laterale

Variable Sword-Sedge

Lomandra filiformis

Wattle Mat-rush

Lomandra longifolia

Spiny-headed Mat-rush

Microlaena stipoides

Weeping Grass

Phragmites australis

Common Reed

Poa labillardieri

Common Tussock-Grass

Poa poiformis

Blue Tussock-Grass

Poa sieberiana

Grey Tussock-Grass

Spinifex sericeus

Hairy spinifex

Themeda triandra

Kangaroo Grass

Ajuga australis

Austral Bugle

Brachyscome graminea

Grass daisy

Brachyscome parvula

Coast daisy

Brunonia australis

Blue pincushion

Burchardia umbellata

Milkmaids

Calocephalus lacteus

Milky Beaty-heads

Carpobrotus rossii

Karkella (pigface)

Centella cordifolia

Centella

Chrysocephalum apiculatum

Common Everlasting

Dampiera stricta

Blue Dampiera

Dianella brevicaulis

Short-stalk Flax-lily

Dianella longifolia

Pale Flax-lily

Dianella revoluta

Black-anther Flax-lily

Dianella tasmanica

Tasman Flax-lily

Dichondra repens

Kidney-weed

Diplarrena moraea

Butterfly flag

Disphyma crassifolium

Rounded Noon-flower

Goodenia humilis

Swamp goodenia

Goodenia lantana

Trailing goodenia

Helichrysum scorpioides

Button Everlasting

Linum marginale

Native flax

Patersonis fragilis

Short purple-flag

Patersonia occidentalis

Long purple-flag

Poranthera microphylla

Small poranthera

Pterostylis longifolia

Tall greenwood

Sambucus gaudichaudiana

White Elderberry

Stylidium graminifolium

Grass Trigger-plant. Tufted grass-like plant with leaves from 5-25cm long and