Suggested Indigenous Plants as Replacement Plants for Pest Plants: Mornington Peninsula

KEY: SR Salt spray resistant

CA Coastal areas

HC Heavy and clay soils

SS Sandy soils

MEDIUM - LARGE TREES (over 6 metres)

Acacia dealbata

Acacia mearnsii

Acacia melanoxylon

Allocasuarina verticillata

Allocasuarina littoralis

Banksia integrifolia

Eucalyptus cephalocarpa

Eucalyptus obliqua

Eucalyptus ovata

Eucalyptus pauciflora

Eucalyptus pryoriana

Eucalyptus radiata

Eucalyptus viminalis

SMALL TREES - LARGE SHRUBS (2-6 metres)

Acacia paradoxa

Acacia sophorae

Acacia verticillata

Alyxia buxifolia

Banksia marginate

Bursaria spinosa

Hakea sericea

Hakea ulicina

Leptospermum laevigatum

Leucopogon parviflorus

REPLACEMENT PLANT

LT Lime tolerant

WD Wet in winter, dry in summer

HS Hedge or screening plant

WS Wet situations

Pest plant except near coast

SR CA HC SS

LT WD HS WS

Silver Wattle

Black Wattle

Blackwood

Drooping She-oke

Black She-oke

Coast Banksia

Silver-leaved Stringybark

Messmate Stringybark

Swamp Gum

White Sallee or Sriow Gum

Rough-barked Manna Gum

Narrow-leaved Peppermint

Manna Gum

Hedge Wattle

Coast Wattle

Prickly Moses

Sea-box

Silver Banksia

Sweet Bursaria

Silky Hakea

Furze Hakea

Coast Tea-tree

Coast Beard-heath

Swamp Paperbark

Moonah

Scented Paperbark

Boobialla

Golden Spray

Melaleuca ericifolia

Melaieuca lanceolata

Melaleuca squarrosa

Myoporum insulare

Viminariajuncea

MEDIUM SHRUBS (1-2 metres)

Acacia myrtifolia

Acacia suaveolens

Allocasuarina paludosa

Allocasuarina pusilla

Atriplex cinerea

Bossiaea cinerea

Daviesia latifolia

Goodenia ovata

Goodia lotifolia

Indigofera australis

Hakea nodosa

Leptospermum juniperinum

Leptospermum myrsinoides

Leucopogon virgatus

Olearia axillaris

Olearia tirata

Platylobium obtusangulum

Rhagodia baccata

SMALL SHRUBS (under 1 metre)

Correa alba

Correa reflexa

Dillwynia cinareseens

Dillwynia glaberrima

Epacris impressa

Helichrysum apiculatum

Helichrysum paralium

Helichrysum semipapposum

Hibbertia sericea

Hibbertia strieta

Hibbertia prostrata

Leucophyta brownii

Pultenaea daphnoides

Pultenaea gunnii

Tetratheca ciliata

CLIMBERS

Billardiera scandens

Clematis microphylla

Clematis aristata

Comesperma volubile

Glycine clandestine

Hardenbergia violacea

TUFTS AND TUSSOCKS

Bulbine bulbosa

Danthonia spp.

Dianelia longifolia

Dianella revoluta

Dichopogon strictus

Gahnia sieberiana

Lkpidosperma spp.

L,omandra longifolia

Patersonia occidentalis

Poa spp.

Restio tetraphyllus

Stylidium graminifolium

Themeda triandra

GROUND COVERS

Dichondra repens

Kennedia prostrate

Microlaena stipoides

Viola hederacea

Swamp Paperbark

Moonah

Scented Paperbark

Boobialla

Golden Spray

Myrtle Wattle

Sweet Wattle

Scrub She-oak

Dwarf She-oak

Coast Saltbush

Showy Bossiaea

Hop Bitter-pea

Hop Goodenia

Golden-tip

Austral Indigo

Yellow Hakea

Prickly Tea-tree

Silky Tea-tree

Common Beard-heath

Coast Daisy-bush

Snowy Daisy-bush

Common Flat-pea

Seaberry Saltbush

Cushion-bush

White Correa

Common Correa

Grey Parrot-pea

Smooth Parrot-pea

Common Heath

Common Everlasting

Coast Everlasting

Clustered Everlasting

Silky Guinea-flower

Erect Guinea-flower

Bundled Guinea-flower

Large-leaf Bush-pea

Golden Bush-pea

Pink-bells

Common Appleberry

Small-leaved Clematis

Australian Clematis

Love Creeper

Twining Glycine

Coral Pea

Bulbine Lily

Wallaby Grasses (various)

Pale Flax-lily

Black-anther Flax-lily

Chocolate Lily

Red-fruit Saw-sedge

Sword-sedges (various)

Spiny-headed Mat-rush

Long Purple-flag

Tussock Grasses (various)

Tassel Cord-rush

Grass Trigger-plant

Kangaroo Grass

Kidney-weed

Running Postman

Weeping Grass

Ivy-leaf Violet

Grasses and sedges have not been categorized. Advice on choice for specific locations should be sought from growers.

This list is by no means comprehensive. It consists merely of local plants currently or soon to be available from Peninsula nurseries specialist in native

plants. It will be progressively updated as more local species become available to the public.

Prepared by Anne Read (Mt. Eliza Association for Environmental Care Inc.).

October 1990

Myrtle Wattle

Sweet Wattle

Scrub She-oak

Dwarf She-oak

Coast Saltbush

Showy Bossiaea

Hop Bitter-pea

Hop Goodenia

Golden-tip

Austral Indigo

Yellow Hakea

Prickly Tea-tree

Silky Tea-tree

Common Beard-heath

Coast Daisy-bush

Snowy Daisy-bush

Common Flat-pea

Seaberry Saltbush

Cushion-bush

White Correa

Common Correa

Grey Parrot-pea

Smooth Parrot-pea

Common Heath

Common Everlasting

Coast Everlasting

Clustered Everlasting

Silky Guinea-flower

Erect Guinea-flower

Bundled Guinea-flower

Large-leaf Bush-pea

Golden Bush-pea

Pink-bells

Common Appleberry

Small-leaved Clematis

Australian Clematis

Love Creeper

Twining Glycine

Coral Pea

Bulbine Lily

Wallaby Grasses (various)

Pale Flax-lily

Black-anther Flax-lily

Chocolate Lily

Red-fruit Saw-sedge

Sword-sedges (various)

Spiny-headed Mat-rush

Long Purple-flag

Tussock Grasses (various)

Tassel Cord-rush

Grass Trigger-plant

Kangaroo Grass

Kidney-weed

Running Postman

Weeping Grass

Ivy-leaf Violet

October 1990