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DEFINITIONS
SHRUB: A woody plant of relatively low height (usually under 6 Metres), having several stems growing from the base and no singular trunk.
TREE: A woody plant that has a single trunk with lateral branches growing from the trunk.
Plants of the same species may be a Shrub or a Tree, depending on growing conditions.
HERB: A plant that does not produce a woody stem although it might be woody at the base.
SEDGE: A grass-like plant that grows in wet ground or near water.
GRASS: A typically short herbaceous plant with jointed stems and spikes of small wind-pollinated flowers.
HEIGHTS
Heights advised on Labels are "Garden of Eden" heights, that is, the height the plant will attain in its natural Habitat, in ideal conditions and the
right micro-climate.
We advise these heights so that you won't be surprised if the plant acheives its full potential, but plants may not attain these heights in
culitivation.
Some plants can also be kept more compact with regular pruning.
Acacia cincinnata Form: Tree to 5 Metres High Acacia complanata Form: Shrub to 5 Metres High
(Coin Spot Wattle) (Flat-Stemmed Wattle)
(Coil Pod Wattle) Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained
Description: Erect Canopied Habit Description: Erect Arching Habit Squirell Glider
Evergreen Perennial Evergreen Perennial
Dark Green semi-elliptical "leaves" to 16 cm x Green elliptical "leaves" to 10 cm x 30 mm
30 mm Bright Yellow ball-shaped perfumed flowers
Creamy-White flower rods to 35 mm long in to 10 mm diameter in Spring to Autumn
Autumn to Winter Brown flat leathery seed pods to 15 cm
Brown tightly coiled seed pods to 40 mm long
Family: Mimosaceae
Family: Mimosaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest
Natural Habitat: Open Eucalypt Forest Pale-Headed Rosella
Special Features:
Special Features: • Bird Attracting (Pale-Headed Rosellas)
• Bird Attracting • Squirrel Glider Attracting
• Seed pods look like stacks of coins • Aboriginal Tool Source
• Understorey Plant
Acacia concurrens Form: Tree to 8 Metres High Acacia cultriformis Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High
(Black Wattle) (Curracabah) (Dog-Tooth Wattle)
Aspect: Full Sun (Knife-Leaf Wattle) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Dark Green semi-elliptical "leaves" to 15 cm Grey/Green inverted triangle "leaves" to 3 cm
Bright Yellow perfumed flower rods to 10 cm Bright Yellow ball-shaped flowers to 7 mm in
long in Winter to Spring Spring
Coiled or twisted seed pods to 15 cm x 4 mm
Family: Mimosaceae
Family: Mimosaceae Blue Jewel Butterfly
Natural Habitat: Open Eucalypt Forest
Special Features:
Special Features: • Bird Attracting
• Host Plant for Blue Jewel and Glistening • Butterfly Attracting
Blue Butterflies amongst others • Specimen Plant
• Bird Attracting
• New growth has a dust-like coating
• Screen Plant
Acacia disparrima Form: Tree to 15 Metres High Acacia falcata Form: Shrub to 4 Metres High
was was
Acacia aulacocarpa Aspect: Full Sun Racosperma falcatum Aspect: Full Sun
(Hickory Wattle) (Sickle Leaf Wattle)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Stony / Well-Drained
(Ironbark Wattle) (Hickory Wattle)
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Fiery Jewel Butterfly Description: Erect Open Habit
Grey-Green curved "leaves" to 12 cm x 30 mm Green flat curved "leaves" to 20 cm x 40 mm
Yellow flower rods to 7 cm in Summer to Creamy-White ball-shaped flowers to 8 mm
Autumn in Autumn to Winter
Brown woody seed pods to 10 cm Straight woody flat seed pods to 10 cm
Family: Mimosaceae Family: Mimosaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Eucalypt Forest Natural Habitat: Open Eucalypt Forest
Special Features: Special Features:

• Host Plant for Common Imperial Blue • Bird Attracting
and Fiery Jewel Butterflies • Butterfly Attracting
• Bird Attracting • Revegetation Plant
• Bee Attracting • Will self-seed on weed-free mulched soils
• Aboriginal Boomerang Timber • Used for low-maintenance sloping sites
Acacia fimbriata Form: Shrub or Tree to 5 Metres High Acacia holosericia Form: Shrub to 4 Metres High
(Brisbane Wattle) Imperial Hairstreak Butterfly (Velvet Wattle)
(Fringed Wattle) Aspect: Full Sun (Soapbush Wattle) Aspect: Full Sun
(Candleabra Wattle)
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
Description: Weeping, often crooked, Habit Description: Erect Open Habit

Light Green narrow leaves to 8 cm x 5 mm Silver-Grey broad "leaves" to 25 cm long
Yellow perfumed ball-shaped fowers to 8 mm Yellow rod-like flower spikes to 6 cm in Winter
in Winter to Spring Brown coiled seed pods to 6 cm
Woody flattened seed pods to 10 cm x 8 mm
Family: Mimosaceae
Family: Mimosaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest
King Parrot Special Features:
Special Features: • Aboriginal Food source
• Host Plant for Imperial Hairstreak Butterfly • Potential Food Tree in Africa
• Bird Attracting (King Parrot) • Leaves used as Bush Soap
• Aboriginal Food Source • Fast Growing
• Screen Plant • Tactile Plant, leaves soft to touch
Acacia irrorata Form: Tree to 10 Metres High Acacia juncifolia Form: Shrub to 2.5 Metres High
(Green Wattle) (Rush Leaved Wattle)
(Fern Leaf Wattle) Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun
Description: Erect Open Habit Description: Erect Open Habit

Dark Green finely-divided leaves to 10 cm Green needle like "leaves" to 20 cm x 1 mm
Creamy White puff-ball flowers to 10 mm Yellow 5 mm ball-shaped flowers in Winter to
in Summer Spring
Leathery flattened seed pods to 7 cm Green flattened seed pods to 10 cm x 4 mm
with seeds outlined
Family: Mimosaceae
Family: Mimosaceae
Special Features:
• Food Plant for various Indigineous Butterflies Special Features:
• Grows close to Watercourses • Aboriginal Food Source
• Fast Growing
Acacia leiocalyx Form: Shrub or Tree to 8 Metres High Acacia maidenii Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
(Early Black Wattle) (Maiden's Wattle)
(Lamb's Tail Wattle) Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, prefers Fertile Soils
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Erect Rounded Habit

Green elliptic "leaves" to 15 cm x 30 mm Dark Green "leaves" to 18 cm x 22 mm
Yellow rod-shaped perfumed flowers to 10 cm Light Yellow flowers in 6 cm spikes in Summer
in Winter to Spring Leathery slightly twisted seed pods to 15 cm
Leathery slightly twisted and flatttened seed
pods to 12 cm x 3 mm Family: Mimosaceae Common Grass Yellow Butterfly
Common Imperial Blue Butterfly
Family: Mimosaceae Natural Habitat: Dry Eucalypt Forest
Natural Habitat: Open Eucalypt Forest Special Features:

• Host Plant for Grass Yellow Butterfly
Special Features: • Aboriginal Food and Tool Source
• Host Plant for Common Imperial Blue Butterfly
• Butterfly Larvae tended by Ants Named after Joseph Henry Maiden,
• Bird Attracting a former NSW Government Botanist
• Bee Attracting
• Aboriginal Boomerang timber
Acacia melanoxylon Form: Tree to 20 Metres High Acacia penninervis Form: Tree to 8 Metres High
(Blackwood) (Mountain Hickory Wattle) Short-Tailed Line-Blue Butterfly
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Fertile Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Erect Spreading Habit

Dark Green narrow "leaves" to 14 cm x 30 mm Light Green "leaves" to 15 cm x 40 mm
Creamy-White ball-shaped flowers to 10 mm Creamy-White ball-shaped flowers to 10 mm
for most of year for most of year
Woody curled or twisted seed pods to 12 cm Leathery flat seed pods to 6 cm x 15 mm
Family: Mimosaceae Family: Mimosoaceae Common Imperial-Blue Butterfly
Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Eucalypt Forest

• Host Plant for indigenous Butterfly Larvae • Host Plant for Short Tailed Line Blue and
• Used for Erosion Control and Revegetation Common Imperial Blue Butterflies
• Long invasive root run • Bird Attracting
• Aboriginals used bark and twigs for drugging • Fast Growing Screen Plant
fish as a means of fishing
Acacia podalyriifolia Form: Tree to 8 Metres High Acacia salicina Form: Tree to 12 Metres High
(Queensland Silver Wattle) (Cooba) (Broughton Willow)
(Mt Morgan Wattle) Aspect: Full Sun (Sally Wattle) (Black Wattle) Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Rocky / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Heavy / Seasonally Waterlogged
Description: Rounded Dense Habit Description: Dense Weeping Habit

Silver Grey elliptical "leaves" to 5 cm x 25 mm Pale Green narrow "leaves" to 16 cm x 12 mm
Gold globular perfumed flowers to 10 mm in Creamy-White globular flowers to 10 mm
Winter in Autumn
Grey flat velvety seed pods to 10 cm x 20 mm Woody flat straight seed pods to 12 cm
Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest

• Host Plant for Felder's Line-Blue and • Aboriginal Tool and Medicine Source
Tailed Emperor Butterflies • Found on banks of Rivers and Creeks
• Quick Growing • Nitrogen Fixing Plant for land reclamation
• Screen Plant • Potential as Commerical Timber Source
• Tactile Plant with velvety leaves and pods
Acacia sophorae Form: Shrub - Prostrate to 2.5 Metres High Acacia suaveolens Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High
(Coastal Wattle) (Sweet Wattle)
(Boobyalla) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Spreading Habit Description: Erect Open Habit

Green elongated "leaves" to 10 cm x 20 mm Green narrow "leaves" to 13 cm x 10 mm
Golden Yellow 50 mm cylinderical flowers in Creamy-White globular flowers to 6 mm in
Winter to Spring clusters to 30 mm in Winter to Spring
Brown curved and twisted seed pods to 8 cm Blue-Grey flat seed pods to 4 cm x 17 mm
Natural Habitat: Dunes and Headlands Natural Habitat: Eucalypt Forest

• Trunk parallel to ground • Butterfly Attracting
• Used for sand stabilisation on beaches • Aboriginal Food Source
• Aboriginal food source • Used for sand stabilisation on beaches
• Early Settlers used bark in tanning skins
Acmena hemilampra Form: Tree to 30 Metres High Acmena ingens Form: Tree to 30 Metres High
(Broad-Leaved Lillipilli) was
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Acmena australis Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Red Apple) (Wild Cherry)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Dense Pyramidal Habit when young, canopy
Evergreen Perennial spreads with age
Glossy Green broad leaves to 12 cm long Evergreen Perennial
White flowers to 6 mm in profusion in Spring Dark Green glossy elliptical leaves to 16 cm
to Summer Pinkish-White flowers to 8 mm in Summer
White globular fruit to 20 mm Pink turning Bright Red globular fruit to 40 mm
Bright Oak-Blue Butterfly
Family: Myrtaceae Family: Myrtaceae
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical RainForest

• Can be pruned to a thick Hedge • Host Plant for Bright Oak Blue Butterfly
• Height can be controlled for landscaping • Bird Attracting
• New growth Red / Bronze • Aboriginal Food Source
• Edible but sour fruit • Fruit used in Jams and Sauces
Acmena smithii Form: Tree to 20 Metres High Acmena smithii var. minor Form: Tree to 3.5 Metres High
(Lilly Pilly) (Lilly Pilly)
(Narrow-Leaved Lilly Pilly) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Narrow-Leaved Lilly Pilly) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained

Dark Green ellipitical leaves to 16 cm long Dark Green ellipitical leaves to 16 cm long
White flowers to 7 mm in Spring to Summer White flowers to 7 mm in Spring to Summer
Pink, Purple or White edible fruit to 15 mm Pink, Purple or White edible fruit to 15 mm
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest

• Can be pruned to a thick hedge • Can be pruned to a thick hedge
• Rarely affected by Psyllids • Rarely affected by Psyllids
Named after Sir J E Smith, Botanist Named after Sir J E Smith, Botanist
and Founder of the Linnean Society and Founder of the Linnean Society
Agathis robusta Form: Tree to 50 Metres High Alchornea ilicifolia Form: Shrub or Tree to 6 Metres High
(Queensland Kauri Pine) (Native Holly) (Dove Wood)
Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Semi-Shade / Shade
Description: Erect Rounded Habit Description: Open Rounded Habit

Evergreen Perennial Dark Green spiny leaves to 13 cm x 7 cm
Dark Green narrow elliptic leaves to 13 cm Greenish-Cream tiny flowers close to branch
Insignificant flowers in Spring to Summer
Green cone fruit to 150 mm diameter Green three lobed capsule fruit to 8 mm
Family: Araucariaceae Family: Euphorbiaceae
Natural Habitat: Coastal Rainforest Natural Habitat: Sub-tropical and Dry Rainforests

• Specimen Tree • Bird Attracting
• Valuable Timber Tree • Understorey Plant
• Illegally logged in the 1950s
Named after Stanesby Alchorne
(1727-1800) a collector of British plants
Alectryon coriaceus Form: Tree to 6 Metres High Alectryon subcinereus Form: Tree to 15 Metres High
(Beach Bird's Eye) (Wild Quince)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade

Green glossy broad elliptical leaves to 11 cm Green finely-toothed leaves to 14 cm long
White / Greenish-White flowers to 5 mm in Yellowish flowers to 3 mm in Spring to
Spring to Summer Summer
Green hairy 3 or 4-lobed edible fruit to 15 mm Green 1 to 3-lobed fruit to 15 mm
Family: Sapindaceae Family: Sapindaceae
Natural Habitat: Coastal Forest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest

Bronze Flat Butterfly
Special Features: Six Line-Blue Butterfly Special Features:
• Host Plant for Blue Family of Butterflies • Host Plant for Bronze Flat Butterfly
• Bird Attracting • Aboriginal Food Source
• Aboriginal Food Source
Alectryon tomentosus Form: Tree to 15 Metres High Allocasuarina littoralis Form: Tree to 6 Metres High
(Hairy Alectryon) (Black She-Oak)
Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Open Habit with spreading canopy Description: Round Conical Habit
Dark Green broad elliptical leaves to 14 cm Silver-Green pine needle-like "leaves"
Creamy Pink flowers to 4 mm in spikes to Red male flowers on leaves and Red female
4 cm in Winter flowers on branches in Autumn / Winter
Brown hairy fruit containing a Black seed in Woody Cone fruit to 25 mm
an edible Red flesh
Family: Casuarinaceae Glossy Black Cockatoo
Family: Sapindaceae Green Catbird
Natural Habitat: Rainforest
Special Features:
Special Features: • Food Plant for Glossy Black Cockatoo
• Bird Attracting - Green Catbird food • Male and Female flowers on separate plants
• Hardy and able to withstand dry periods • Fallen needles form plant excluding mulch
• Pinkish-Brown new growth • Aboriginal Food and Tool Source
• Pioneer Plant
Allocasuarina rigida Form: Shrub to 5 Metres High Allocasuarina torulosa Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
was (Forest Oak)(Rose She-Oak)
Casuarina rigida Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun
(Rigid She-Oak)
Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
(Mountain She-Oak)
Description: Erect Open Habit Description: Upright / Dense Habit
Grey-Green pine needle like "leaves" Silver-Green pine needle-like leaves
Red male flowers on leaves and Red female Brown male flowers on leaves and Red female
flowers on branches in Autumn to Winter flowers on branches in Autumn to Winter
Woody cone fruit to 27 mm Woody cone fruit to 30 mm
Family: Casuarinaceae Glossy Black Cockatoo Family: Casuarinaceae Glossy Black Cockatoo
Natural Habitat: Montane Heath Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Food Plant for Sulphur Crested and • Food Plant for Glossy Black Cockatoo
Glossy Black Cockatoos • Windbreak Plant
• Can form dense communities
• Male and Female flowers on separate plants
Listed as Endangered Species • Fallen needles form plant excluding mulch
• Aboriginal Food and Tool Source
Alloxylon flammeum Form: Tree to 30 Metres High Alloxylon pinnatum Form: Tree to 25 Metres High
(Queensland Tree Waratah) (Tree Waratah)

Blue-Faced Honeyeater
Description: Wide Conical Habit Blue-Faced Honeyeater Description: Wide Conical Habit
Green glossy elliptical leaves to 15 cm Green narrow elliptical leaves to 40 cm long
Bright Red flowers to 12 cm in clusters to Bright Red flowers to 12 cm in Spring to
75 cm in Spring to Summer Summer
Brown woody oblong fruit to 10 cm long with Brown woody oblong fruit to 10 cm long with
winged seeds winged seeds
Family: Proteaceae Family: Proteaceae
Natural Habitat: Warm-Temperate Rainforest Natural Habitat: Warm-Temperate Rainforest

• Nectar-Eating Bird Attracting • Nectar-Eating Bird Attracting
• Long-Lasting Flowers • Long-Lasting Flowers
LISTED AS VUNERABLE SPECIES IN QLD LISTED AS NEAR THREATENED IN QLD

Alocasia brisbanensis Form: Herbaceous Plant to 2 Metres High Alphitonia excelsa Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
was (Red Ash) (Cooper's Wood)
Alocasia macrorrhizos Aspect: Filtered Sun / Shaded (Soap Tree) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Green Banded-Blue
Butterfly
(Cunjevoi Lily)
Soil/Conditions: Moist /Moist
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
Description: Erect Clumping Habit
Evergreen Perennial Description: Dense Rounded Habit
Large, fleshy heart-shaped leaves to 70 cm Semi-Deciduous Perennial
Small scented flowers Green oblong leaves to 14 cm, White under
Red berry fruit to 15 mm Cream small flowers in clusters in Late
Autumn to Winter
Family: Arecaceae Dull Black globular fruit to 10mm
Natural Habitat: Tropical and Sub-Tropical Rainforest Family: Rhamnaceae
Special Features: Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest

• Bee and Bird attracting
• Roots, Tubers and Berries are all TOXIC Special Features:
• Suitable for Ponds and Wet Areas • Host Plant for Green Banded Blue and
• Aboriginal Medicine and Tool Source Other Blue Family Butterflies
• Shares its name with a Marine Animal • Aboriginal Medicine and Tool Source
• Crushed leaves make Bush Soap
Alphitonia petriei Form: Tree to 20 Metres High Alpinia caerulea Form: Herb to 3 Metres High
(White Ash) (Pink Ash) (Native Ginger)
Aspect: Full Sun (Blueberry Ginger) Aspect: Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Average Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist
Description: Erect Layered Habit Brown Cuckoo Dove Description: Erect Clumping Habit
Glossy Green leaves to 17 cm, White under Green glossy elliptical leaves to 40 cm x 10 cm
Cream perfumed flowers to 4 mm in clusters White tubular flowers to 10 mm on spikes to
in Spring 30 cm in Spring
Black compressed fruit to 15 mm long Blue berry fruit to 10 mm
Family: Rhamnaceae Small Banded-Blue Butterfly Family: Zingeberaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Rainforest

• Host Plant for Small Banded Blue Butterfly • Edible roots and fruit interior (very seedy)
• Food Plant for Superb Fruit Dove and • Pot Plant
Brown Cukoo Dove • Indoor Plant
• Fast Growing
Araucaria bidwillii Form: Tree to 40 Metres High Araucaria cunninghamii Form: Tree to 50 Metres High
(Bunya Pine) (Hoop Pine)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Aboriginal: kum’barchu) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist
Description: Straight Habit, dome-shaped Crown Description: Open Rounded Habit

Green narrow pointed leaves to 50 mm long Glossy Green pointed leaves to 8 mm
Green Female Fruit to 30 cm with 5 cm seeds Separate male and female flowers on
in Summer to early Autumn, usually triannually same plant in Summer
Green ovoid cone fruit to 10 cm
Family: Araucariaceae
Family: Araucariaceae
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest
Special Features:
• Edible Fruit (Large Nuts) Special Features:
• Aboriginal Sacred Tree / Food Source • Bird Attracting - Cockatoos and Finches
• Indoor Plant (as Christmas Tree)
Protected by Crown Decree in 1842 • Wide range of Commercial Timber Uses
Rescinded in 1860 to allow logging • Plantation trees used for CCA treatment
• Kumbartcho Sanctuary named after it
Archidendron Form: Tree to 20 Metres High Archontophoenix Form: Tree to 25 Metres High
muellerianum cunninghamania
(Veiny Lace Flower) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Bangalow Palm) Aspect: Semi-Shade
(Picabeen Palm)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist
Description: Erect Open Habit Description: Erect Columnar Habit

Dark Green glossy leaves to 13 cm long Green glossy leaves to 4 Metres long
White flowers to 6 cm in Spring to Summer Pink to Lilac 20 mm flowers on Cream
Red / Brown spiralled ruit to 13 cm long, stalks to 80 cm
Yellow inside with Black seeds Red fruit to 15 mm diameter
Family: Mimosaceae Family: Arecaceae
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest Natural Habitat: Rainforest Gullies

• Bird Attracting • Fast Growing (up to 1 Metre per year)
• Flowers and Fruit on Trunk and Branches
Named after Allan Cunningham,
Rare Tree due to land clearing Australian Explorer and Plant Collector
Argyrodendron Form: Tree to 50 Metres High Argyrodendron Form: Tree to 40 Metres High
actinophyllum trifoliolatum
(Black Booyong) Aspect: Semi-Shade (White Booyong) Aspect: Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained

Dark Green glossy leaves to 16 cm with wavy Dark Green glossy elliptical leaves Silvery
edges Grey under to 14 cm
White 5-petalled bell-shaped flowers to 7 mm Cream Flowers to 13 mm
Pink wing-shaped fruit to 12 mm Pink wing-shaped fruit to 20 mm
Family: Sterculiaceae Family: Sterculiaceae
Natural Habitat: Rainforest Natural Habitat: Rainforest

Bronze Flat Butterfly
• Buttressed Trunk • Host Plant for Bronze Flat Butterfly
• Indoor Plant • Brush Turkey Food Source
• Buttressed Trunk
Aristida caput-medusae Form: Grass to 1 Metre High Asplenium australasicum Form: Fern to 1 Metre High by 3 Metres wide
(Many-Headed Wire Grass) (Bird's Nest Fern)
Aspect: Full Sun (Crow's Nest Fern) Aspect: Semi Shade
Description: Erect Tufting Habit Description: Erect Weeping Habit

Green basal leaves to 6 cm x 2 mm Light Green elliptical glossy fronds to 2 Metres
Light Green turning Brown seed head to No flowers, only spores on underside of leaves
10 mm
Family: Aspleniaceae
Family: Poaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry and Wet RainForest
Special Features:
Special Features: • Epiphytic (Growing on Trees)
• Bird Attracting • Lithophytic (Growing on Rocks)
• Hardy low maintenance plant • Will grow in soil if plenty of organic matter
and very good drainage
• Indoor Plant
Atalaya salicifolia Form: Tree to 20 Metres High Atractocarpus chartaceus Form: Tree to 6 Metres High
(Brush Whitewood) (Narow-Leaved Gardenia)
(Scrub Whitewood) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, but prefers Moist Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Open Arching Habit

Dark Green elliptical leaves to 16 cm Dark Green glossy oblong leaves to 16 cm
White 5-petalled flowers to 5 mm in Late White fragrant 5-petalled tubular flowers to
Spring 20 mm in Winter
Brown winged seeds to 4 cm Red cyclindrical edible fruit to 30 mm
Family: Sapindaceae Family: Rubiaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest Natural Habitat: Tropical and Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Shade Tree • Bird Attracting
• Thinner young leaves • Bee Attracting
• Broad adult leaves • Understorey Plant
Native Stingless Bee
Atractocarpus fitzalanii Form: Srub or Tree to 5 Metres High Auranticarpa rhombifolia Form: Tree to 25 Metres High
(Brown Gardenia) Bee Hawkmoth (Diamond-Leaved
(Orange Randia) Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade Pittosporum) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi Shade
(Yellow Mangosteen)
Description: Round Dense Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Dark Green glossy lance-shaped leaves to Green glossy diamond-shaped serrated leaves
25 cm x 10 cm to 12 cm long
White fragrant 5-petalled tubular flowers to White five-petalled flowers to 8 mm in clusters
25 mm that open in the afternoon in Spring in Late Spring to Summer
Yellow edible fruit to 80 mm Orange pear-shaped fruit to 8 mm long
Family: Rubiaceae Family: Pittosporaceae
Natural Habitat: Tropical and Sub-Tropical Rainforest Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest

• Food Plant for Bee Hawkmoth • Butterfly Attracting
• Understorey Plant • Bird Attracting
• Indoor Plant • Specimen Tree
Austromyrtus dulcis Form: Shrub to less than 1 Metre High Backhousia citriodora Form: Tree to 15 Metres High
(Midgen Berry) (Lemon Myrtle)
Aboriginal: Midyim Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Sweet Verbena Tree) Aspect: Semi-Shade
Description: Prostrate Spreading Habit Description: Dense Pyramidal Habit

Dark Green glossy leaves to 30 mm long Dark Green leaves to 10 cm long
White five-petalled flowers to 8 mm in Spring White flowers to 6 mm in dense clusters in
White globular fruit to 10 mm with Summer
Blue / Black Spots Brown tiny fruit
Natural Habitat: Coastal Heath Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Bird Attracting • Indoor Plant
• Aboriginal Food Source • Strong Lemon scent when leaves crushed
• Coppery and very hairy new growth • Can be used as a Hedge
• Hanging Basket Plant
Backhousia myrtifolia Form: Tree to 12 Metres High Baeckea frutescens Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High
(Grey Myrtle) was
(Cinnamon Myrtle) Aspect: Full Sun Baeckea stenophylla Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Weeping Backea)
Soil/Conditions: Light to Medium / Prefers Moist Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Moist
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Open Weeping Habit

Dark Green glossy leaves to 7 cm long Dark Green thin leaves to 15 mm
White flowers to 15 mm in Spring to Summer White 5-petalled flowers to 5 mm in Spring to
Brown woody fruit capsule to 7 mm Summer
Woody capsule fruit to 2 mm
Family: Myrtaceae
Family: Myrtaceae
Natural Habitat: Coastal Heath
Special Features:
• Small Bird Attracting Special Features:
• Butterfly Attracting • Bird Attracting
• Screen Plant • Bee Attracting
• Leaves aromatic when crushed • Flowers profusely
• Crushed leaves can be used as Insect • Leaves aromatic when crushed
Repellant
Baloskion pallens Form: Herbaceous Sedge to 1.5 Metres High Banksia aemula Form: Shrub or Gnarled Tree to 8 Metres High
was (Wallum Banksia)
Restio pallens Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun
(Pale Cord Rush)
Soil/Conditions: Sandy Peat / Damp to Wet Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained
(Lake Poona Sedge)
(Didgery Sticks) Description: Erect Creeping Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit
Wiry Brown and Green banded stems to 1 Light Green serrated leaves to 20 cm long
Metre Creamy-White to Yellowish bottle brush
Reddish / Brown tiny flowers on 25 cm spikes flowers to 20 cm x 12 cm in Autumn to Winter
in Spring to Summer Seed in woody cones that remain on plant
Family: Restionaceae Southern Barred Frog Family: Proteaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Heathlands Natural Habitat: Coastal Heath

• Bird Attracting • Bird Attracting
• Frog Habitat • Bee Attracting
• Pond Plant • Screen Tree
• Accent Plant • Specimen Tree
• Requires mass planting (9 tubes per Sq M)
Banksia integrifolia Form: Form: Tree to 20 Metres High Banksia oblongifolia Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High
(Coastal Banksia) (Dwarf Banksia)
(White Honeysuckle) Aspect: Full Sun (Fern Leaved Banksia) Aspect: Full Sun

Scarlet Honey-Eater
Description: Upright Habit Eastern Spinebill Description: Low Spreading Habit
Dark Green leaves Silver-Grey underneath Green serrated edge leaves to 10 cm
Pale Yellow bottle brush flowers to 15 cm long Creamy-Yellow bottle brush flowers to
in Summer 15 cm x 7.5 cm in Autumn to Winter
Seed in woody cones that remain on plant Seed in woody cones that remain on plant
Natural Habitat: Coastal Dunes Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest / Heathland
Squirrel Glider
• Honey-Eating Bird Attracting • Bird Attracting - Honeyeaters, Ground
• Glider Attracting Parrots
• Possum Attracting • Aboriginal Food and Medicine Source
• Aboriginal Food Source • Aboriginals used seed pods as hair combs
Brush Tail Possum • Benefits from pruning after flowering
Banksia robur Form: Shrub to 3.5 Metres High Banksi spinulosa Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High
(Swamp Banksia) (Golden Candlesticks)
Aspect: Full Sun (Hairpin Banksia) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Poorly-Drained Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained

Squirrel Glider
Description: Open Erect Habit Description: Round Dense Habit
Green glossy stiff serrated 30 cm leaves Green narrow serrated leaves to 12 cm
Green turning to Creamy-Yellow bottle brush Pale Lemon, Red / Gold bottle brush flowers
flowers to 20 cm in Spring to Summer to 28 cm x 8 cm in Autumn to Winter
Seed in woody cones that remain on plant Seed in woody cones that remain on plant
Natural Habitat: Wet Heathlands Natural Habitat: Wallum / Coastal Heathlands

• Bird Attracting • Nectar-Eating Bird Attracting
• Butterfly Attracting • Glider Attracting
• Aboriginal Food, Medicine and Tool Source • Aboriginal Food Source
Scarlet- Honey Eater
Beilschmiedia elliptica Form: Tree to 30 Metres High Beilschmiedia obtusifolia Form: Tree to 35 Metres High
(Grey Walnut) (Blush Walnut)
Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun

Mid-Green narrow elliptical leaves to 11 cm Mid-Green broad blunt-tipped leaves to 10 cm
Whitish flowers to 3.5 mm on spikes in Cream strong-smelling flowers to 3 mm on
Summer spikes in Summer
Black globular fruit to 12 mm Black globular fruit to 25 mm diameter
Family: Lauraceae Family: Lauraceae
Natural Habitat: Dry and Subtropical Rainforest Natural Habitat: Dry and Subtropical Rainforest

• Bluish Grey-Green sheen on leaves • Bluish Grey-Green sheen on leaves
• Greyish bloom on fruit • Greyish bloom on fruit
• Buttressed Trunk up to 2 Metres • Buttressed Trunk up to 2 Metres
Barklya syringifolia Form: Tree to 20 Metres High Brachychiton acerifolius Form: Tree to 35 Metres High
(Crown Of Gold Tree) (Illawarra Flame Tree)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Flame Tree) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Well-Composted / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adapatable / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Open Pryamidal Habit

Evergreen Perennial Deciduous Perennial
Green glossy heart-shaped leaves to 9 cm Green lobed leaves to 25 cm long
Yellow 5-petalled flowers to 5 mm in spikes to Bright Red flowers to 15 mm in bunches at end
20 cm long in Spring to Summer of branches in Spring to Summer
Brown flat seed pod to 5.4 cm Brown boat-Shaped leathery seed pod to
12 cm long
Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Family: Sterculiaceae
Special Features:
• Specimen Tree Special Features:
• Slow Growing at first • Food Plant for numerous Butterflies
• Will flower when only 2 Metres High • Aboriginal Food and Tool Source
• May take 5 Years to flower but worth the wait
Brachychiton bidwilii Form: Shrub or Tree to 4 Metres High Brachychiton discolor Form: Tree to 30 Metres High
(Little Kurrajong) (Lacebark)
Description: Erect Open Habit Description: Round Dense Habit

Semi-Deciduous Perennial Deciduous Perennial
Dark Green lobed hairy leaves to 20 cm long Green lobed hairy leaves to 20 cm long
Red or Pink trumpet flowers to 4 cm after Pink bell-shaped flowers to 6 cm in
leaves fall in Late Spring to Summer Clusters in Late Summer
Brown hairy boat-shaped 12 cm seed pods Brown hairy boat-shaped seed pods to 20 cm
Family: Sterculiaceae Family: Sterculiaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest

• Drought Resistant • Bird Attracting
• Flowers when still young • Shade Tree
• Flowers borne on branches after leaves fall • Aboriginal Food and Tool Source
• Can be pruned to maintain shape
Brachychiton ormeau Form: Tree to 30 Metres High Brachychiton populneus Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
(Ormeau Bottle Tree) Aspect: Full Sun (Kurrajong)
Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Prefers Moist
Description: Dense Canopied Habit Blue-Faced Honey Eater
Deciduous Perennial Description: Dense Rounded Habit
Glossy Green multi-lobed leaves to 20 cm Semi-Deciduous Perennial
Greenish-White bell-shaped flowers to 10 mm Dark Green glossy leaves to 10 cm long
in clusters at end of branches in Spring Creamy-White bell-shaped flowers to 15 mm
Brown boat-shaped seed pods to 30 mm with Red / Brown throats in Summer
Brown woody boat-shaped seed pods to 10 cm
Special Features:
• Distinctive Bottle-Shaped Trunk in Mature Trees Special Features:
• Coppery to Pale Green new growth • Nectar-Eating Bird Attracting
• Indoor Plant
LISTED AS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED • Slow Growing at first
• Aboriginal Tool and Food Source
Brachychiton rupestris Form: Tree to 20 Metres High Brachyscome multifida Form: Herb to 0.3 Metres High
(Queensland Bottle Tree) (Cut Leaf Daisy)
(Small-Leaved Bottle Tree) Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Rounded Canopy to 2 Metre diameter Description: Low Spreading Habit

Semi-Deciduous Perennial Evergreen Perennial
Light Green leaves to 13 mm Green narrow leaves to 35 mm
White / Yellow / Pink 5-petalled flowers to Masses of Pink, White or Mauve flowers to
10 mm in Spring 10 mm in Autumn to Spring
Brown boat-shaped seed pods to 30 mm Seeds few in number and rarely viable
Family: Sterculiaceae Family: Asteraceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest

• Bare, distinctive Bottle-Shaped Trunk • Rockery Plant
• Used for Stock Fodder • Pot Plant
• Aboriginal Food and Tool Source • Hanging Basket Plant
• Removing spent flowers encourages
more flowers
Breynia oblongifolia Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High Buckinghamia celsissima Form: Tree to 8 Metres High
(Breynia) (Coffee Bush) (Ivory Curl Tree)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / semi-shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Prefers Moist

Mid-Green broadly elliptical leaves to 3 cm Dark Green leathery leaves to 16 cm x 7 cm
Inconspicuous flowers to 3 mm under stems Cream perfumed flower spikes to 20 cm in
in Spring to Summer profusion in Summer to Autumn
Red berry fruit to 6 mm, Black when ripe Brown single seed pods to 3 cm with curved
Common Grass Yellow Butterfly tail
Family: Phyllanthacae
Family: Proteaceae
Natural Habitat: Tropical Rainforest (Nth Qld Native)
Special Features:
• Host Plant for Common Grass Yellow Butterfly Special Features:
• Rusty Red New Growth • Host Plant for Bright cornelian Butterfly
• Bird Attracting
• Bee Attracting
• Street Tree (Sandgate is an example)
Callerya megasperma Form: Vine to indeterminate height Callicarpa pedunculata Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High
was Common Pencilled-Blue Butterfly (Velvet Leaf) (Beauty Berry)
Millettia megasperma Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Native Wisteria)
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist
Description: Vigorous Climbing Habit Description: Open Arching Habit

Evergreen Perennial Green rounded hairy leaves to 15 cm with
Green glossy elliptical leaves to 10 cm long toothed edges
Mauve perfumed flowers to 20 mm in Spring Pink Flowers to 3 mm grown in 50 mm
Woody velvety seed pods to 18 cm long clusters along stems in Summer
Purple berry fruit to 3 mm diameter
Family: Fabaceae
Family: Verbenaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Eucalypt Forest, Rainforest
Special Features:
• Host Plant for Common Pencilled-Blue Butterfly Special Features:
• Willl climb to top of Structures / Trees • Bird Attracting
• Needs to be controlled for best effect • Aboriginal Medicine Source
• Lantana Replacement Plant, but not as
spikey or vigourous
Callicoma serratifolia Form: Tree to 15 Metres High Callistemon citrinus Form: Shrub to 4 Metres High
(Black Wattle) (Crimson Bottlebrush)
(Silver Leaf Butterwood) Aspect: Semi-Shade / Full shade Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, but prefers Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist
Description: Dense Habit Description: Round Dense Habit

Green serrated edged leaves to 13 cm long Dull-Green lance-shaped leaves to 7 cm long
Cream ball-like flowers to 20 mm in Spring to Brilliant-Scarlet bottle-brush flowers to 12 cm
Early Summer Flowers twice a year - Spring and Autumn
Brown small cappsule fruit in heads to 15 mm Woody fruit capsules
Family: Cunoniaceae Family: Myrtaceae
Natural Habitat: Rainforest Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest

• Common in gullies and and along creeks • Bird Attracting
• Bee Attracting
Used by early Settlers for "Wattle and Daub" • Faint Citrus smell from crushed leaves
huts - which is why Wattle trees are so named • Prune and fertilise after flowering
• Can be hedged
Callistemon viminalis Form: Tree to 10 Metres High Callitris columellaris Form: Tree to 30 Metres High
was (Coastal Cypress)
Melaleuca viminalis Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (White Cypress) Aspect: Full Sun
(Weeping Bottlebrush) (Bribie Pine)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained
Description: Rounded Weeping Habit Description: Narrow Columnar Habit

Green narrow leaves to 10 cm long Blue / Green Cypress-like leaves
Bright Red flowers in spikes to 150 mm long No flowers only brown male and female spores
in Late Spring with some flowers all year on ends of leaves on same plant
Woody capsule fruit to 5 mm Woody round seed pods to 20 mm
Family: Myrtaceae Family: Cupressaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Eucalypt Forest / Riparian Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest

• Most widely cultivated example of species • Insect Attracting
• Erosion Control Plant • Termite Resistant Timber
• Screen Plant • Aboriginal Tool and Medicine Source
• Prune after flowering to maintain shape • Resin used in medicines, paint and
adhesives
Canavalia rosea Form: Ground Cover to 0.5 Metres High an 6 Metres Wide Capillipedium spicigerum Form: Grass to 1.5 Metres High
(Coastal Jackbean) (Scented-Top Grass)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade / Rockeries Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Prostrate Creeping Habit Description: Erect Tufting Habit

Green rounded leaves to 12 cm x 10 cm Green basal leaves to 40 cm x 5 mm
Puplish-Pink pea flowers to 15 mm all year Reddish / Purple flowers on stems to 1.5 M
Green flattened fleshy seed pods to 15 cm in Summer
Light Brown seed to 1.7 mm
Family: Fabaceae
Family: Poaceae
Natural Habitat: Coastal Sand Dunes
Natural Habitat: Dry Eucalypt Forest
Used by Captain Cook as a Special Features:
source of fresh food for • Salt Tolerant and Drought Resistant Special Features:
his crew to prevent • Young beans can be eaten raw, mature beans • Bird Attracting
must be boiled/roasted. • Seedheads remain over several months
Vitamin C deficiency
• Fruity scent when crushed
(Scurvy)
• Requires mass planting (15 tubes per Sq M)
Capparis arborea Form: Tree to 8 Metres High Capparis mitchellii Form: Shrub or Tree to 4 Metres High
was (Wild Orange)
Busbeckia arborea Aspect: Semi-Shade (Native Pomegranete) Aspect: Full Sun
(Caper Bush)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Canopied Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Dark Green egg-shaped leaves to 12 cm Dull Green rounded leaves to 9 cm
Creamy-White lightly-scented 40 mm flowers White or Creamy-Yellow 30 mm flowers with
singly or in pairs in Spring long stamens all year round
Green edible berry fruit to 6 cm Green fragrant fruit to 5 cm on long curved
Caper White Butterfly stalks
Family: Capparaceae Caper White Butterfly
Family: Capparaceae
Special Features:
• Host Plant for Caper White and Common Special Features:
Pearl White Butterflies • Host Plant for Caper White Butterfly
• Bird Attracting for Food and Shelter • Aboriginal Food Source
• Spikes on trunk and branches • Flowers only last a day
• Juvenile trees open and more spiky
Carex apressa Form: Sedge to 1.5 Metres High Carpobrotus glaucescens Form: Groundcover to 2 Metres Long
(Tall Sedge) (Tussock Sedge) (Coastal Pigface)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Angular Pigface) Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Damp to Wet Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained
Description: Erect Clumping Habit Southern Barred Frog Description: Prostrate Creeping Habit
Green glossy slender leaves to 60 cm x 1 cm Green thick triangular fleshy leaves to 7 cm
Greenish-Brown 4 mm flowers in spike to Pink / Purple flowers to 6 cm all year
15cm Red-Purple extended berry fruit to 3 cm
Yellow to Red-Brown seed nuts
Family: Aoizaceae
Family: Cyperaceae
Natural Habitat: Coastal Dunes / Headlands
Natural Habitat: Freshwater Wetlands
Special Features:
Special Features: • Slope Binding Plant, rooting at nodes
• Bio-Filter Plant • Aboriginal Food and Medicine Source
• Soil Binding plant • Salt and Vitamin C source
• Aboriginal Tool Source • Leaves used in same way as Aloe Vera
• Leaves have sharp edges - Wear Gloves!
Cassia brewsteri Form: Tree to 15 Metres High Cassinia subtropica Form: Shrub to 2.5 Metres High
(Leichardt Bean) (Cough Bush)
(Cigar Cassia) Aspect: Full Sun (Bush Rosemary) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Rounded Habit Description: Open Rounded Habit

Light Green elliptical glossy leaves to 10 cm Dark Green leaves to 3 cm, White and
Yellow to Orange or Reddish 25 mm flowers wooly underneath
in pendulous displays to 50 cm in Summer White flowers to 4 mm in loosely pryamidal
Brown cigar-shaped fruit to 45 cm x 25 mm bunches to 15 cm in Spring to Autumn
Extremly small seeds
Family: Caesalpiniaceae Family: Asteraceae
Natural Habitat: Dry RainForest Natural Habitat: Open Eucalypt Forest

• Butterfly Attracting • Understorey Plant
• Leaves aromatic when crushed
Castanospermum australe Form: Tree to 35 Metres High Casuarina cunnighamiana Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
(Black Bean) (River Oak) (River She-Oak)
(Moreton Bay Chestnut) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist to Wet
Description: Erect Canopied Habit Description: Rounded Conical Habit

Green glossy leaves to 20 cm Silver-Green pine needle-like leaves to 20 cm
Red and Yellow pea-shaped flowers to 30 mm Brown male flowers on leaves and Red female
in Spring to Summer flowers on branches in Autumn to Winter
Brown tubular fruit pods to 25 cm x 5 cm Woody cone fruit to 20 mm
Family: Casuarinaceae
Family: Fabaceae Glossy Black Cocktaoo
Special Features:
Special Features: • Food Plant for Glossy Black Cockatoo
• Bird and Bat Attracting • Windbreak Plant
• All parts of tree are TOXIC to humans • Male and Female flowers on separate plants
• Seeds have Anti-HIV and Anti-Cancer • Fallen needles form plant excluding mulch
potential • Aboriginal Food and Tool Source
• Aboriginal Food Source after toxins removed
Casuarina equisetifolia Form: Tree to 10 Metres High Casuarina glauca Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
(Coastal She-Oak) (Swamp She-Oak)
(Horse-Tail She-Oak) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist to Wet
Description: Open Drooping Habit Description: Open Drooping Habit

Leaves too small to be seen, apparent leaves Silver-Green pine needle-like leaves
are actually branchlets Creamy-Brown Male and Red Female flowers
Male and Female flowers on separate plants on separate plants in Spring to Summer
in Spring to Summer Light Brown knobbly cylindical fruit to 20 mm
Light Brown knobbly cylindical fruit to 15 mm
Family: Casuarinaceae
Family: Casuarinaceae Glossy Black Cocktaoo
Natural Habitat: Tidal Wetlands
Natural Habitat: Coastal Dunes
Special Features:
Special Features: • Food Plant for Glossy Black Cockatoos
• Bird Attracting • Aboriginal Food and Tool Source
• Butterfly Attracting • Early Settlers used timber for fence rails
• Hardy Shrub • Fallen needles form plant excluding mulch
• Aboriginal and Early Settler Medicine Source
Chrysocephalum Form: Flowering Herb to 0.5 Metres High Cinnamomum oliveri Form: Tree to 30 Metres High
apiculatum (Oliver's Sassafrass)
(Billy Buttons) Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Prostrate Spreading Habit Description: Dense Canopied Habit Blue Triangle Butterfly
Green or Silver Grey Leaves to 5 cm x 25 mm Glossy Green wave-edged leaves to 15 cm,
Small Yellow flowers in terminal clusters most paler underneath
of the year Creamy-White 5 mm flowers in Spring
Painted Lady Butterfly Black egg-shaped fruit to 13 mm
Family: Asteraceae
Family: Luaraceae
Natural Habitat: Eucalypt Forest
Special Features:
• Host plant for Painted Lady Butterfly Special Features:
• Cascading Bank Plant (70 cm centres) • Host Plant for Blue Triangle Butterfly
• Early Settlers used it for worming stock • Bird Attracting
• Aboriginal and Settler Medicine Source
• All parts of tree aromatic (Sarsaparilla)
Cissus antarctica Form: Woody Vine or Ground Cover to 5 Metres Cissus hypoglauca Form: Ground Cover or Woody Climbing Vine to 5 Metres
(Kangaroo Vine) (Five-Leaved Water Vine) High
Aspect: Semi-Shade / Shade (Giant Water Vine)
Aspect: Semi-Shade / Shade
(Native Grape)
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Joseph's Coat Moth Larvae Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, but prefers Moist
Description: Scrambling / Climbing Habit
Evergreen Perennial Description: Vigorous Climbing Habit
Bright Green leaves to 12 cm Evergreen Perennial
Yellowish flowers to 5 mm Green leaves to 15 cm long in groups of five
Purplish-Black grape-like edible fruit Bright Yellow flowers to 6 mm in clusters in
Spring to Summer
Family: Vitaceae Black / Purple sour-tasting berry fruit to 10
mm
Natural Habitat: Rain Forest
Joseph's Coat Moth Family: Vitaceae
Special Features:
• Joseph's Coat Moth Host Plant Natural Habitat: Rainforest / Wet Eucalypt Forests
• Bird Attracting
• Hanging Basket plant Special Features:
• Indoor Plant • Bird Attracting
• Aboriginal Food and Tool Source • Aboriginal Tool and Medicine Source
• Indoor Plant
Citrus australasicia Form: Shrub or Tree to 4 Metres High Citrus australis Form: Shrub or Tree to 6 Metres High
(Native Finger Lime) (Wild Lime) (Native Lime)

Dainty Swallowtail Butterfly Superb Fairy Wren
Green elliptical leaves to 40 mm Dark Green elliptical leaves to 55 mm
White / Pale Pink 3 or 4 petalled flowers White 4-petalled perfumed flowers to 15 mm
to 15 mm in late Summer / Autumn in Spring
Green or Yellow fruit to 10 cm long with Green globular fruit to 65 mm
Green, Yellow or Pink flesh
Family: Rutaceae
Family: Rutaceae Dainty Swallowtail Larvae
Special Features:
Special Features: • Aboriginal Food Source
• Host Plant for Dainty Swallowtail Butterfly • Leaves aromatic when crushed
• Aboriginal Food Source • Spikes make tree a Nest Plant for Small Birds
Clematis glycinoides Form: Woody Climbing Vine to 3 Metres High Clerodendrum floribundum Form: Shrub or Tree to 6 Metres High
(Headache Vine) (Lolly Bush) (Lottery Tree)
(Old Man's Beard) Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Vigorous Climbing Habit Description: Dense Roundedl Habit Common Tit Butterfly
Evergreen Perennial Green egg-shaped leaves to 15 cm x 6 cm
Light Green rounded leaves to 8 cm x 5 cm White tubular perfumed flowers to 15 mm in
White 4-petalled flowers to 25 mm in Spring Spring to Summer
Feathery seed capsules to 5 cm long Blue-Black globular fruit to 10 mm in Red case
Family: Ranunculaceae Family: Lamiaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest Natural Habitat: Open Eucalypt Forest

• Host Plant for Common Tit Butterfly
• Bird Attracting • Suckers freely
• Bee Attracting • Needs regular pruning to maintain shape
• Aboriginal Medicine Source • Aboriginal Tool and Medicine Source
• Can irratate hands after a while
• Seperate Male and Female plants
Commersonia bartramia Form: Shrub or Tree to 20 Metres High Cordyline petiolaris Form: Palm-like Lilly to 5 Metres High
(Brown Kurrajong) (Broad Leaved Palm Lilly)
(Bush Christmas Tree) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Shaded
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, prefers Moist
Description: Pyramidal Habit Description: Multi-stemmed Upright Habit

Green narrow leaves to 14 cm pale under Green broad leaves to 85 cm x 15 cm
White 5-petalled flowers to 5 mm in dense White to Lilac flowers to 10 mm on spikes in
clusters in layers on branches in Summer Winter to Spring
Brown bristly seed capsules to 25 mm Red berry fruit to 10 mm on drooping spikes
Family: Byttneriaceae Family: Laxmanniaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Aboriginal Tool Source • Bee, Ant, Moth and Butterfly Attracting
• Flowers look like snow on branches • Indoor Plant
• Pioneer Plant • Pot Plant
• Understorey Plant
• Hardy and easy to grow
Cordyline rubra Form: Palm-like Lilly to 4 Metres High Cordyline stricta Form: Palm-like Lilly to 5 Metres High
(Red-Fruited Palm Lilly) (Narrow Leaved Palm Lilly)
Aspect: Shaded Aspect: Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, prefers Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, prefers Moist
Description: Multi-stemmed Upright Habit Description: Multi-stemmed Upright Habit

Green narrow leaves to 50 cm x 4.5 cm Glossy Green narrow leaves to 50 cm long
Purplish 10 mm flowers on drooping spikes White / Purple flowers in Winter / Spring
in Spring Purple / Black berry fruit
Red berry fruit to 10 mm in in clusters Yellow-Streaked or Miskin's Swift Butterfly
Family: Asteliaceae
Family: Laxmanniaceae
Special Features:
Special Features: • Host Plant for Yellow-Streaked or Miskin's
• Bee, Ant, Moth and Butterfly Attracting Swift Butterfly
• Hardy and easy to grow • Bee, Ant and Moth Attracting
• Understorey Plant • Indoor Plant
• Pot Plant • Pot Plant
• Indoor Plant • Understorey Plant
Coronidium elatum Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High Corymbia citridora Form: Tree to 40 Metres High
was (Lemon-Scented Gum)
Helichrysum elatum Aspect: Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun
(Tall Paper Daisy)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
(White Paper Daisy)
(White Everlasting Daisy) Description: Narrow Erect Habit Description: Straight Habit
(Tall Everlasting Daisy) Evergreen Perennial Evergreen Perennial
Dark Green leaves to 10cm long x 4 cm Dark Green narrow leaves to 23 cm x 28 mm
White flowers to 4 cm with Yellow centres White flowers in Winter to Spring
in Winter to Summer Woody barrel-shaped fruit to 12 mm x 10 mm
Family: Asteraceae Family: Myrtaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Dry and Wet Sclerophyll Forest

• Related to Sunflowers • Bird Attracting
• Source of Essential Oils • Bee Attracting
• Retained Bark gives spotted appearance
• Aboriginal Medicine Source
Corymbia intermedia Form: Tree to 35 Metres High Corymbia ptychocarpa Form: Tree to 15 Metres High
was (Swamp Bloodwood)
Eucalyptus intermedia Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun
(Pink Bloodwood)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable
Dull Oakblue Butterfly Blue-Faced Honey Eater
Description: Erect Irregular Habit Description: Open Rounded Habit
Dark Green leaves to 16 cm, paler under Green glossy long leaves to 30 cm
White flowers to 7 mm in clusters in Late Creamy-Yellow, Pink or Red flowers in Winter
Summer to Spring
Woody barrel-shaped fruit to 20 mm x 18 mm Woody urn-shaped seed pods to 5.4 cm
Natural Habitat: Dry and Wet Eucalypt Forest Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest

• Host Plant for Dull Oakblue Butterfly • Nectar-Feeding Bird Attracting
• Bird Attracting • Specimen Tree
• Bee Attracting • Leaves and Branches have a Drooping Habit
• Valuable Constuction Timber
Corymbia tessellaris Form: Tree to 30 Metres High Crinum pedunculatum Form: Herbaceous Plant to 1.5 Metres High
(Moreton-Bay Ash) (Swamp Lily) (River Lily)
Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable
Description: Open Drooping Habit Description: Erect Clumping Habit

Deciduous Perennial Evergreen Perennial
Green pendulous leaves to 25 cm x 25 mm Green strappy leaves to 100 cm by 10 cm
White flowers to 15 mm in Winter White open scented flowers to 10 cm on
Woody cup-shaped fruit to 12 mm x 8 mm thick 80 cm stem in Spring / Summer
Green bulbous beaked seed pod
Family: Myrtaceae
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Natural Habitat: Riparian
Special Features:
• Bird Attracting Special Features:
• Single White trunk with Grey bark at base • Tolerates dry conditions and poor soils
• Branches widely at height • Pond Plant
• Salt Spray Tolerent • Wet Area Plant
• Pot Plant
• Hardy Landscape Plant
Cryptocarya laevigata Form: Shrub or Small Tree to 6 Metres High Cryptocarya macdonaldii Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
(Glossy Laurel) (Cooloola Laurel)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, prefers Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist
Description: Open Habit Description: Erect Canopied Habit Blue Triangle Butterfly
Green glossy narrow leaves to 12 cm Dark Green narrow elliptic leaves to 14 cm
White or Pinkish 4 mm flowers in Spring to Yellowish tiny odorous flowers in Summer
Summer Black ovoid berry to 10 mm, sometimes
Orange to Red berry fruit to 15 mm ribbed
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest (Understorey) Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest

• Butterfly Attracting • Host Plant for Blue Triangle Butterfly
• Understorey Plant • New growth Red turning Light Green and
then maturing to a Dark Green
Cryptocarya triplinervis Form: Tree to 15 Metres High Cullen tenax Form: Groundcover 0.3 Metres High to 1 Metre across
(Brown Laurel) (Emu's Foot) Chequered Swallowtail Butterfly
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Blue Triangle Butterfly Description: Prostrate Creeping Habit
Green glossy elliptical leaves to 10 cm Emu Foot-shaped leaves to 10 cm across
Yellowish flowers to 3 mm in Summer Purple 5 mm flowers in spikes to 10cm most
Purple / Black globular fruit to 12 mm of year
Black berry fruit to 1 mm
Family: Lauraceae
Family: Fabaceae
Special Features:
• Host Plant for Blue Triangle Butterfly Special Features:
• Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting • Host plant for Chequered Swallowtail
• Coppery hairy new growth Butterfly
• Cottage Garden Tree • Self Seeding
REPLACEMENT FOR CAMPHOR LAUREL (WEED TREE)
Cupaniopsis anacardioides Form: Tree to 10 Metres High Cymbopogon refractus Form: Grass to 1.5 Metres High Southern Barred Frog
(Tuckeroo) (Carrotwood) (Barbed Wire Grass)

(Beach Tamarind) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade

Wompoo Fruit-Dove
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Tufted Upright Habit
Dark Green leathery leaves to 15 cm 30 cm leaves clustered around base
Greenish-Cream 6 mm flowers on spikes in Smooth stems, branching at Purple nodes
Winter to Spring Seeds in clumps resembling Barbed-Wire
Orange 3-lobed fruit to 15 mm with Black
seeds in a red pulp Family: Poaceae Pale Faced Rosella
Family: Sapindaceae Natural Habitat: Dry Eucalypt Forest
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest Special Features:

Pencilled Blue Butterfly • Small Mammal and Frog Habitat
Special Features: • Lemon smell when leaves crushed
• Host Plant for Bright Oak Blue, Pencilled • Food Plant for Rosellas
Blue and Fiery Jewel Butterflies
• Attracts Fruit-Eating Birds
• Shade Tree
Cyperus enervis Form: Sedge to 30 cm High Cyperus polystachyos Form: Sedge to 40 cm High
(Slender Sedge) (Bunchy Sedge)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable Soil/Conditions: Moist
Description: Erect Clumping Habit Description: Erect Clumping Habit

Green upright stems 1 mm wide to 30 cm Bright Green triangular leaves to 1.5 mm thick
Green 2 mm flowers in clusters to 25 mm Greeny-Brown dense heads of flowers to
Brown nut seeds to 1.3 mm 6 cm long on 15 cm stems
Brown nut seed to 0.4 mm
Family: Cyperaceae
Family: Cyperaceae
Natural Habitat: Rainforest and Wet Sclerophyll Forest
Natural Habitat: Wetlands
Special Features:
• Drought Tolerant Special Features:
• Pot Plant
• Border Plant
• Flowers and seeds at end of stems
Cyathea cooperi Form: Fern to 12 Metres High Davidsonia pruriens Form: Tree to 10 Metres High
(Lacy Tree Fern) (Davidson's Plum)
(Australian Tree Fern) Aspect: Full Shade / Semi-Shade (Mullumbimby Plum) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade

King Parrot
Description: Erect Canopied Habit Description: Erect Canopied Habit
Glossy Green divided fronds to 5 Metres long Bright Green hairy serrated leaves to 80 mm
No flowers, only spores on underside of Reddish-Brown flowers in clusters from trunk
leaves Purple fruit to 50 mm borne close to trunk
Family: Lauraceae Family: Cunoniaceae
Natural Habitat: Rainforest / Riparian Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Aboriginal Food Source • Fruit used in Jam, Wine and Ice-Cream
• Most widely grown of Tree Ferns • Aboriginal Food Source
• Fast Growing • King Parrots attracted by fruit
• Indoor Plant
Listed as an Endangered Species
Daviesia umbellulata Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High Decaspermum humile Form: Tree to 8 Metres High
(Prickly Daviesia)(Bitter Pea) Ground Parrot (Silky Myrtle)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Currant Myrtle) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Erect Open Habit Description: Pyramidal Weeping Habit

Green stiff sharp-pointed leaves to 20 mm Green glossy narrow leaves to 9 cm long
Yellow pea-flowers to 5 mm with Red White or Pink 8 mm 5-petalled perfumed
markings in Spring flowers in dense clusters in Autumn to Spring
Triangular seed pods to 9 mm Black globular succulent fruit to 6 mm
Family: Fabaceae Family: Myrtaceae
Natural Habitat: Wallum Woodland Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest

• Shelter Plant for small birds • Bird Attracting
• Ground Parrot Food Plant • Pink new growth covered in silky hairs
Deeringia amaranthoides Form: Scrambling or Climbing Vine or Shrub Derris involuta Form: Scrambling or Climbing Vine
(Climbing Deeringia) (Native Derris)
(Climbing Red Berry) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Fish Poison Vine) Aspect: Full Sun
(Shrubby Deeringia)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Description: Scrambling / Climbing Habit Description: Vigorous Climbing Habit

Mid-Green elliptical leaves to 25 cm Green glossy leaves to 7.5 cm x 35 mm
Greenish-White 3 mm flowers in spikes White / Purple 12 mm flowers in spikes
to 25 cm in Spring to Summer
Bright Red berries in spikes to 25 cm Flattened, hairy seed pods to 7 cm x 12 mm
Family: Amaranthaceae Family: Fabaceae Yellow Plane Butterfly
Natural Habitat: Dry Rain Forest Natural Habitat: Dry Rain Forest

• Understory Plant • Host Plant for Yellow Plane Butterfly
• Seeds stain when crushed • Aborigines used roots to stun fish
• Aboriginal Medicine Source • Source of Derris Powder (Insecticide)
Dianella Form: Herb to 60 cm High Dianella caerulea Form: Lily to 1.8 Metre High
brevipendunctulata (Blue Flax-Lily) (Paroo Lilly)
(Blue Flax-Lily) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Blueberry Lily) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Dry / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained

Yellow Banded Dart Butterfy
Description: Erect Tufting Habit Description: Erect Tufting Habit
Dark Green arching strap-like leaves to 1 M Dark Green strap-like leaves to 75 cm
Purplish flowers on shorter spikes to 10 mm Blue / Mauve flowers to 15 mm all year on
in Spring stem above foliage
Dark Blue to Purple berry fruit to 10 mm Dark Blue / Purple berry fruit to 15 mm
Family: Hemerocallidaceae Family: Hemerocallidaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Eucalypt Forests Natural Habitat: Dry Eucalypt Forests

• Host Plant for Large Dingy Skipper and • Soil Binding Plant on slopes
Yellow Banded Dart Butterflies • Edging Plant
• Bird Attracting • Rockery Plant
• Aboriginal Tool and Food Source • Prefers unmulched sites
• Soil Binding Plant for slopes
• Pool Plant
Dioscorea transversa Form: Climbing Vine to 4 Metres High Dichondra repens Form: Herb to 50 mm High
(Native Yam) Black and White Skipper Butterfly (Kidney Weed)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Semi-Shade
Description: Scrambling / Climbing Habit Description: Prostrate Creeping Habit

Green glossy narrow heart-shaped leaves Green circular leaves to 25 mm
to 15 cm Greenish-White 5 mm flowers in Spring to
Small White, Green or Yellowish flowers Summer
in late Winter and Spring
Green turning Brown papery 3-lobed fruit to Family: Convolvulaceae
15 mm
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Special Features:
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest • Ground Cover on banks (10cm centres)
• Lawn substitiute in Light Traffic areas
Special Features: • Hanging Basket Plant
• Edible Tubers - can be eaten raw or cooked • Living Mulch for gardens
• Host plant for Black and White Skipper • Non-Invasive
Butterfly • Can be mowed
• Unfortunate Common Name
Diploglottis australis Form: Tree to 35 Metres High Diploglottis campbellii Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
(Native Tamarind) (Small-Leaved Tamarind)
Aspect: Full Sun Fruit Dove Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Erect Open Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Dark Green elliptical leaves to 30 cm long Dark Green leathery leaves to 15 cm
Creamy Brown four-petalled 3 mm flowers in Creamy 4-petalled flowers to 4 mm in
bunches on spikes to 50 cm in Spring clusters in Spring to Autumn
Yellow to Brown 2 or 3-lobed 15 mm fruit Light Brown globular fruit to 60 mm with
Yellow seeds in a Red pulp
Family: Sapindaceae
Family: Sapindaceae
Bright Cornelian Butterfly Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest
Special Features:
• Host Plant for Bright Cornelian Butterfly Special Features:
• Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting • Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting
• Shade Tree • Shade Tree
• Fast Growing • Aboriginal Food Source
Dissiliaria baloghoides Form: Tree to 30 Metres High Dodonaea cuneata Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High
(Lancewood) (Hauer) (Sticky Hop Bush)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Wedge Leaf Hop Bush) Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Soil/Conditions: Light / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Conical Habit Description: Open Habit

Green wave-edged leaves to 11 cm long Green wedge or spoon-shaped leaves to 3 cm
Creamish-Brown perfumed flowers to 3 mm Small Hop-like flowers in Winter to Spring
in Summer to Winter Cream / Red fruit in paper membranes on
Yellowish-Brown woody three-lobed fruit Female plants only
to 12 mm
Family: Sapindaceae
Family: Picrodendraceae
Special Features:
• Hardy Plant • Butterfly Attracting
• Aboriginal Tool Source
• Red / Pink new growth turning Lime Green Early Settlers used it as subtitute for hops in beer
brewing and yeast to make bread
Dodonaea triangularis Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High Dodonaea triquetra Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High
(Triangle Leaf Hop Bush) (Forest Hop Bush)
(Ducksfoot Hop Bush) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Common Hop Bush) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Dry / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained

Fiery Jewel Butterfly
Description: Open Rounded Habit Description: Open Irregular Habit
Green triangle-shaped glossy leaves to 3.5 cm Green arrow-head shaped leaves to 12 cm
Green Hop-like flowers in Winter to Spring Green Hop-like flowers in Winter to Spring
Green papery 3-winged fruit to 10 mm on Green, Pink or Purple 15 mm fruit in 3-winged
Female plants only paper membranes on Female plants only
Family: Sapindaceae Family: Sapindaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Open Eucalypt Forest

• Bird Attracting • Host plant for Fiery Jewel Butterfly
• Butterfly Attracting • Bird Attracting
Early Settlers used it as subtitue for hops in beer Early Settlers used it as subtitue for hops in beer
brewing and yeast to make bread brewing and yeast to make bread
Doodia Aspera Form: Epiphytic or Lithophytic Fern to 45 cm High Doryanthes excelsa Form: Tussock Plant to 1 Metre High
(Prickly Rasp Fern) (Gymea Lilly) (Spear Lilly)
Aspect: Semi Shade / Shade (Giant Lilly) (Flame Lilly) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Erect Spreading Habit Description: Erect Tufting Habit

Dark Green divided fronds to 40 cm long Sword-like leaves to 1 Metre long
No flowers, only spores on underside of Red 10cm Flower head on stalk up to 4 Metres
leaves long in Spring
Family: Blechnaceae Family: Doryanthaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Eucalypt Forest / RainForest Margins Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest

• Epiphytic (Growing on Trees) • Bird and Bee Attracting
• Lithophytic (Growing on Rocks) • Large Rockery Plant
• Will grow in soil if plenty of organic matter • Best viewed from above
and very good drainage • Can take more than 5 years to Flower
• Indoor Plant
• Bright Pink New Growth
Drynaria rigidula Form: Epiphytic or Lithophytic Fern Dysoxylum fraserianum Form: Tree to 40 Metres High
(Basket Fern) (Rosewood)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Rose Mahogany) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Erect Clumping Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Green normal fronds to 2 metres, Brown Green glossy leaves to 12 cm x 40 mm
basal fronds to 36 cm (that are sterile) Cream 4-petalled perfumed flowers to 6 mm
Brown spores under leaf that create dimples in Late Summer
on the top of the leaf Red berry fruit to 25 mm with Red seeds
Family: Polypodiaceae Family: Meliaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Eucalypt Forest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical and Dry Rainforest

• Epiphytic (Growing on Trees) • Bird Attracting
• Lithophytic (Growing on Rocks) • Shade Tree
• Termite Resistant Timber
ENDANGERED PLANT IN NORTHERN NSW • Fragrant Red Timber
Dysoxylum mollissimum Form: Tree to 25 Metres High Dysoxylum rufum Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
(Red Bean) (Hairy Rosewood)
Aspect: Full Sun (Rusty Bean) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Canopied Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Green compound elliptical leaves t0 16 cm Dark Green glossy leaves to 17 cm long
Cream flowers to 16 mm in Summer / Autumn White perfumed flowers to 5 mm on long
Reddish Brown fruit to 20mm diameter spikes in Summer
Yellow / Brown 4 or 5 lobed fruit to 20 mm,
Family: Meliaceae opening to reveal Red seeds
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest Family: Meliaceae
Special Features: Natural Habitat: Dry / Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Red to Brown cabinet timber
• Shade Tree for larger gardens Special Features:
• Broken twigs emit odour of Onion or Turnip • Fruit covered in irritating hairs
Ehretia acuminata Form: Tree to 10 Metres High Elaeocarpus grandis Form: Tree to 35 Metres High
(Koda) (Silky Ash) (Blue Quandong)
(Churnwood) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Blue Fig) Aspect: Full Sun
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Open Rounded Habit

Semi-Deciduous Perennial Evergreen Perennial Wonga Pigeon
Green glossy toothed leaves to 15 cm long Dark Green leaves, older leaves turn red
White fragrant flowers to 7 mm in early White flowers to 15 mm in clusters in
Summer Autumn
Yellow edible fruit to 5 mm (very sweet) Bright Blue rounded fruit to 3 cm
Family: Ehretiaceae Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Rain Forest Natural Habitat: Rainforest

• Host Plant for Hairy Line Blue • Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting
and White-Banded Plane Butterfly • Aboriginal Food and Decoration Source
• Bird Attracting • Large Buttressed Roots
• Aboriginal Food Source • Commercial Timber Source
Elaeocarpus reticulatis Form: Tree to 10 Metres High Enchylaena tomentosa Form: Shrub to 0.5 Metres High by 1 Metre across
(Blueberry Ash) (Ruby Saltbush)
(Fairy Petticoats) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist to Sandy
Description: Dense Conical Habit Description: Dense Prostrate Habit

Dark Green narrow leaves to 10 cm long Grey-Green cylindrical semi-succulent leaves
White or Pink inverted cup-shaped to 20 mm
flowers to 10 mm in Summer Insignificant flowers in Spring / Summer
Bright Blue globular fruit to 10 mm Bright Red depressed-globular fruit to 8 mm
Family: Elaeocarpaceae Family: Chenopodiaceae
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest Natural Habitat: Wetlands

• Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting • Bird Attracting
• Red older leaves • Rockery Plant
• Fruit and Flowers on tree at same time • Fruit goes from Green to Yellow to Red
• Hedge Plant • Edible berries, but need a lot for a meal
Endiandra discolor Form: Tree to 40 Metres High Endiandra sieberi Form: Tree to 35 Metres High
(Rose Walnut) (Corkwood) (Till)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained
Description: Erect Irregular Habit Description: Dense Columnar Habit White-Headed Pigeon
Green glossy elliptical leaves to 20 cm long Green narrow elliptical leaves to 10 cm long
Green flowers to 4 mm in Spring White flowers to 4mm in groups in Spring
Black oval to oblong fruit to 20 mm Purple / Black ovoid fruit to 20 mm
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical / Dry Rainforest Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest / Eucalypt Forest

• Buttressed Roots • Host Plant for Eastern Flat Butterfly
• Specimen Tree • Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting
Replacement for Camphor Laurel (Weed Tree) • Corky looking but firm bark
• Red new growth
Eastern Flat Butterfly
Eromophila debilis Form: Ground Cover to 0.5 Metres across Erythina vespertilio Form: Shrub to 5 Metres High
was (Bat Wing Coral Tree)
Myoporum debile Aspect: Full Sun (Brake-block Tree) Aspect: Full Sun
(Winter Apple)
Description: Prostate Trailing Habit Description: Open Rounded Habit

Evergreen Perennial Deciduous Perennial
Small White or Blue flowers Light Green tri-foliate leaves 12 cm at base
Red, Purple or Green fruit Red pea-type flowers to 30 mm in Summer
Brown seed pods to 100 mm with 1-3
Family: Myoporaceae yellow / orange 12 mm seeds POISONOUS
Natural Habitat: Grassy Woodland Family: Fabaceae
Special Features: Natural Habitat: Dry Eucalyptus Forest

• Bird Attracting
• Mass Plantings Special Features:
• Hanging Basket Plant • Aboriginal and Early Settler Tool Source
• Edible fruit • Aboriginal Medicine and Food Source
• Leaves resemble open wings of a Bat
• Thorns on Trunk and Branches
Eucalyptus camaldulensis Form: Tree to 40 Metres High Eucalyptus crebra Form: Tree to 25 Metres High
(River Red Gum) (Narrow-Leaved Ironbark)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Soil/Conditions: Medium / Well-Drained
Description: Erect Habit with Spreading Canopy Description: Open Rounded Habit
leaves Green glossy leaves to 18 cm x 15 mm
White flowers in Late Spring / Summer White flowers to 6 mm in Autumn to Winter
Woody urn-shaped fruit to 5 mm x 4 mm
Family: Myrtaceae
Family: Myrtaceae
Natural Habitat: Riverine
Special Features:
• Wildlife Habitat Special Features:
• Termite Resistant • Bird Attracting
• Tendency to drop large limbs when stressed • Bee Attracting
• Essential Oils Source • Glider Attracting
• Koala Food Tree
• Valuable Construction Timber
• Sheds bark to show new Pink bark
Eucalyptus curtisii Form: Tree or Mallee to 10 Metres High Eucalyptus grandis Form: Tree to 55 Metres High
(Brisbane Mallee) (Flooded Gum) (Rose Gum)
Soil/Conditions: Sandstone / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Description: Straight Multi-Stemmed Habit Description: Erect Canopied Habit

Green glossy leaves to 16 cm, Paler Green Dark Green aromatic leaves to 16 cm long
underneath White flowers to 2 cm in clusters in Autumn
White flowers in clusters in Late Spring to Woody conical fruit to 8 mm
Summer
Woody urn-shaped fruit to 10 mm x 8 mm Family: Myrtaceae
Family: Myrtaceae Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest
Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest Special Features:

• Koala Food Tree
• Bird Attracting • Aboriginal Food and Medicine Source
• Bee Attracting • Unbranched trunk for most of height
• Fast Growing • Fast growing Commercial Timber Source
Listed as Near Threatened

Eucalyptus microcorys Form: Tree to 35 Metres High Eucalyptus pilularis Form: Tree to 40 Metres High
(Tallow Wood) (Blackbutt)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained
Description: Erect Irregular Habit Description: Erect Canopied Habit

Green glossy sickle-shaped leaves to 14 cm Dark Green glossy leaves to 19 cm
Dark Red-Brown bark with long fibres White flowers in late Spring / Summer
White flowers in late Winter / Spring Woody urn-shaped fruit to 10 mm x 11 mm
Woody urn-shaped fruit to 9 mm x 6 mm with a cross on the end
with a cross on end
Family: Myrtaceae
Family: Myrtaceae
Special Features:
• Koala Food Tree • Bee Attracting
• Bird Attracting • Glider Attracting
• Bee Attracting • Koala Food Tree
• Aboriginal Medicine Source • Insect Scribbles on upper trunk
Eucalyptus punctata Form: Tree to 55 Metres High Eucalyptus propinqua Form: Tree to 40 Metres High
(Grey Gum) (Grey Gum)
Aspect: Full Sun (Small-Fruited Grey Gum) Aspect: Full Sun
Description: Erect Canopied Habit Description: Erect Canopied Habit

Dark Green sickle-shaped leaves to 15 cm Dark Green leaves to 16 cm x 25 mm
White flowers to 2 cm in clusters in Summer White flowers in Late Spring to Summer
Woody conical fruit to 12 mm Woody urn-shaped fruit to 4 mm x 6 mm
Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest
Special Features: Eastern Spinebill Special Features:

• Koala Food Tree • Koala Food Tree
• Nectar Feeding Bird Attracting • Bird Attracting
• Larger trees provide hollows for Fauna • Bee Attracting
• Bark shed in large slabs leaving multi- • Glider Attracting
coloured trunk • Valuable Construction Timber
• Sheds bark to show new Pink bark
Eucalyptus racemosa Form: Tree to 25 Metres High Eucalyptus robusta Form: Tree to 30 Metres High
was (Swamp Mahogany)
Eucalyptus signata Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun
(Scribbly Gum)
Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Boggy / Poorly-Drained
Description: Erect Open Habit Description: Erect Open Habit

Leaves Dark Green leaves to 16 cm, Paler under
White flowers in Winter / Spring White flowers in Winter to Spring
Family: Myrtaceae
Family: Myrtaceae
Natural Habitat: Coastal Heathland
Special Features:
• Koala Food and Shelter Tree Special Features:
• Glider Possum Food and Shelter Tree • Koala Food and Shelter Tree
• Pale-Headed Rosellas eat seed • Glider Possum Food and Shelter Tree
• Aboriginal Food and Medicine Source • Food Plant for Pale-Headed Rosellas
• Scribbles made by Endoxylon Cinera • Aboriginal Food and Medicine Source
Moth larvae • Classified in Stringy Bark Family
Eucalyptus seeana Form: Tree to 30 Metres High Eucalyptus siderophloia Form: Tree to 30 Metres High
(Fine-Leaved Red Gum) (Grey Ironbark)
Soil/Conditions: Clay / Poorly-Drained Soil/Conditions: Stony Slopes / Well-Drained
Description: Erect Irregular Habit Description: Erect Open Habit

Green drooping leaves to 20 cm x 20 mm Greyish-Green leaves to 22cm x 4 cm
White flowers in Winter to Spring White flowers in Winter to Spring
Woody urn-shaped fruit to 8 mm x 8 mm Woody urn-shaped fruit to 8 mm x 7 mm
Natural Habitat: Coastal Heathland Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest

• Koala Food and Shelter Tree • Koala Food and Shelter Tree
• Glider Possum Food and Shelter Tree • Glider Possum Food and Shelter Tree
• Trunk rarely straight • Pale-Headed Rosellas eat seed
• Aboriginal Food and Medicine Source • Aboriginal Food and Medicine Source
• Leaves very aromatic when crushed • Classified in Iron Bark Family
• Classified in Smooth Bark Family
Eucalyptus tereticornis Form: Tree to 50 Metres High Eugenia reinwardtiana Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High
(Forest Red Gum) (Beach Cherry)
(Blue Gum) Aspect: Full Sun (Cedar Bay Cherry) Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade
Description: Erect Canopied Habit Description: Dense Pyramidal Habit

Greyish-Green curved leaves to 19 cm Dark Green glossy rounded leaves to 9 cm
White (occasionaly Pinkish) flowers in Autumn White flowers to 25 mm in Winter to Summer
to Spring Bright Red edible ovoid fruit to 20 mm
Family: Myrtaceae
Family: Myrtaceae
Special Features:
• Koala Food and Shelter Tree • Pink to Lime Green new growth
• Glider Possum Food and Shelter Tree • North Queensland Native
• Bird Attracting
• Aboriginal Food and Medicine Source Named for Prince Eugene of Savoy (1163-1736),
• Hard, strong construction timber a General of the Habsburg Empire.
Eupomatia laurina Form: Shrub or Tree to 5 Metres High Eustrephus latifolius Form: Climbing or Scrambling Vine to 3 Metres High
(Bolwarra) (Native Guava) (Wombat Berry)(Orange
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Vine) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Open Arching Habit Bronze-Winged Pigeon Description: Prostrate Scrambling Habit if no support
Green glossy pointed leaves to 12 cm Green narrow leaves to 10 cm
Cream daisy-shaped perfumed flowers to White or pale pink flowers to 10 mm in
25 mm in Spring to Summer clusters in Spring to Summer
Green cup-shaped edible fruit to 25 mm Yellow to Orange berry fruit to 20 mm with
Black seeds
Family: Eupomtiaceae Eastern Dusk-Flat Butterfly
Special Features:
• Host Plant for Eastern Dusk-Flat Butterfly Special Features:
• Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting • Does best in Semi-Shade
• Aboriginal Food and Tool Source • Fruit stays on plant after opening
• Fruit used for Jams • Will not smother supporting trees
Ficinia Nodosa Form: Rush to 1.5 Metres High Ficus coronata Form: Tree to 15 Metres High
was (Creek Sandpaper Fig)
Isolepis Nodosa Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Knobbly Club Rush)
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Boggy Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Description: Erect Clumping Habit Southern Barred Frog Description: Dense Rounded Habit Purple Moonbeam Butterfly
Green glossy triangular stems to 90 cm x 3 Green rough-textured leaves to 20 cm x 10
mm mm
Brown knob-like flower clumps to 10 mm on Flowers inside fruit
long stems in Spring Purple-Black globular hairy fruit to 20 mm
Brown fruit to 1 mm with shiny Black seed along trunk and branches in Autumn
Family: Cyperaceae Family: Moraceae
Natural Habitat: Freshwater Wetlands Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest

Green Fig Bird
• Border Plant • Host Plant for Moonbeam Butterflies
• Soil Binding plant • Bird Attracting
• Suits mass planting (9 Tubes per Sq M) • Aboriginal Food and Tool Source
•Tolerates dry soils between waterings • Invasive root system
• Frog Habitat • Sometimes multi-trunked
Ficus macrophylla Form: Tree to 50 Metres High (Strangling Species) Ficus microcarpa Form: Tree to 20 Metres High (Strangling Species)
(Moreton Bay Fig) (Small Fruited Fig)
Aspect: Full Sun (Bayan Fig) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade

Green glossy rounded leaves to 25 cm Brown Evergreen Perennial
below Dark Green broad elliptical leaves to 10 cm
Flower inside fruit in Spring Flowers inside fruit in Spring
Orange ovoid paired fruit to 25 mm each Reddish small fruit with White dots
Family: Moraceae Family: Moraceae
Natural Habitat: Rainforest Natural Habitat: Dry / Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Aboriginal Food, Medicine and Tool Source • Aboriginal Food Source
• Shade Tree • Indoor Plant
• Tub Plant • Tub Plant
• Buttressed Trunk • Can be pruned to shape or hedged
• Fruit turns Purple when ripe • Aerial roots
Ficus obliqua Form: Tree to 40 Metres High Ficus rubignosa Form: Tree to 30 Metres High
(Small-leaved Fig) (Port Jackson Fig)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Rock Fig) (Rusty Fig) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Average / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit Common Crow Butterfly
Dark Green glossy leaves to 8 cm Pale Dark Green glossy leaves to 10 cm Brown
Green underneath underneath
Flowers inside fruit in Spring Flowers inside fruit
Yellow paired globular fruit to 10 mm turning Yellow turning to Reddish Purple 10 mm warty
Orange with dark spots paired fruit in Summer
Australasian Fig Bird
Family: Moraceae Family: Moraceae
Natural Habitat: Dry / Sub-Tropical Rainforest Natural Habitat: Dry / Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Bird Attracting • Host Plant for Common Crow Butterfly
• Milky Sap • Aboriginal Food Source
• Buttressed Trunk • Bird Attracting
Common Crow Butterfly Larvae
Ficus superba Form: Tree to 35 Metres High (Strangling Species) Ficus virens Form: Tree to 30 Metres High (Strangling Species)
(Deciduous Fig) (Sea Fig) (White Fig)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Spotted Fig) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit Common Crow Butterfly
Semi-Deciduous Perennial Deciduous Perennial
Green leaves to 12 cm long Green leaves to 14 cm long
Flowers inside fruit in Summer White or Pinkish-Brown paired globular fruit
Yellowish globular fruit turning Purple with in Spring to Summer
Pink or White dots
Family: Moraceae
Common Crow Butterfly Larvae
Family: Moraceae Natural Habitat: Rainforest
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical / Dry Rainforest Special Features:

• Host Plant for Common Crow Butterfly
• Bushy Shade Tree • Fast growing
• Only for large blocks due to invasive roots • Shade Tree
• Food Plant for endangered Coxen's Parrot • Slow but effective killer for big weed trees
• Bird and Flying Fox Attracting
• Slow but effective killer for big weed trees
Ficus watkinsiana Form: Tree to 45 Metres High (Strangling Species) Flindersia australis Form: Tree to 40 Metres High
(Strangler Fig) (Crow's Ash)
(Nipple Fig) Aspect: Full Sun (Australian Teak) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Dense Canopied Habit

Evergreen Perennial Semi-Deciduous Perennial
Green glossy leaves to 25 cm Dark Green elliptical leaves to 13 cm
Flower inside fruit White 5-petalled flowers to 15 mm in Spring
Ovoid Purple paired fruit to 35 mm with to Summer
nipple at apex Green bluntly-spiked fruit capsule,
spliiting into 5 boat-shaped segments
Family: Moraceae
Family: Rutaceae
Special Features:
• Buttressed Trunk Special Features:
• Aboriginal Food, Medicine and Tool Source • Shade Tree
• Specimen Tree
Named in honour of George Watkins, former President • White Ant Resistant
of Qld. Pharmaceutical Society and Plant Collector • Fire Resistant
• Hard, durable construction timber
Flindersia brayleana Form: Tree to 30 Metres High Flindersia xanthoxyla Form: Tree to 40 Metres High
(Queensland Maple) (Yellow Wood) (Long Jack)
(Silkwood) (Red Beech) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Dense Spreading Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Dark Green leaves to 18.5 cm x 7.5 cm Dark Green narrow elliptic leaves to 10 cm
White perfumed flower clusters in Summer Yellow 5-petalled 10 mm flowers in spikes
Green seed capsule to 10 cm long in Summer
Light Green oblong woody spiked fruit
Family: Flindersiaceae capsule to 100 mm long
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest Family: Rutaceae
Special Features: Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical and Dry Rainforest

• Shade Tree
• Specimen Tree Special Features:
• Specimen Tree
Timber from this tree was used for Propellers, • Source of Cabinet Timber
in the frame of the Mosquito Bomber and for • Leaves to ground level if grown in the open
Rifle Stocks in World War 2
Gahnia clarkei Form: Sedge to 2 Metres High Swordgrass Brown Butterfly Gahnia sieberiana Form: Leafy Sedge to 3 Metres High
(Tall Saw Sedge) (Red-Fruited Saw Sedge)
(Cutty Grass) Aspect: Shaded (Small-Seeded Gahnia) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Sword Grass)
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Water-Logged Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Description: Erect Clumping Habit Description: Tussock Forming Habit

Green saw-toothed narrow leaves to 1 Metre Green saw-toothed narrow leaves to 3 Metres
Golden Brown flower spikes to 90 cm Brown flowers spikes to 90 cm
Red-Brown shiny fruit Red spherical fruit to 1.5mm
Family: Cyperaceae Family: Cyperaceae Southern Barred Frog
Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Tropical rainforest

• Host plant for Swordgrass Brown Butterfly • Bird Attracting
• Creek Bank Plant • Bee Attracting
• Damp Area Plant • Frog Habitat
• Leaves have cutting edges - Wear Gloves • Food Plant for various Skipper Butterflies
• Leaves have sharp edges - Wear Gloves!
Geranium homeanum Form: Herb Geissois benthamii Form: Tree to 35 Metres High
(Native Geranium) (Red Carabeen)
(Rainforest Crane's Bill) Aspect: Shade / Semi Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Prostrate Habit, Ascending at ends Description: Open Rounded Habit

Evergreen Perennial or Annual Evergreen Perennial
Mid-Green 3 to 5 lobed leaves to 7 cm Dark Green tri-foliate leaves to 15 cm
Pink or Mauve paired flowers to 8 mm in Pale Yellow flowers on 20 cm spikes in Late
Spring to Summer Spring to Early Summer
Brown beak-shaped fruit to 14 mm on curved Brown fruit capsule to 6 mm
stalks
Family: Cunoniaceae
Family: Geraniaceae
Natural Habitat: Eucalypt Forests
Special Features:
Special Features: • Red new growth
• Ground Cover in lightly treed areas • Specimen Tree
• Aboriginal Food Source • Larger trees have Buttressed Trunks
Geitonoplesium cymosum Form: Vine to 4 Metres High Glochidon ferdinandii Form: Tree to 25 Metres High
(Scrambling Lily) (Cheese Tree)
Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Hercules Moth
Description: Scrambling Climbing Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Evergreen Perennial Semi-Deciduous Perennial
Green glossy narrow leaves Glossy Green elliptical leaves to 16 cm
White flowers in Spring to Autumn Greenish Yellow flowers to 3mm in Spring
Black Berry fruit Whitish Pink to Red pumpkin-shaped fruit
to 20 mm diameter
Family: Philesiaceae
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Eucalypt Forest
Natural Habitat: Wet Eucalypt Forest, Riparian
Special Features:
• Aboriginal Food and Tool Source • Host Plant for Hercules Moth, which is
• Unsupported plants become Ground Australia's largest with a 27 cm wingspan
Cover • Bird Attracting
• Screen Plant
• Shade Plant
Glochidion sumatranum Form: Tree to 15 Metres High by 10 Metre Spread Glycosmis trifoliata Form: Shrub to 4 Metres High
(Umbrella Cheese Tree) (Òrange Berry)
(Buttonwood) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Pink Lime Bush) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Rainbow Lorikeet
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable Soil/Conditions: Moist /Well-Drained
Fuscous Swallowtail Butterfly
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Rounded Open Habit
Green glossy leaves to 12 cm Evergreen Perennial
Green female and Yellow male flowers Green glossy leaves to 15 cm long
to 5 mm in early to late Spring White flowers to 5 mm in clusters in Spring
Dull Pink round hairy fruit to 1 cm to Summer
Pink soft berry fruit to 12 mm diameter
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Family: Rutaceae
Silvereye Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest
Special Features: Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly
• Bird attracting - Silvereye, Rainbow Lorikeet Special Features:
and Lewin's Honeyeater • Host Plant for Orchard and Fuscous
• Fruit resembles minature Qld Blue Pumpkin Swallowtail Butterflies
Lewin's Honeyeater • Edible fruit can be eaten raw
Gmelina leichardtii Form: Tree to 40 Metres High Graptophyllum ilicifolium Form: Shrub to 5 Metres High
(White Beech) (Holly Graptophyllum)
Aspect: Semi-Shade (Holly Fuschia) Aspect: Semi-Shade / will tolerate Full Sun
(Prickly Fuschia)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Well-Drained in Semi-Shade
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Erect Open Habit

Semi-Diciduous Perennial Evergreen Perennial
Light Green broad elliptical leaves to 20 cm Green glossy oval leaves to 11 cm with
Purple and White tubular flowers to 25 mm toothed margins
in Summer Red flowers to 35 mm in Spring
Purple berry fruit to 20 mm diameter
Family: Acanthaceae
Family: Laminaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest and Creek Banks
Natural Habitat: Subtropical and Riverine Rainforest
Special Features:
Special Features: • Slow growing at first, but then grows rapidly
• Shade Tree • Hedge Plant with numerous flowers
• Specimen Tree • Pot Plant
• timber used for a number of purposes
Listed as Vunerable Species
Grevillea banksii Form: Shrub or Tree to 3 Metres High Grevillea robusta Form: Tree to 25 Metres High
(Dwarf Silky Oak) (Silky Oak)
Description: Open Spreading Habit Description: Erect Conical Habit

Green and Light Green finely divided leaves Green divided leaves to 25 cm long
to 30 cm Orange-Yellow brush-shaped flowers to 13 cm
Red flowers to 15 cm in Spring in Spring
Brown boat-shaped seed pods to Brown boat-shaped seed pods to 2 cm
Natural Habitat: Open Eucalypt Forest Natural Habitat: Dry / Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Nectar-Eating Bird Attracting • Bird Attracting
• Cream Flowered variety occurs • Bee Attracting
• North Queensland Native • Shade Tree
• Specimen Tree
Grewia latifolia Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High Guilfoylia monostylis Form: Tree to 6 Metres High
(Dysentry Plant)(Dog's Balls) (Native Plum) (Guilfoylia)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Shade / Semi-shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Mulched / Well-Drained
Description: Open Spreading Habit Description: Erect Drooping Habit

Light Green large egg-shaped leaves Green elliptical leaves to 13 cm long
Cream small flowers for most of year Yellow 5-petalled flowers to 13 mm on short
Woody seed pod covered with coarse hairs spikes in Summer
Black globular fruit to 15 mm
Family: Tiliaceae
Family: Surianaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry and Subtropical Rainforest
Special Features:
• Hardy plant that regrows after fire or Special Features:
overgrazing • Bird Attracting
Guioa semiglauca Form: Tree to 15 Metres High Hakea actites Form: Shrub or Tree to 5 Metres High
(Native Quince) (Wallum Hakae)
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Canopied Habit Description: Rounded Open Habit

Dark Green elliptical leaves to 10 cm Dark Green needle-shaped leaves to 8 cm
Light Green underneath White small flowers on branches in Winter
Cream 3 mm flowers in masses in Spring Brown woody capsule to 35 mm
Green 13 mm three-lobed fruit capsule
with a Brown / Black seed in Orange covering Family: Proteaceae
Family: Sapindaceae Natural Habitat: Wallum Woodland
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest Special Features:

• Small Bird Shelter Plant
Special Features: • Very Prickly
• Bird Attracting
• Pioneer Plant Hakea named for Baron Von Hake, 1744 -1818,
• Revegetation Plant German Councillor and patron of Botany
Hardenbergia violacea Form: Scrambling Vine - Spread to 2 Metres Harpullia hillii Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
(Native Sarsaparilla) Common Grass-Blue Butterfly (Blunt-Leaved Tulip)
(False Sarsaparilla Vine) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Tulipwood) (Soapberry) Aspect: Semi-Shade
Description: Scrambing or Prostrate Habit Description: Compact Habit with Bushy Crown
Dark Green patterned leaves Green glossy leaves with rounded ends
Bright Purple pea flowers in Winter and White small flowers in Spring
Spring Orange / Yellow fruit in Summer with
Black single seed in Red casing
Family: Fabaceae
Family: Sapindaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry / Sub-Tropical Rainforest
Special Features:
• Host plant for Common Grass Blue Butterfly Special Features:
• Hanging Basket Plant • Shade Tree
• Aboriginal Food and Medicine Source • Rusty Brown hairy new growth
• Tea substitute for Early Settlers • Bushfire Resistant Tree
Harpullia pendula Form: Tree to 20 Metres High Helica glabriflora Form: Tree to 15 Metres High
(Tulipwood) (Pale Oak) (Brown Oak)
Aspect: Full Sun (Smooth Helicia) Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Bright Cornelian Butterfly Description: Bushy habit
Green broad pointed leaves to 10 cm long Bright Green shiny elliptical leaves to 13 cm
Greenish-Yellow / White flowers to 8 mm in Cream to Pink 10 mm flowers on spikes to
Summer 15 cm in Winter
Orange 2 lobed fruit capsule to 25 mm, Dark Blue ovoid fruit to 15 mm
opening to reveal two glossy Black seeds
Family: Proteaceae
Family: Sapindaceae
Natural Habitat: Riverine Rainforest
King Parrot Special Features:
Special Features: • Flowers profusely, covering foliage
• Host Plant for Bright Cornelian Butterfly • Can be trimmed to a Hedge
• Bird Attracting • Screen Plant
• Produces fine-grained Cabinet Timber
• Council Approved Street Tree
• Shade Tree
Hibbertia scandens Form: Groundcover or Climbing Plant to 3 Metres Wide Hibiscus heterophyllus Form: Shrub to 5 Metres High
(Twining Guinea Flower) (Native Hibiscus)
(Snake Vine) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Native Rosella) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Vigourous Scrambling Habit Description: Erect Open Habit Hibiscus Harlequin Beetle
Green glossy leaves to 9 cm long Silver-Grey large leaves
Yellow 3 - 4 cm flowers in Spring / Summer White, Pink or Yellow flowers to 16 cm in
Brown fruit with Bright Red flesh Spring to Summer
Brown spiky capsule fruit to 20 mm
Family: Dillenaceae
Family: Malvaceae
Special Features:
• Host Plant for the Hibiscus Harlequin
Named after George Hibbert, Beetle
London merchant and patron of botany who • Aboriginal Food, Medicine and Tool Source
maintained a private botanic garden at Chelsea • Fast Growing
• Buds may be made into Jam
Hibiscus splendens Form: Shrub to 6 Metres High Homalanthus nutans Form: Shrub or Tree to 6 Metres High
(Pink Hibiscus) (Native Bleeding Heart)
(Native Hollyhock) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Queensland Poplar) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Open Rounded Habit Description: Bushy Habit

Evergreen Perennial Soft Dark Green leaves that turn Red
Silver-Grey leaves to 16 cm x 15 cm Young Plants have larger leaves
Pink flowers to 15 cm in Spring to Summer Yellow flowers to 25 mm in Spring to Summer
Brown fruit capsule to 30 mm Green 2-Lobed fruit capsules to 10 mm
Family: Malvaceae Family: Euphorbiaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Eucalypt Forest Natural Habitat: Rainforest Margins

• Aboriginal Food, Medicine and Tool Source • Bird-Attracting
• Fast Growing • Pioneer Plant
• Can be pruned to a more compact shape • Aboriginal and Chinese Medicine Source
• Hairy seeds may cause skin irritation • Possible Anti-HIV Drug Source
• Stems may be prickly
Hovea acutifolia Form: Shrub 1.5 - 4 Metres High Hoya australis Form: Vine to 6 Metres High
(Purple Pea Bush) (Native Hoya)
(Pointed Leaf Hovea) Aspect: Sun / Semi-Shade (Wax Flower) Aspect: Semi-Shade
Soil Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Average / Well-Drained

Common Crow Butterfly
Description: Erect Open Habit Description: Twining Climbing Habit
Evergreen Perennial Green rounded fleshy leaves to 8 cm
Dark Green glossy elliptical leaves to 7 cm White / Pale Pink waxy flowers to 20 mm in
Purple 7 mm pea-flowers in masses in Spring in Spring
Green fruit pod to 10 mm Green slender fruit capsule to 14 cm
Family: Fabaceae Family: Apocynaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest

• Bee Attracting • Host Plant for Common Crow Butterfly
• Creek Plant • Bird attracting
• Narrow Area and Fence Plantings • Indoor Plant
• Can be pruned to shape
Named after 19th Century English Botanist
Thomas Hoy
Hygrophila angustifolia Form: Waterplant to 70 cm High Hymenosporum flavum Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
(Willow Hygro) (Native Frangipani)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: In or near water Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist
Description: Erect Open Habit Chocolate Argus Butterfly Description: Erect Open Habit
Long flowing leaves to 15 cm long Dark Green leaves, paler underneath
Mauve flowers to 25 mm in Autumn to Spring
Brown papery fruit capsule to 14 mm Cream fragrant flowers todarkening to
Yellow in Autumn through to Summer
Family: Acanthaceae
Family: Pittosporaceae
Natural Habitat: Wetlands
Special Features:
• Host Plant for Chocolate Argus Butterfly Special Features:
• Semi-Auquatic • Bird Attracting
• Aquarium Plant • Butterfly Attracting
• Bee Attracting
• Prune young and regularly for best effect
Indigofera australis Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High Jagera pseudorhus Form: Tree to 15 Metres High Paradise Riflebird
(Australian Indigo) (Foam Bark Tree)

Description: Spreading Open Habit Description: Dense Drooping Habit

Blue-Green velvety leaves to 4 cm on Dark Green elliptical toothed leaves to 7 cm
Purple stems Yellow / Brown 3 mm flowers on spikes up to
Pink to Light Purple flowers to 6 mm on 25 cm long
spikes to 15 cm in Spring Rusty woody globular fruit to 20 mm covered
Bright Green spotted seed pods to 45 mm with irritant hairs
Six Line-Blue Butterfly
Family: Fabaceae Family: Sapindaceae
Natural Habitat: Open Eucalypt Forest Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest

• Bird Attracting • Host Plant for Six Line Blue Butterfly
• Bee Attracting • Bird Attracting
• Nitrogen Fixing Plant • Aboriginal Fish Poison
• Stock Fodder Plant
Juncus continuus Form: Rush to 1.2 Metres High Juncus usitatus Form: Rush to 1.2 Metres High
(Sand Rush) (Common Rush)
Aspect: Full Sun / Shaded Aspect: Full Sun / Shaded
Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Damp Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Damp

Striped Burrowing Frog Striped Burrowing Frog
Green tapering stems to 1.2 Metres long Green circular stems to 1.2 Metres long
Pale Brown flowers on 20 cm spike in Summer Pale Brown flowers on 10 cm spike in Summer
Dark Golden-Brown ovoid fruit to 2 mm Dark Golden-Brown ovoid fruit to 1 mm
Family: Juncaceae Family: Juncaceae
Natural Habitat: Freshwater Wetlands Natural Habitat: Freshwater Wetlands

• Frog Habitat • Frog Habitat
• Creek Plant • Creek Plant
• Pond Plant • Pond Plant
• Water Feature Plant • Water Feature Plant
Kennedia rubicunda Form: Vine to 3 Metres High Lepiderema pulchella Form: Tree to 8 Metres High
(Red Kennedy Pea) (Fine Leaved Tuckeroo) Aspect: Sun / Semi-Shade
(Dusky Coral Pea) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
Description: Rounded Bushy Habit
Description: Erect Scrambling Plant Evergreen Perennial
Evergreen Perennial Light Green glossy leaves
Dark Green trifolate leaves to 120 mm Pinkish-White to Lime Green new growth
Dark Red flowers to 40 mm in Winter/Spring Yellow / Orange small flowers
Hairy slightly flattened seed pods to 100 mm
Family: Sapindaceae
Family: Fabaceae
Special Features:
Special Features: • Spindly at first, but bushes out
• Aboriginal Food and Tool Source • Screen Plant
• Pinkish-White to Lime Green new growth
Named after John Kennedy,
a 19th Century London Nurseryman
who cultivated Australian Plants
Lepidosperma laterale Form: Sedge to 90 cm High Lepironia articulata Form: Sedge to 2.5 Metres High
(Variable Sword Sedge) (Grey Rush)
Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Consistantly Damp

Wallum Sedge Frog Wallum Sedge Frog
Description: Erect Tufting Habit Description: Erect Tufting Habit
Green stem clasping leaves to 30 cm Grey / Green stems to 2.5 Metres
Brown 2 mm flowers on spikesto 20 cm Brown to almost Black 4 cm flower spikes
Brown nut fruit to 4 mm x 2 mm Brown nut fruit to 6 mm
Family: Cyperaceae Family: Cyperaceae
Natural Habitat: Freshwater Wetalnds Natural Habitat: Freshwater Wetalnds

• Refuge Plant for Wallum Sedge Frog • Refuge Plant for Wallum Sedge Frog
• Aboriginal Food Source • Aboriginal Food Source
• Damp Area Plant • Damp Area Plant
• Will grow in water • Will grow in water
Leptospermum Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High Leptospernum luehmannii Form: Shrub to 5 Metres High
juniperinum (Glass House Mountains
(Prickly Tea-Tree) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Tea Tree) Aspect: Full Sun
Ground Parrot
(Steelwood)
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Poorly-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Open Habit

Dark Green narrow pointed leaves to 15 mm Green glossy leaves
White single flowers to 10 mm in Spring White 5 petalled flowers in masses in late
Woody fruit to 7 mm stays on shrub Spring to Summer
Natural Habitat: Wallum / Coastal Heathlands Natural Habitat: Montane

• Bird Attracting (Ground Parrot) • Feature Tree
• Cut Flower Plant • Contrasting Bark
• Screen Plant • Male and Female flowers on separate plants
• Hedge Plant
Listed as Endangered Species
Leptospermum Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High Leptospernum petersonii Form: Shrub or Tree to 4 Metres High
microcarpum (Lemon Scented Tea-Tree)
(Small-Fruited Tea Tree) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun
Description: Erect Open Habit Description: Weeping Habit

Green sharp-pointed leaves to 20 mm Green small leaves
White solitary flowers to 12 mm in Spring White flowers in masses
Woody seed capsules to 4 mm, usually
shed before next flowering Family: Myrtaceae
Family: Myrtaceae Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest
Natural Habitat: Montane Areas Special Features:

• Bee Attracting
Special Features: • Lemon scented foliage
• Commercial source of Essential Oils
• Leaves used as tea or to flavour teas
• Can be pruned as a hedge
Leptospermum Form: Shrub to 4 Metres High Leptospermum Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High
polygalifolium semibaccatum
was Aspect: Sun / Semi-Shade (Wallum Tea-Tree) Aspect: Full Sun
Leptospermum flavescens (Cheel)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable Ground Parrot
(Wild May) (Tantoon)
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Open Spreading Habit
Dull Dark Green narrow-elliptic leaves to Green small leaves to 10 mm
15 mm long White or Pink single flowers to 15 mm
White flowers to 10 mm diameter in Spring in Spring
Woody persistent small fruits on branch Succulent semi-spherical fruit to 6 mm
Natural Habitat: Wallum Natural Habitat: Coastal Heath

• Bird Attracting • Ground Parrot Habitat
• Bee Attracting • Rockery Plant
• Leaves aromatic when crushed • Leaves slightly aromatic when crushed
• Creek Bank Stabliser
• Aboriginal Medicine Source
Lilaeopsis brisbanica Form: Herb to 40 mm High Livistona australis Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
was (Cabbage Palm)
Lilaeopsis polyantha Aspect: Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Brisbane Water Grass)
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Boggy Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist
Description: Erect Creeping Habit Description: Erect Columnar Habit

Light Green erect leaves to 40 mm long Bright Green glossy leaves to 4.5 Metres
Whitish flowers to 2 mm in Summer ending in terminal crown divided into 70
Green egg-shaped fruit to 2 mm segments
Cream / White flowers on panicles to 1 Metre
Family: Apiaceae in Summer
Red globular fruit to 15 mm turning Black
Natural Habitat: Tidal Wetlands
Family: Arecaceae
Special Features:
• Grows along banks of Brisbane, Bremer Natural Habitat: Freshwater Wetlands
and Caboolture Rivers
• Aquarium Plant Special Features:
• Indoor Plant
Listed as a Threatened Species • Aboriginal and Early Settler Food Source
(that killed the tree)
Lobelia anceps Form: Herb to 30 cm High Lomandra confertifolia Form: Rush to 50 cm High White-Spot Skipper Butterfly
was (Dwarf Mat-Rush)

Lobelia alata Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Angled Lobelia)
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Marshy Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
(Swamp Lobelia)
Description: Ascending to Procumbent Habit Description: Erect Clumping Habit
Perennial Herb Perennial Herb
Mid-Green narrow leaves to 6 cm Mid-Green narrow strap leaves to 50 cm,
Blue to Mauve flowers to 75 mm in Summer toothed at end
to Autumn Cream small flowers in Spring
Green capsule fruit to 12 mm Straw-coloured fruit
Family: Campanulaceae Family: Xanthorrheaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forests Natural Habitat: Wet and Dry Sclerophyll Forests

• Border Plant • Host Plant for rare White Spot Skipper
• Rockery Plant Butterfly
• Border Plant
• Rockery Plant
Lomandra hystrix Form: Rush to 1.5 Metres High Southern Barred Frog Lomandra longifolia Form: Rush to 1.3 Metres High
(Creek Mat-Rush) (Mat-Rush)
(Slender Mat-Rush) Aspect: Full Sun / Shade Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Prefers Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Prefers Moist

Green narrow strap-like leaves to 1.5 Metres Green narrow strap leaves to 1.3 Metres,
Cream perfumed flowers to 5 mm in clusters toothed at end
on branchlets in Spring to Summer Cream small perfumed flowers in Spring
Green shiny globular fruit to 2mm turning a Shiny Orange fruit with single black seed
straw colour when mature
Special Features: Spotted Marsh Frog
Special Features: • Frog Habitat
• Frog Habitat • Border Plant
• Border Plant • Soil Binding Plant
• Soil Binding Plant • Suits mass planting (9 Plants per Sq Metre)
• Suits mass planting (9 Plants per Sq M)
• Hardy Plant, will grow almost anywhere
Lomandra spicata Form: Rush to 0.4 Metres High Southern Barred Frog Lomatia arborescens Form: Shrub or Tree to 10 Metres High
(Rainforest Mat-Rush) (Smooth Lomatia)
Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade (Tree Lomatia) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Prefers Moist Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Description: Clumping Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Green narrow strap-like leaves Dark Green elliptical toothed leaves to
Small Cream flowers in Autumn to Spring 150 mm long
Shiny Orange fruit with single black seed White perfumed flowers in spikes to 10 cm
in Summer through to Autumn
Family: Lomandraceae Brown oblong fruit to 35 mm with winged
seeds
Ornate Ochre Butterfly Family: Proteaceae
Special Features:
• Host Plant for rare Ornate Ochre Butterfly Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest
• Frog Habitat
• Border Plant Special Features:
• Soil Stabilising Plant • Cottage Garden Plant
• Suits mass planting (9 Plants per Sq Metre)
Lophostemon confertus Form: Tree to 35 Metres High Macaranga tanarius Form: Shrub to 6 Metres High
(Brush Box) (Bullock's Heart)

Silvereye
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Bushy Rounded Habit
Green glossy elliptical leaves to 16 cm long Green large heart-shaped leaves
White five-petalled flowers to 20 mm in Late Greenish Cream small flowers in Summer
Spring to Summer Green / Yellow 10mm round fruit with soft
Woody bell-shaped fruit to 13 mm elongated spikes
Family: Myrtaceae Family: Euphorbiaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Eucalypt Forest Natural Habitat: Open Eucalypt Forest
Common Red-eye Butterfly Blue Triangle Butterfly
• Host Plant for Common Red-Eye Butterfly • Host Plant for Blue Triangle Butterfly
• Bird and Bee Attracting • Silvereye and Rosella Attracting
• Secondary Koala Habitat • Graceful Tree Frog Shelter Plant
Graceful Tree Frog
Mackinlaya macrosciadea Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High Maclura cochinchinensis Form: Scrambling or Climbing Vine
(Blue Umbrealla Tree) was
(Forest Umbrella Tree) Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade Cudrania vochinchensis Aspect: Shaded
(Cockspur)
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Composted Soil/Conditions: Moist
Common Crow Butterfly
Description: Erect Slender Habit Description: Vigorous Climbing Habit
Glossy Green broad leaves to 16 cm long Green glossy leaves
Greenish flowers to 5 mm in Spring Flowers and Fruit look similar
Blue-Grey two-lobed fruit to 10 mm
Family: Moraceae
Family: Apiaceae
Natural Habitat: Rain Forest
Special Features:
Special Features: • Host Plant for Common Crow butterfly
• Understorey Plant • Long lived (Hundreds of years)
• Indoor Plant • Lantana replacement
• Small Bird Habitat
Not to be confused with the Queensland Umbrella • Sweet edible fruit
Tree which is classified as a weed in SE Queensland • Can be trimmed as a hedge or a shrub
• Medical use as an anti-Herpes Simplex drug
Mallotus claoxyloides Form: Tree to 8 Metres High Mallotus discolor Form: Tree to 15 Metres High
(Green Kamala) (Yellow Kamala)
(Creek Smell) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Kamala) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Smell of the Bush)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Prefers Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Prefers Moist
Description: Open Upright Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Light Green hairy leaves Dark Green glossy leaves
Cream perfumed small flowers in Spring and Insignificant flowers in Spring and Summer
Summer Orange / Yellow three-lobed fruit
Green prickly small three-lobed fruit
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest / Watercourses
Special Features:
• Pleasant smell associated with creeks • Fast Growing
• Separate Male and Female Plants • Shade Tree
• Suckers freely • Fire Retardant Species
• Smell is stonger away from tree • Fruit Shells used for Yellow dye
Mallotus philippensis Form: Tree to 18 Metres High Mazus pumilio Form: Herb to 40 mm High
(Red Kamala) (Swamp Mazus)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist / Boggy
Description: Dense Pyramidal Habit Description: Erect Creeping Habit

Dark Green leaves to 12 cm long Light Green erect leaves to 40 mm long
Yellowish Brown small flowers with male and Mauve or Pinkish flowers to 6 mm held on
female flowers on separate plants 140 mm stalks in Spring through to Autumn
Dark Red globular fruit to 20 mm Green capsule fruit to 7 mm
Family: Euphorbiaceae Family: Scrophulariaceae
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest Natural Habitat: Freshwater Wetlands

• Bird Attracting • Grows in or on margins of swamps
• Salt Tolerant • Suckering Plant that forms thick mats
• Powder on fruit was once used for dyes
• Aboriginal Medicine Source Listed as a Vunerable Species
Melaleuca bracteata Form: Shrub or Tree to 15 Metres High Melaleuca decora Form: Tree to 12 Metres High
(Black Tea-Tree) (Decorative Paperbark)
(Mock Olive) Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun
(River Tea-Tree)
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Dense Erect Habit

Dull Dark Green leaves to 28 mm Green narrow leaves to 18 mm long
White flowers in masses in Winter through to Cream / Yellow flowers in spikes to 7 cm in
Summer Spring to Summer
Woody globular fruit Woody cup-shaped fruit to 3 mm
Family: Myrtaceae Family: Mrytaceae
Natural Habitat: Open Eucalypt Forest Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest

• Bird Shelter Tree • Butterfly Attracting
• Screen Plant • Insect Attracting
• Specimen Tree • Screen Plant
• Leaves aromatic when crushed • Can be pruned to shape
Melaleuca leucadenda Form: Tree to 10 Metres High Melaleuca linariifolia Form: Tree to 8 Metres High
(Weeping Paperbark) (Snow In Summer)
Aspect: Full Sun (Narrow-Leaved Paperbark) Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable Soil/Conditions: Moist
Description: Rounded Weeping Habit Description: Dense Rounded habit

Light Green long narrow leaves to 17 cm long Light Green narrow elliptic leaves to 3 cm
Creamy White flower spikes to 4 cm in Late Creamy White flower spikes to 4 cm in
Spring to Summer Late Spring to Summer
Woody 3-4mm fruit capsule Woody 3-4mm cylindrical Fruit
Natural Habitat: Dry or Wet Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Dry or Wet Sclerophyll Forest

• Bird Nesting and Food Source • Bee Attracting
• Specimen Plant • Flowers profusely, covering foliage
• Aborigianal Tool Source (Bark) • Can be trimmed to a Hedge
• Aboriginal Food Source (Nectar) • Screen Plant
• Essential Oils Source Aboriginal: Budjur • Aboriginal Food Source (Nectar)
Melaleuca pachyphylla Form: Shrub to 1.5 Metres High Melaleuca quinquenervia Form: Tree to 25 Metres High
(Wallum Bottlebrush) (Coastal Paperbark)
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist / Swampy
Description: Erect Dense Habit Description: Rounded Weeping Habit

Green stiff narrow leaves to 10 cm Light Green narrow elliptic leaves to 7 cm
Red or Green bottle-brush flowers in spikes White perfumed flower spikes to 5 cm in
to 20cm in Spring to Autumn Autumn
Woody cup-shaped seed capsules Woody 3-4mm fruit capsule
Natural Habitat: Wet Heathland Natural Habitat: Wallum Woodlands

• Bird Attracting • Bird Nesting and Food Source
• Bee Attracting • Soil Stablisation Plant
• Ground Parrot Habitat • Aboriginal Tool Source (Bark)
• Rockery Plant • Aboriginal Food Source (Nectar)
• Essential Oils Source
Melaleuca saligna Form: Shrub or Tree to 15 Metres High Melaleuca thymifolia Form: Shrub to 1.5 Metres High
(Willow Bottlebrush) (Thyme-Leaf Honey Myrtle)
Aspect: Full Sun (Feather Honey Myrtle) Aspect: Full Sun
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Variable Habit Eastern Spinebill

Greyish Green narrow leaves to 9 cm long Ground Cover in open positions
Cream flower spikes to 50 mm long Blue-Green narrow-elliptic leaves to 15 mm
Woody capsule fruit that remains on branch Pink-Mauve flowers to 10 mm in Spring to
Summer
Family: Myrtaceae Woody cup or barrel-shaped seed capsules
to 3 mm
Family: Myrtaceae
Special Features:
• Bee. Bird, Flying Fox and Possum Attracting Natural Habitat: Wet Heathland
• Street Tree
• Root system can be invasive Special Features:
• Bird Attracting
• Bee Attracting
• Ground Parrot Habitat
• Rockery Plant
Melaleuca viminalis Form: Shrub or Tree to 10 Metres High Melastoma Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High
was malabathricum
Callistemon viminalis Aspect: Full Sun was Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Rainbow Lorikeet
(Weeping Bottlebrush) Melastoma affine
Soil/Conditions: Medium to Heavy / Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist
(Blue Tongue) Miskin's Jewel Butterfly
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Open Rounded Habit
Red spikes of flowers to 8 cm long x 25 mm Green heavily-veined leaves to 11 cm
mainly in Spring but also throughout year Mauve / Purple 5 cm flowers in Summer
Single seeds to 1.5 mm Semi-succulent capsule fruit
Family: Myrtaceae Family: Melastomaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Eucalypt Forest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rain Forest

• Bird Attracting • Host Plant for Miskin's Jewel Butterfly
• Bee Attracting • Long Flowering
• Aboriginal Food Source (Nectar) • Sweet edible fruit
• Can be Hedged but reduces flowers
• Most commonly planted of Australian Natives Common Name derives from fruit turning tongue
blue when eaten
Melia azedarach Form: Tree to 15 Metres High Melicope elleryana Form: Tree to 12 Metres High
(White Cedar) was
Aspect: Full Sun Evodia elleryana Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Pink Doughwood)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-drained
(Pink Evodia) Ulysses Butterfly
Description: Open Rounded Habit Description: Open Arching Habit
Green bluntly serated leaves to 5 cm long Green glossy leaves to 19 cm at end of
White or Mauve perfumed flowers to 20 mm branches
clusters in Spring Light to Dark Pink flowers to 13 mm in
Yellow egg-shaped fruit to 15 mm clusters along branches
Green 4-lobed fruit to 50 mm
Family: Meliaceae
Family: Rutaceae
Natural Habitat: Rainforest / Wet Eucalypt
Special Features: Lewin's Honeyeater
• Bee Attracting • Host Plant for Ulysses Butterfly
• Fruit is TOXIC to Humans • Attracts Honey Eaters
• Invasive surface roots may crack paving
Melicope rubra Form: Tree to 6 Metres High Microlaena stipoides Form: Grass to 1 M High by 20 cm spread
(Little Evodia) Rainbow Lorikeet (Weeping Grass) Double Barred Finch
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Composted Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Description: Open Rounded Habit Description: Tufting Spreading Habit

Evergreen Perennial Perennial Herb
Glossy Green broad-elliptic leaves to 11 cm Bright to Dark Green leaves to 12 mm wide
Pink flowers to 5 mm in clusters along Green to Purplish single flowered spiklet
branches in Summer to 40 mm in Spring to Summer
Green four-lobed fruit to 50 mm
Family: Poaceae
Family: Rutaceae
Natural Habitat: Various Moist and Dry
Natural Habitat: Tropical Rainforest
Special Features:
• Host Plant for Ulysses Butterfly • Butterfly Attracting
• Lorikeet Attracting • Lawn Alternative, tolerates mowing and
• Citrus Scented Fruit foot traffic
• High Fodder Value
• As seen on Gardening Australia
Micromelum minutum Form: Tree to 9 Metres High Mischarytera lautereriana Form: Tree to 15 Metres High
(Lime Berry) (Cluster Berry) Ambrax Butterfly was
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Arytera lautereriana Aspect: Full Sun Large Purple Line-Blue Butterfly
(Courdroy Tamarind)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable

Green glossy broad leaves to 12 cm long Dark Green glossy leaves to 3 cm
Greenish Cream 5 mm perfumed flowers in Cream flowers to 2 mm in sprays in Spring
Winter Green 20 mm ovoid fruit with White seeds
Red / Orange 9 mm egg-shaped berries in Red flesh
Family: Rutaceae Family: Sapindaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Host Plant for Swallowtail and Ambrax • Host Plant for Purple Line-Blue Butterfly
Butterfies • Bird Attracting
• Bird Attracting • Aboriginal Food Source
• Indoor Plant
Ambrax Larvae
Myoporum boninense Form: Groundcover or Shrub to 2 Metres High Myrsine variabilis Form: Tree to 12 Metres High
(Mangrove Boobialla) was
Aspect: Full Sun Rapanea variabilis Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade
(Muttonwood)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, but prefers Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable
Description: Prostrate Spreading Habit Description: Rounded Bushy Habit

Green fleshy leaves to 7 cm long Glossy Green toothed leaves to 10 cm long
White 5-petalled 6 mm flowers in clusters White 2 mm flowers in clusters in Winter to
Purple ovoid fruit to 10 mm Spring
Purple berry fruit to 6 mm
Family: Myoporaceae White Line-Blue Butterfly
Natural Habitat: Coastal Headlands / Tidal Flats Family: Myrsinaceae
Special Features: Natural Habitat: Rainforest / Wet Eucalypt Forest

• Salt Tolerant
• Light Frost Tolerant Special Features:
• Host Plant for White Line-Blue Butterfly
• Fruit-eating Bird Attracting
• Screen Tree
Neolitsea dealbata Form: Tree to 12 Metres High Oplismenus aemulus Form: Groundcover or Grass to 10 cm High
(White Bolly Gum) (Creeping Shade Grass)
Aspect: Full Shade / Semi-Shade (Australian Basket Grass) Aspect: Shaded

Common Red-Eye Butterfly
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Prostrate Creeping Habit
Glossy Green leaves to 20 cm long, waxy Bright Green elliptic leaves to 15 mm
Greyish White underneath Insignificant flowers on spikes to 15 cm
Creamy-White perfumed flowers to 30 mm in Brown sharply-pointed seeds
Autumn to Winter
Purplish-Black globular fruit to 11 mm Family: Poaceae
Family: Lauraceae Natural Habitat: Rainforest / Eucalypt Forest
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest / Riparian Special Features:

• Forms dense mats in shady areas
Special Features: • Attracts Doubleday Skipper and White-Brand
• Host Plant for Blue Triangle and Common Skipper Butterflies
Red-Eye Butterflies
• Bird Attracting
• Hardy Pioneer Plant
Orthosiphon aristatus Form: Shrub to 1 Metre High Ottochloa gracillima Form: Groundcover or Grass to 30 cm High
(Cat's Whiskers) (Java Tea) (Ottochloa)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Graceful Grass) Aspect: Semi-Shade / Full Shade
Soil/Conditions: Well-Drained / Moist Soil/Conditions: Moist
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Prostrate Creeping Habit

Herbaceous Perennial Evergreen Perennial
Dark Green toothed leaves to 5 cm long Green narrow leaves to 20 cm long
White to partly Lavendar flowers to 6 cm in Insignificant flowers on spikes to 30 cm
Spring to Summer insignificant seeds
Brown flat circular seed to less than 1 mm
Family: Poaceae
Family: Lamiaceae
Special Features:
Special Features: • Self Seeding
• Bird Attracting • Forms dense mats in shady areas
• Butterfly Attracting • Bushfire control plant
• Bee Attracting
• Alternative Medicine Source Plant
Ozothamnus diosmifolius Form: Shrub to 2.5 Metres High by 2 Metres Spread Pandorea jasminoides Form: Climbing Vine to height of supporting Plant
(Sago Bush ) (Rice Flower) Australian Painted Lady Butterfly (Bower of Beauty)
(White Dogwood) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Pill Flower)
Description: Dense Upright Habit Description: Vigorous Climbing Habit

Dark Green aromatic leaves to 15 mm long Bright Green elliptical leaves to 60 mm
White flowers in 3 mm clusters of 20 to 100 White perfumed tubular flowers to 60 mm
in Spring to Summer with Pink or Red throats in Spring / Summer
Green woody seed capsules to 80 mm
Family: Asteraceae splitting into two boat-shaped halves
Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest Family: Bignoniaceae
Special Features: Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest

• Attracts Australian Painted Lady Butterfly
• Commercial Cut Flowers plant Special Features:
• Suitable for trellis or pergola
Australian Painted Lady Butterfly Larvae
• Unusual winged seeds
• Invasive root system
Pandorea pandorana Form: Scrambling / Climbing Vine Panicum simile Form: Grass to 0.7 Metres High
(Wonga Wonga Vine) (Two-Colour Panic)
Description: Vigorous Climbing Habit Description: Erect Clumping Habit

Evergreen Perennial Tufted Perennial
Glossy leaves Green fine leaves to 70 mm
White sweet smelling tubular flowers to 20 mm Straw and Purple paired flowers in open
with Purple or Red throats in Spring cone-shaped flowerheads in Summer
Green elongated seed pod to 60 mm Straw coloured seeds
Family: Bignoniaceae Family: Poaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Rain Forest / Watercourses Natural Habitat: Wet and Dry Eucalypt Forests

• Unusual winged seeds • Butterfly Attracting
• Will quickly climb tall trees with only stems
showing lower down
Pararchidendron Form: Tree to 15 Metres High Pararistolochia Form: Climbing Vine
Pruinosum praevenosa
(Snow Wood) (Tulip Sirus) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Richmond Birdwing Vine) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist

Tailed Emperor Butterfly Richmond Birdwing Buterfly
Description: Dense Columnar Habit Description: Climbing Scrambling Habit
Cream turning Yellow perfumed pom-pom Dark Green leaves to 25 cm long
flowers to 25 mm in Spring to Summer Yellow pipe-shaped Purple-striped flowers
Orange flat curling seed pods to 12 cm long to 2 cm in Summer
with Black seeds Green ovoid ribbed capsule fruit to 4 cm long
Family: Mimosaceae Family: Aristolochiaecae

Tailed Emperor Butterfly Larvae
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rain Forest

• Host Plant for Tailed Emperor Butterfly • ONLY larval food plant for
• Feature Plant in larger garden Richmond Birdwing Butterfly
• Tub Plant Replaces Dutchman's Pipe
(Toxic to Richmond Birdwing Butterfly)
Parsonsia straminea Form: Vine to 2 Metres High Paspalidium caespitosum Form: Grass to 0.5 Metres High
(Monkey Rope) (Brigalow Grass)
(Common Silkpod) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade / Shade Aspect: Full Sun
Description: Scrambling / Climbing Habit Description: Erect Clumping Habit

Evergreen Perennial Tufted Perennial
Green leathery oblong leaves to 24 cm long Green fine leaves to 50 mm
White tubular flowers to 8 mm in bunches Straw-coloured paired flowers in open
in Spring to Summer cone-shaped flowerheads in Summer
Cigar-Shaped fruit to 16 cm with hairy seeds Straw coloured seeds
Family: Apocynaceae Family: Poaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest Natural Habitat: Brigalow Woodland

• Host Plant for numerous Butterflies
• Leaves may vary in colour and even be
varigated
Patersonia sericea Form: Clumping Herb to 30 Cm Tall Pavetta australiensis Form: Shrub to 4 Metres High
(Native Iris) (Butterfly Bush)
(Silky Purple Flag) Aspect: Full Sun (Pavetta) Aspect: Full Sun / Shaded
Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist

Iris Skipper Butterfly
Description: Densely Tufted Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit
Green strap-like leaves to 30 cm long Green glossy leaves to 14 cm long
Blue to Purple 25 mm flowers in Winter to White perfumed 4-petalled 8 mm flowers
Spring in clusters in Spring
Green capsule fruit to 30 mm long Black 8 mm globular berry fruit
Family: Iridaceae Family: Rubiaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Dry Rain Forest

• Host for Iris Skipper Butterfly • Butterfly and Moth Attracting
• Rockery or Pot Plant • Screen Plant
• Flowers readily, flowers only last a day but • Drought and Frost Tender
are followed by other flowers • Moderately fast growing
Peperomia blanda Form: Herb to 30 cm High Petalostigma pubescens Form: Shrub or Tree to 10 Metres High
(Quinine Bush) (Bitter Bark)
Aspect: Shaded / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Rocks/With ferns/Moist Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained

Copper Jewel Butterfly
Description: Prostrate Clumping Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit
Grey-Green soft leaves to 3 cm Dark Green oval leaves to 6 cm
Small White flowers on spikes to 13 cm Creamy Yellow flowers to 10 mm, singly
or in bunches in Summer / Autumn
Family: Peperaceae Yellow or Red globular fruit to 15 mm
Natural Habitat: Coastal areas / Rain Forest Family: Picrodendraceae
Special Features: Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest

• Thick Succulent Foliage
• Contrast Plant Special Features:
• Hanging Basket Plant • Host Plant for Copper Jewel Butterfly
• Pot Plant • Aboriginal Medicine Source
• Seaside Screen Plant
Petalostigma triloculare Form: Tree to 15 Metres High Philydrum lanuginosum Form: Waterplant to 2 Metres High
(Cracker Bush) (Frogsmouth)
(Quinine Berry) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Long-Leaved Bitter Bark)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable Soil/Conditions: In or near water
Description: Open Weeping Habit Copper Jewel Butterfly Description: Erect Tufting habit
Green narrow elliptical leaves to 9 cm long Long fleshy leaves to 60 cm long
Orange / Yellow small flowers in Summer, Yellow flowers to 15 mm in Winter to Summer
male flowers in groups, female flowers Hairy capsule fruit to 10 mm
solitary
Orange segmented berry fruit to 10 mm Family: Philydracea Southern Barred Frog
Family: Euphorbiaceae Natural Habitat: Wetlands
Natural Habitat: Dry Schlerophyll Forest Special Features:

• Bird Attracting
Special Features: • Frog Habitat
• Host Plant for Copper Jewel Butterfly • Pool Plant
• Aboriginal Medicine Source • Dam Plant
• Fruit very bitter, but edible • Creek Bank Plant
Pilidiostigma glabrum Form: Shrub or Tree to 5 Metres High Pilidiostigma Form: Shrub to 5 Metres High
(Plum Myrtle) rhytispermum
Aspect: Full Sun (Small-Leaved Plum Myrtle) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Variable Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Dark Green leaves to 9 cm, paler under Dark Green blunt leaves to 8 cm long
White 5-petalled flowers to 20 mm in White flowers to 15 mm in Winter to Spring
Autumn to Winter Purple / Black fleshy fruit to 10 mm
Purple or Black pear-shaped fruit to 15 mm
Family: Myrtaceae Olive-Backed Oriel
Family: Myrtaceae
Special Features:
Special Features: • Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting
• Bird Attracting • Fast Growing
• Abundant Flowers • Screen Plant
Pipturus argenteus Form: Shrub or Small Tree to 8 Metres High Pittosporum ferrugineum Form: Shrub to 8 Metres High
(Native Mulberry) (Rusty Pittosporum) Wonga Pigeon
(False Stinger) Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
Description: Open Layered Habit Yellow Admiral Butterfly Description: Dense Rounded Habit
Deep-Green elipitical leaves to 13 cm with Bright Green leaves to 16 cm, lighter
finely-toothed edges underneath with rusty hairs
White 2 mm flowers in globular clusters in Creamy Yellow 15 mm tubular flowers in
Late Summer tight clusters in Winter
White globular soft edible fruit to 6 mm Yellow / Orange 1 cm round fruit, splitting
to reveal Red seeds
Family: Urticaceae
Family: Pittosporaceae
Natural Habitat: Northern Dry Rainforest
Special Features:
• Host for Jezebel Nymph, Yellow Admiral, Special Features:
Speckled Line-Blue and other Butterflies • Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting
• Bird Attracting • Aboriginal Medicine and Fishing Tool Source
Pittosporum multiflorum Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High Pittosporum revolutum Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High
(Orange Thorn) (Brisbane Laurel)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Forest Pittosporum) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Open Erect Habit

Dark Green leaves to 6 mm on very spikey Dark Green oblong leaves to 15 cm long
branches Pale Yellow fragrant bell-shaped flowers to
White 5-petalled flowers to 8 mm in Spring 15mm in Winter / Spring
to Summer Orange / Yellow rough fruit to 30 mm with
Orange globular berry fruit to 10 mm multiple sticky Red seeds
Family: Pittosporaceae Family: Pittosporaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Dry Rain Forest

• Small Bird Shelter Plant • Bird Attracting
• Aboriginal Food Source • Spectacular display of ripe seeds
• Understorey Plant • Can be pruned to a dense shape
• Bitter but edible fruit
Pittosporum undulatum Form: Tree to 25 Metres High Plectranthus argentatus Form: Ground Cover / Sub-Shrub to 1 Metre High
(Native Orange) (White Plectranthus)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Silver Spurflower) Aspect: Semi-Shade
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Erect Spreading Habit

Dark Green glossy oval leaves to 15 cm Greyish soft hairy oval leaves to 110 mm
long with wavy edges long with finely-toothed edges
White highly fragrant five-petalled flowers White to Pale Blue-Mauve flowers to 10 mm
to 15 mm in clusters in Spring on stalks in Summer to Autumn
Orange fruit with sticky Red seeds to 15 mm Small soft nut fruit
Family: Pittosporaceae Family: Lamiacea
Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Bird Attracting • Grows in Rocky Areas, frequently
• Shade Tree associated with waterfalls
• Specimen Tree • Contrast Plant
• Pot Plant
Pleiogynium timorense Form: Tree to 20 Metres High Podocarpus Elatus Form: Tree to 40 Metres High
(Burdekin Plum) (Plum Pine) (Brown Pine)
Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade (Illawarra Plum) Aspect: Full Sun
Currawong
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Prefers Moist Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Dense Habit

Dark Green elliptical leaves to 16 cm Dark Green glossy leaves to 18 cm
Yellowish Green flowers on spikes to 20 cm in Creamy cone-like flowers to 15 mm in
profusion in Summer to Autumn Summer
Purple-Black globular fruit to 4 cm Bluish-Black plum-like fruit in two parts, each
10-15 mm
Family: Anacardiaceae Eastern Flat Butterfly
Family: Podocarpaceae
Natural Habitat: Tropical Rainforest (Nth Qld Native)
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical and Dry Rainforest
Special Features:
• Edible Fruit but variable in quality Special Features:
• Aboriginal and Early Settler Food Source • Host Plant for Eastern Flat Butterfly
• Can be used to make Jam • Bird Attracting - Currawong
• Valued Wood-turning and Cabinet Timber • Indoor Plant
Polyscias elegans Form: Tree to 20 Metres High Pouteria australis Form: Tree to 30 Metres High
(Celerywood) was
Aspect: Full Sun Planchonella australis Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Black Apple) (Wild Plum)
Description: Erect Canopied Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit Green Catbird
Evergreen Perennial Dark Pencilled-Blue Butterfly Evergreen Perennial
Green rounded elliptical leaves to 120 mm Bright Green leaves to 16 cm long
Purplish small flowers along branch ends White small five-petalled flowers singular
in Summer to Autumn or in clusters in Winter
Dark Purple / Black two lobed fruit to 5 mm Black / Purple globular fruit to 50 mm
Family: Araliaceae Family: Sapotaceae
Natural Habitat: Various Rainforest Natural Habitat: Dry / Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Host Plant for Dark Pencilled-Blue Butterfly • Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting
• Few Branches on lower trunk • Aboriginal Food Source
• Crushed stems and leaves smell like Celery • Shade Tree
• Early Settlers used fruit for Preserves
Pseuderanthemum Form: Perennial Herb to 0.2 Metres High Psychotria daphnoides Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High to 2 Metres across
variable Egg-Fly Butterfly (Turkey Bush)
(Love Flower) Aspect: Filtered Sun / Shaded Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Pastel Flower)
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist /Well-Drained
Description: Creeping Habit Description: Open Habit

Dark Green leaves to 7 cm, Purple underneath Green glossy leaves to 10 cm long
White, Mauve or Blue tubular flowers to 8 mm White flowers to 5 mm in clusters in Spring
in Winter and Summer
Small feathery fruit Leaf-Wing Butterfly Yellow or White translucent fruit to 7 mm long
Family: Acanthaceae Family: Rubiaceae
Natural Habitat: Open Eucalypt Forest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Host plant for Leafwing and Eggfly • Bird Attracting
Butterflies • Can be made more compact with pruning
• Rockery Plant • Edible fruit can be eaten raw
Psychotria loniceroides Form: Shrub to 5 Metres High Psydrax Odorata Form: Shrub or Tree to 6 Metres High
(Hairy Psychotria) was
Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade Canthium Odoratum Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Sweet Susie)
Soil/Conditions: Moist /Adaptable Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
(Shiny-Leaved Canthium)
Description: Open Rounded Habit Description: Dense Round Habit
Light Green hairy elliptical leaves to 14 cm Green shiny leathery leaves to 9 cm
White flowers to 7 mm in Spring to Summer White fragrant 5-petalled flowers in large
Yellow or White fruit to 8 mm long clusters in Spring to Summer
Black globular fruit to 7 mm diameter
Family: Rubiaceae
Family: Rubiaceae
Special Features:
• Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting Special Features:
• Understorey Shrub • Bird Attracting
• Edible but unpalatable fruit
Pultenaea villosa Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High Rubus moluccanus Form: Shrub or Climbing Vine to 3 Metres High
(Hairy Pea Bush) (Molucca Raspberry)
(Kerosene Bush) Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Moist /Adaptable Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
Description: Open Drooping Habit Description: Scrambling / Climbing Habit

Light Green leaves to 8 mm x 2.5 mm Green hairy leaves to 15 cm long
Yellow pea flowers to 10 mm in Winter White flowers to 25 mm in Spring to Summer
to Summer Red globular fruit to 12 mm
Grey inflated seed pods to 6 mm long
Family: Rosaceae
Family: Fabaceae
Special Features:
Special Features: • Bird Attracting for food and shelter
• Understorey Shrub • Fruit used to make jam
Rubus probus Form: Scrambling / Climbing Vine to 2 Metres High Sambucus australasica Form: Shrub to 10 Metres High
(Large Fruited Raspberry) (Native Elderberry)
Description: Scrambling / Climbing Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Green prickly leaves to 8 cm long Dark Green elliptical toothed leaves to
White 5-petalled flowersto 25 mm all year 10 cm long
Red Globular fruit to 25 mm White flowers to 20 mm in Spring to Summer
Yellow globular fruit to 5 mm
Family: Rosaceae
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Special Features:
• Bird Attracting for food and shelter Special Features:
• Fruit used to make jam
• Needs regular pruning to control
Excellent Lantana replacement,

but has same problems unless controlled
Sannantha similis Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High Sarcopteryx stipata Form: Tree to 18 Metres High
was (Steelwood)
Babingtonia similis Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Wonga Pigeon
(Twiggy Myrtle)
(Tall Backea)
Description: Compact Drooping Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit
Dark Green leaves to 17 mm long Dark Green glossy leaves to 10 cm long
White tea-tree type flowers to 5 mm in Creamy five-petalled flowers to 4 mm in
Spring / Summer Winter / Spring
Red three or four-lobed fruit to 20 mm
Family: Myrtaceae
Family: Sapindaceae
Natural Habitat: Subtropical Montane Forest
Special Features:
• Bee Attracting • Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting
• Creek Bank plant • Indoor Plant when young
• Dam Wall plant • Shade Plant
• Specimen Plant
Scaevola aemula Form: Groundcover to 0.5 Metre across Scaevola albida Form: Groundcover to 0.5 Metre across
(Fairy Fan Flower) (Small-Fruited Fan Flower)
Description: Prostrate Creeping Habit Description: Prostrate Creeping Habit

Dark Green oval leaves to 5 cm Dark Green toothed leaves to 3.5 cm x 3 cm
Mauve / Blue or Purple fan-shaped flowers White / Pale Blue or Pink fan-shaped flowers
to 30 mm in Spring to Summer to 13 mm in Spring to Autumn
Green dry fruit capsule to 5 mm Green ellipsoid single-seeded fruit to 3 mm
Family: Goodenaceae Family: Goodenaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Montane Eucalypt Forest
Native Stingless Bee
• Host Plant for Meadow Argus Butterfly • Native Stingless Bee Attracting
• Bird Attracting • Hanging Basket Plant Native Stingless Bee
• Native Stingless Bee Attracting • Rockery Plant
Scaevola calendulacea Form: Groundcover to 10 cm High by 1 Metre across Schoenoplectus Form: Sedge / Acquatic Herb to 1 Metre High
(Dune Fan Flower) mucronatus
Aspect: Full Sun (Triangular Club Rush) Aspect: Full Sun
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist / Water to 50 cm
Description: Prostrate Spreading Habit Description: Erect Clumping Habit

Evergreen Perennial Perennial Herb
Light Green fleshy oval leaves to 8 cm long Green triangular stems to 8 mm thick
Blue fan-shaped fowers in Spring / Summer Pale Brown flowers and fruit in clustered
Purple berry fruit to 12 mm diameter spikelets to 20 mm
Family: Goodenaceae Family: Cyperaceae Spotted Marsh Frog
Natural Habitat: Coastal Dunes Natural Habitat: Wetlands

• Bird Attracting • Frog Habitat
• Aboriginal Food Source • Dam Edge Stablising Plant
• Soil and Sand Stabilisation Plant
• Tip Prune to encourage dense foliage
Senna acllinis Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High Seringia sp. chermside Form: Shrub to 1.5 Metres High
(Edge Senna)
(Brush Senna) Aspect: Full Sun Grass Yellow Butterfly Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Open Erect habit Description: Erect Open Habit

Green elliptical leaves to 30 mm long Mid-Green elliptical serrated leaves to 3 cm
Golden Yellow cup-shaped flowers to 30 mm Greyish-White underneath
in Spring to Summer White 10 mm five-petalled flowers in
Long narrow flat seed pods to 150 mm Spring / Summer
Hairy fruit to 20 mm
Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Family: Byttneriaceae
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rain Forest
Special Features:
• Host Plant for Grass Yellow and Yellow Special Features:
Migrant Butterflies
• Purgative used in most "Diet" Teas • Grows only in Chermside Hills Reserve
Listed as Endangered Species Listed as Endangered Species
Sloanea australis Form: Tree to 30 Metres High Sloenea woolsii Form: Tree to 50 Metres High
(Maiden's Blush) (Yellow Carabeen)
Description: Dense Canopied Habit Description: Dense Canopied Habit

Dark Green leaves to 30 cm, bluntly toothed Dark Green leaves to 15 cm, bluntly toothed
with rounded ends and Paler Green under and with rounded ends
White 5-petalled flowers to 20 mm in Spring White 13 mm flowers in Spring
Yellowish-Brown soft spiked fruit capsule to Woody soft spiked fruit capsule to 20 mm
20 mm with a single Black seed in a red pulp with 1 or 2 Black seeds in a red covering
Family: Elaeocarpaceae Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Natural Habitat: Rainforest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Buttressed Trunk • Buttressed Trunk
Smilax australis Form: Vine to 2 Metres High Solanum aviculare Form: Shrub to 4 Metres High
(Barbed-Wire Vine) (Kangaroo Apple)
(Lawyer Vine)(Wait-A-While) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Shaded
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, prefers Moist
Description: Scrambling / Climbing Habit Description: Erect Spreading Habit

Green leathery elliptic leaves to 15 cm long Green pointed multi-lobed leaves to 20 cm
White tubular flowers to 25 mm in bunches Purplish 5-petalled flowers to 20 mm all
in Spring / Summer year
Green globular fruit to 12 mm turning Black Orange to Red egg-shaped fruit to 30 mm
when ripe
Family: Solanaceae
Family: Smilaceae
Natural Habitat: Rainforest Margins
Cephenes Blue Butterfly Special Features:
Special Features:
• Host Plant for Cephenes Blue, Miskin's
Blue and Fiery Jewel Butterflies
Sophora fraseri Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High Sophora tomentosa Form: Shrub to 6 Metres High
(Brush Sophora)
(Small Leaved Necklace Pod) Aspect: Full Sun / Shaded Aspect: Full Sun / Shaded
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, prefers Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, prefers Moist
Description: Erect Spreading Habit Description: Erect Spreading Habit

Sparsely branched Sparsely branched
Yellow pea flowers to 10mm long in sprays Yellow pea flowers to 25 mm long in sprays
to 10 cm long in Spring through to Autumn to 15 cm long in Spring to Summer
Green cylindrical seed pods to 10 cm long Green cylindrical seed pods to 15 cm long
Family: Fabaceae Family: Fabaceae
Natural Habitat: Subtropical and Dry Rain Forest Natural Habitat: Subtropical and Dry Rain Forest

Fruit is a narrow pod with distinct constrictions between each Fruit is a narrow pod with distinct constrictions between each
seed (similar to a string of pearls) with up to 7 seeds per seed (similar to a string of pearls) with up to 7 seeds per
pod pod
Spartothamnella juncea Form: Shrub to 1.5 Metres High Stenocarpus sinatus Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
(Square-Leaved Broom) (Firewheel Tree)
(Bead Bush) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-shade (Wheel Of Fire Tree) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Erect Open Habit Description: Dense Columnar Habit

Almost leafless Green glossy leaves above, paler below
White 5-petalled flowers to 6 mm all year Red wheel-shaped flowers to 10 cm in
but mainly Summer Summer to Autumn
Orange to Red globular fruit to 4 mm all year Woody boat-shaped seed pods to 8 cm
Family: Lamiaceae Family: Proteaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest Natural Habitat: Rainforest

• Angular stems and branches • Screen Tree
• Timber used for House Framing and Furniture
• Can be potted for indoor use
Sterculia quadrifida Form: Tree to 18 Metres High Strebulus brunonianus Form: Tree to 15 Metres High
(Peanut Tree) (Whalebone Tree)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (White Handlewood Tree) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Prefers Moist
Description: Open Erect Habit Description: Dense Weeping Habit

Bright Green leaves to 12 Cm long Dark Green glossy leaves to 10 cm
Lemon-Scented inconspicuous Cream/White Male and Green Female
Creamy-White flowers in Summer flowers on spikes to 30 mm in Spring
Red boat-shaped seed pods to 30 mm with Yellow edible fruit to 6 mm
numerous Black seeds that taste like peanuts
Family: Moraceae
Family: Proteaceae
Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest / Wet Rainforest
Natural Habitat: Dry / Sub-Tropical Rainforest
Special Features:
• Aboriginal Food, Medicine and Tool Source • Shade Tree
• Seeds may be eaten raw or roasted Named after Robert Brown,
• Can be potted for indoor use Botanist on board the "Investigator"
Swainsonia galegifolia Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High Syncarpia glomulifera Form: Tree to 30 Metres High
(Darling Pea) (Indigo Plant) (Turpentine)
(Smooth Darling Pea) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Cranky Pea)
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable Soil/Conditions: Adaptable
Description: Multi-stemmed Sprawling Habit Description: Narrow Conical Habit

Dark Green Dull-Green narrow-ovate leaves to 11 cm
White to Pink to Mauve to Bright Red White fluffy flowers to 20 mm in Spring to
individual pea flowers to 2.5 cm in Spring Summer
and Summer
Pinkish Red Seed Pods to 4 cm Family: Myrtaceae
Family: Fabaceae Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest
Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest and others Special Features:

• Bird and Bee Attracting
Special Features: • White Ant resistant
• Long Flowering period • Hard, durable construction timber tree
• Quick cover in difficult situations • Preferred timber for Marine Pilings
• Specimen Plant
• POISONOUS TO STOCK Suez Canal constructed using Turpentine trees
Szyzigium australe Form: Tree to 20 Metres High Syzygium crebrinerve Form: Tree to 30 Metres High
(Scrub Cherry) (Purple Cherry)
(Bush Cherry) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable prefers Moist

Green glossy leaves to 3 cm Green glossy leaves to 14 cm paler under
Cream Flowers to 25 mm in Spring / Summer White flowers to 7 mm in Spring / Summer
Mauve / Red to Purple / Light Blue globular Pinkish-Purple globular fruit to 25 mm
fruit to 20 mm
Family: Myrtaceae
Family: Myrtaceae
Special Features:
• Edible fruit that can be used for jam, wine • Red new growth
• Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting
• Can be hedged
• Indoor / Bonsai Plant
Syzigium francisii Form: Tree to 30 Metres High Syzygium luehmannii Form: Tree to 30 Metres High
(Giant Water Gum) (Riberry) (Cherry Satinash)
Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade (Small-Leaved Lilly Pilly) Aspect: Sun / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable prefers Moist Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained
Description: Dense Rounded Habit Bronze-Winged Pigeon Description: Dense Narrow Habit
Green glossy leaves to 8 cm long Green glossy leaves to 7 cm x 2.5 cm
White flowers to 7 mm in Spring / Summer White flowers to 8 mm in late Spring / Summer
Purple to Blue flattened fruit to 15 mm Red pear-shaped fruit to 10mm
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting • Bird Attracting
• Pinkish / Red new growth • Fruit used in Jam, Wine, Ice-Cream
• Older trees have butteressed trunks and Sauces
• Susceptible to Psyllid attack (Sap Sucking • Non-Invasive roots
Insects that form unsightly lumps in leaves) • Aboriginal Food Source
• Can be pruned to shape or hedged
Syzygium oleosum Form: Tree to 15 Metres High Syzygium paniculatum Form: Shrub or Tree to 7 Metres High
(Blue Lilly Pilly) (Magenta Cherry)
(Scented Satinash) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
Description: Dense Habit Description: Dense Habit

Green glossy leaves to 120 mm Green broad elliptic glossy leaves to 10 cm
White fluffy flowers to 15 mm in Summer White fluffy flowers to 15 mm in Summer
Purple fruit to 25 mm changing to Blue Purple globular to ovoid fruit to 25 mm
when ripe
Family: Myrtaceae
Family: Myrtaceae
Special Features:
• Edible Fruit - ideal for jam making • Edible Fruit - ideal for jam making
• Screen Tree • Screen Tree
• Susceptible to Psyllid attack (Sap Sucking • Tub Plant
Insects that form unsightly lumps in leaves)
Syzigium wilsonii Form: Shrub or Small Tree to 3 Metres High Tabernaemontana Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High
(Powderpuff Lilly Pilly) pandacaqui
(Wilson's Satinash) Aspect: Semi-Shade Eastern Spinebill
(Windmill Bush) Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade
(Banana Bush)
Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Prefers Moist
Description: Dense Weeping Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Dull Dark Green narrow oval leaves to 18 cm Dark Green glossy leaves to 18 cm long
Pink to Red flowers like Powderpuffs White pinwheel-shaped flowers to 20 mm in
in Spring / Summer Spring and Summer
Cream / White egg-shaped fruit to 15 mm Orange banana-shaped fruit to 30 mm
in large clusters
Family: Apocyaceae
Family: Myrtaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Rainforest
Special Features:
Special Features: • Plant is TOXIC - in same family as Oleander
• Bird Attracting - Fruit Eaters, Honey Eaters
• Bronze / Red new growth
• Screen Plant
• Pot Plant
Themeda triandra Form: Grass to 60 cm High Toechima tenax Form: Tree to 15 Metres High
(Kangaroo Grass) (Pitted-Leaf Steelwood)
Description: Tussock Forming Erect Habit Description: Dense Habit

Green slender leaves to 50 cm Green compound leaves of 2 to 6 leaflets
Flowers in spikes to 1.5 Metres high in to 7cm with undulating edges
Spring to Summer White 4mm flowers in bunches in Autumn to
Brown pointed seed capsules to 7 cm, often Winter
pendulous Yellow to Orange 2 or 3 lobed fruit to 20 mm
with 2 or 3 Black seeds
Family: Poaceae
Family: Sapindaceae
Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical or Dry Rainforest
Special Features:
• Butterfly Attracting • Fruit and foliage make an attractive tree
• Grey Kangaroo Food Plant
• Readily eaten by stock
• Very hardy but can be overgrazed
Toona ciliata Form: Tree to 40 Metres High Trema tomentosa Form: Shrub to 5 Metres High
was (Poison Peach) Speckled Line-Blue Butterfly
Toona australis Aspect: Full Sun Aspect: Full Sun / Semi-Shade

(Red Cedar)
Description: Dense Habit Description: Open Rounded Habit

Light-Green leaves to 13 cm Bright Green lance-shaped finely toothed hairy
White / Pink perfumed 8 mm flowers in late leaves to 9 cm long
Spring Green to Creamy Yellow flowers to 2 mm in
Green capsule fruit to 20 mm wit winged seeds small clusters at leaf base in Summer
Black fleshy globular fruit to 3 mm
Family: Meliaceae
Family: Ulmaceae Olive-Backed Oriel
Special Features:
• Fast growing in moist, well drained soil Special Features:
• Feature Tree • Host Plant for Speckled Line-Blue Butterfly
• Valuable Timber Tree • Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting
• Cedar Tip Moth caterpillar can cause • Pioneer Plant providing quick canopy
damage and prevents plantation use • TOXIC to Livestock
Triplarina bancroftii Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High Tristaniopsis laurina Form: Tree to 10 Metres High
(Heath Myrtle) (Water Gum) (Kanuka)
Description: Open Upright Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Green 2 mm leaves Dark Green glossy lance-shaped leaves
White five-petalled 5 mm flowers in to 12 cm
Winter to Spring Cream / Orange-Yellow 10 mm flowers in
clusters in Summer
Family: Myrtaceae Woody globular 6-8 mm fruit
Natural Habitat: Open Sclerophyll Forest Family: Myrtaceae
Special Features: Natural Habitat: Dry or Wet Rainforest

• Rare plant restricted to Helidon District
• Leaves aromatic when crushed Special Features:
• Fast Growing
• Specimen Plant
Listed as Endangered Species • Shade Plant
Named for French botanist

Turraea pubescens Form: Shrub to 3 Metres High Viola Banksii Form: Herb to 3 cm Tall by 50 cm Wide
(Native Witch-Hazel) was
Aspect: Sun / Semi-Shade Viola Hederacea Aspect: Shade
(Ivy-Leaved Violet)
Description: Open Rounded Habit Description: Prostrate Spreading Habit

Dark Green elliptical leaves to 10 cm long Violet and White flowers on 15 cm stems
White five-petalled highly fragrant flowers to for most of the year
25 mm in Spring when tree is leafless Flowers and seeds at end of stems
Green woody globular fruit to 15 mm
Family: Violaceae
Family: Meliaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Heath
Special Features:
Special Features: • Ground Cover for moist conditions
• Flowers in groups of 3 to 5 • Hanging Basket Plant
• Fruit stays on tree and splits to show seeds • Frog Habitat
Dainty Tree Frog
• Needs pruning to retain shape
Viola betonicifolia Form: Herb to 40 cm High Vittadinia sulcata Form: Herb to 300 mm High
(Arrow-Leaved Violet) (Native Daisy)
(Mountain Violet) Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade (New Holland Daisy) Aspect: Semi-Shade

Australian Fritillary Butterfly
Description: Erect Tufted Habit Description: Erect Open Habit
Evergreen Perennial Evergreen Annual
Green arrow-shaped leaves to 8 cm long Light Green hairy leaves to 20 mm long
Violet and White flowers to 2cm on 8 cm White or Mauve flowers to 6 mm in Spring to
stems in Spring Autumn
Brown small seed pods with black seeds Downy seed heads
Family: Violaceae Family: Asteraceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Heath Natural Habitat: Eucalypt Forest

• Host Plant for Australian Fritillary Butterfly • Seeds dispersed by wind
• Rockery Plant
• Mass Plant (9 per Sq M) for best effect
Wahlenbergia gracilis Form: Flowering Herb to 0.5 Metres High Waterhousia floribunda Form: Tree to 30 Metres High
(Small-Flowered Bluebell) was
(Native Bluebell) Aspect: Full Sun Syzigium floribundum Aspect: Full Sun
(Weeping Lilly Pilly)
Description: Erect Clumping Habit Description: Rounded Weeping Habit

Green oblong leaves to 60 mm Dark Green glossy leaves to 15 cm
Blue flowers to 5 mm on fine stems in White flowers to 5 mm in Spring to Summer
Spring to Autumn Green globular fruit to 13 mm
Brown papery capsule fruit to 7 mm
Family: Myrtaceae
Family: Campanulaceae
Special Features:
Special Features: • Bee Attracting
• Butterfly Attracting • Red older leaves
• Normally found on Watercourses and
Creeks
• Floribunda means Abundant Flowering
Westringia eremicola Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High Westringia fruiticosa Form: Shrub to 2 Metres High
(Coastal Rosemary) Rayed Blue Butterfly
Soil/Conditions: Stony / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist
Description: Open Erect Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Dark Green narrow leaves to 20 mm in groups Dark Green narrow pointed leaves to 2 cm
of 3 or 4 White to Light Mauve flowers with Reddish
Pink to Light Mauve flowers to 6 mm in Spring and Yellow Brown spotted throats to 2 cm
to Summer for most of year
Family: Lamiaceae Family: Lamiaceae
Natural Habitat: Wallum / Coastal Heathlands Natural Habitat: Wallum / Coastal Heathlands

• Silvery new growth and underneath • Host Plant for Rayed Blue butterfly
• Cut Flower Plant • Silvery new growth and underneath
• Indoor Plant • Cut Flower Plant
• Hedge Plant • Indoor Plant
• Hedge Plant
Wikstroemia Indica Form: Shrub to 1.5 Metres High Brown Cuckoo Dove Xanthostemon Form: Tree to 20 Metres High
(Tie Bush) (Bootlace Bark) chrysanthus
(Bushman's Bootlace) Aspect: Shade / Semi-Shade (Golden Penda) Aspect: Full Sun

Dark Green leaves to 6 cm, Dull underneath Green glossy narrow leaves to 15 cm long
Green tubular flowers to 7 mm in Spring Bright Yellow flowers to 30 mm in clusters in
to Autumn Summer to Autumn
Orange to Red berry fruit to 7 mm - TOXIC Green globular fruit to 14 mm
Family: Thymelaceae Family: Myrtaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest

• Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting • Nectar-Feeding Bird Attracting
• Bark strips used for substitute string • May be pruned to shape
• Aboriginal Medicine Source • Screen Tree (as on Old Northern Road)
• Subject of Cancer Medicine Research • Specimen Tree
• Flowers at an early age

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DEFINITIONS

SEDGE: A grass-like plant that grows in wet ground or near water.

Soil/Conditions: Adaptable Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained

Soil/Conditions: Adaptable Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained

Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Family: Mimosaceae Family: Mimosaceae

Special Features: Special Features:

Description: Weeping, often crooked, Habit Description: Erect Open Habit

Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained

Description: Erect Open Habit Description: Erect Open Habit

Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable, prefers Fertile Soils

Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Erect Rounded Habit

Natural Habitat: Open Eucalypt Forest Special Features:

Soil/Conditions: Moist / Fertile Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained

Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Erect Spreading Habit

Family: Mimosaceae Family: Mimosoaceae Common Imperial-Blue Butterfly

Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Eucalypt Forest

Special Features: Special Features:

Description: Rounded Dense Habit Description: Dense Weeping Habit

Family: Mimosaceae Family: Mimosaceae

Special Features: Special Features:

Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Sandy / Well-Drained

Description: Dense Spreading Habit Description: Erect Open Habit

Family: Mimosaceae Family: Mimosaceae

Natural Habitat: Dunes and Headlands Natural Habitat: Eucalypt Forest

Special Features: Special Features:

Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical RainForest

Special Features: Special Features:

Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Family: Myrtaceae Family: Myrtaceae

Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest Natural Habitat: Dry Rainforest

Special Features: Special Features:

Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained

Description: Erect Rounded Habit Description: Open Rounded Habit

Family: Araucariaceae Family: Euphorbiaceae

Special Features: Special Features:

Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained

Description: Dense Rounded Habit Description: Dense Rounded Habit

Family: Sapindaceae Family: Sapindaceae

Natural Habitat: Coastal Forest Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest

Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained

Natural Habitat: Montane Heath Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest

Special Features: Special Features:

Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Moist / Well-Drained

Family: Proteaceae Family: Proteaceae

Natural Habitat: Warm-Temperate Rainforest Natural Habitat: Warm-Temperate Rainforest

Special Features: Special Features:

LISTED AS VUNERABLE SPECIES IN QLD LISTED AS NEAR THREATENED IN QLD

Natural Habitat: Tropical and Sub-Tropical Rainforest Family: Rhamnaceae

Special Features: Natural Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest

Soil/Conditions: Average Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist

Family: Rhamnaceae Small Banded-Blue Butterfly Family: Zingeberaceae

Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest Natural Habitat: Rainforest

Special Features: Special Features:

Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist Well-Drained Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist

Description: Straight Habit, dome-shaped Crown Description: Open Rounded Habit

Description: Erect Open Habit Description: Erect Columnar Habit

Family: Mimosaceae Family: Arecaceae

Natural Habitat: Sub-Tropical Rainforest Natural Habitat: Rainforest Gullies