30-60CM high. Slender, tufted perennial grass. Requires well-drained dryish soils. Full sun, semi-shade.
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Austrostipa nodosa – Knotty Spear-grass
0.4-1.2M high. Loosely tufted grass. Requires moist winter-wet soils. Full sun, semi-shade.
Austrostipa mollis – Soft Spear-grass
0.6-1.5M high. Robust, erect clumping grass. Requires moist, often sandy soils. Full sun, semi-shade.
Austrostipa flavescens – Coast Spear-grass
1.2M high. Rhizomatous tufted grass. Requires moist, well-drained sandy soils, salt-tolerant. Full sun, semi shade.
Austrostipa elegantissima – Feather Spear-grass
0.5-1M x 2M. Ornamental rhizomatous tussock. Requires dry, sandy or open soil, tolerating saline and limy conditions. Full sun, semi-shade.
Atriplex semibaccata – Berry Saltbush
10-30cm x 1-2M. Spreading, semi-erect shrub. Flowers most of the year, peaking Nov-Feb. Requires well-drained heavy basalt soils, full sun, semi-shade. Salt tolerant.
Aotus ericoides – Common Aotus
0.5-1.5M x 0.5 -1.5M. Fast-growing, bushy, upright shrub. Yellow and red pea flowers Aug – Dec. Tolerates wet and dry periods, full sun, semi-shade. Prune after flowering.
Allocasuarina verticillata – Drooping Sheoak
4-11M x 3-6M. Small erect tree, flowers March-Dec. Requires well-drained soil, full sun.
Allocasuarina paludosa – Scrub Sheoak
0.5-2M x 1-2M. Slow-growing. Requires moist to wet clay or sandy soils tolerating better drainage once established. Full sun, semi-shade.
Allocasuarina littoralis – Black Sheoak
4-8M x 2-5M. Upright tree, fissured bark. Female flowers reddish, male dark brown March-June. Requires well-drained soils, full sun, semi-shade. Attractive to birds and caterpillars.