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Australian natives.     . . . . .   Come and see these for yourself at one of our weeding sessions. They're much more beautiful in the flesh than they are as a word on your monitor.
 
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  INDIGENOUS PLANT LIST - SHERBROOKE FOREST
Herbs, Lil
Ground Ferns
Epiphyte Ferns

Note: Fungi are listed on a separate page of this website.

Botanical name   Common name
Large Trees
Acacia dealbata   Silver wattle
Acacia melanoxylon   Blackwood
Atherosperma moschatum   Southern sassafras
Bedfordia arborescens   Blanket leaf
Eucalyptus cypellocarpa   Mountain grey gum
Eucalyptus obliqua   Messmate stringybark
Eucalyptus regnans   Mountain ash
Eucalyptus viminalis   Manna Gum
Leptospermum lanigerum   Woolly tea-tree
Lomatia fraseri   Tree lomatia
 
Small Trees
Cassinia longifolia   Shiny cassinia
Exocarpos cupressiformis   Cherry ballart
Hedycarya angustifolia   Austral mulberry
Melaleuca squarrosa   Scented paper-bark
Olearia argophylla   Musk daisy bush
Ozothamnus ferrugineus   Tree everlasting
Pittosporum bicolor   Banyalla
Pomaderris aspera   Hazel pomaderris
Rapanea howittiana   Mutton wood
 
Medium Shrubs
Acacia leprosa   Cinnamon wattle
Acacia verticillata   Prickly moses
Cassinia aculeata   Common cassinia
Cassinia trinerva   Three-veined cassinia
Coprosma quadrifida   Prickly currant bush
Goodia lotifolia   Golden-tip
Gynatrix pulchella   Hemp bush
Leptospermum continentale   Prickly tea tree
Notelaea ligustrina   Privet mock olive
Olearia lirata   Snowy daisy bush
Pimelea axiflora   Bootlace bush
Pimelea ligustrina   Tall rice flower
Polyscias sambucifolia   Elderberry panax
Prostanthera lasianthos   Victorian christmas bush
Solanum aviculare   Kangaroo apple
Spyridium parvifolium   Australian dusty miller
Zieria arborescens   Stinkwood
 
Small Shrubs
Goodenia ovata   Hop goodenia
Indigofera australis   Austral indigo
Pultenea scrabra   Rough pea bush
Rubus parvifolius   Small leaf bramble
Solanum prinophyllum   Forest nightshade
 
Climbers
Billardiera longiflora   Purple apple berry
Billardiera scandens   Common apple berry
Calystegia marginata   Forest bindweed
Clematis aristata   Australian clematis
Comesperma volubile   Love creeper
Glycine clandestina   Twining glycine
Pandorea pandorana   Wonga vine
Parsonsia brownii   Twining silkpod
 
Ground Covers
Acaena novae-zelandiae   Bidgee-widgee
Asperula euryphylla   Broad-leaf woodruff
Asperula scoparia   Prickly woodruff
Australina pusilla ssp. muelleri   Shade nettle
Crassula sieberiana   Sieber crassula
Austrocynoglossum latifolium   Forest hound's-tongue
Desmodium gunnii   Southern tick tre-foil
Dichondra repens   Kidney weed
Galium gaudichaudii   Rough bedstraw
Geranium homeanum   Rainforest Crane's-bill
Geranium potentilloides   Cinque-foil crane's-bill
Geranium solanderi   Austral crane's-bill
Gonocarpus tetragynus   Common raspwort
Gratiola peruviana   Austral brooklime
Hydrocotyle geraniifolia   Forest pennywort
Hydrocotyle hirta   Hairy pennywort
Lythrum hyssopifolia   Small loosestrife
Oxalis perennans   Yellow wood sorrel
Poranthera microphylla   Small poranthera
Prunella vulgaris   Self heal
Stellaria flaccida   Forest starwort
Veronica calycina   Trailing starwort
Viola hederacea   Ivy-leaf violet
 
Orchids
Calochilus campestris   Copper beard orchid
Chiloglottis cornuta   Green bird orchid
Chiloglottis valida   Common bird orchid
Corysanthes diemenica   Veined helmet orchid
Gastrodia procera   Cinnamon bells
Gastrodia sesamoides   Cinnamon bells
Microtis unifolia   Common onion orchid
Prasophyllum flavum   Yellow leek orchid
Pterostylis alpina   Alpine greenhood
Pterostylis melagramma   Tall greenhood
Pterostylis longifolia   Tall greenhood
Pterostylis nutans   Nodding greenhood
Pterostylis pedunculata   Maroon hood
Sarcochilus australis   Gunn's orchid
Thelymitra media   Tall sun orchid
 
Grasses
Elymus scaber var. scaber   Common wheat grass
Lachnagrostis billardierei   Blown grass
Agrostis spp. agg. aff. hiemalis   Bent grass
Austrodanthonia penicillata   Slender wallaby grass
Deyeuxia quadriseta   Reed bent grass
Deyeuxia rodwayi   Bent grass
Dichelachne micrantha   Short-hair plume grass
Dryopoa dives   Giant mountain grass
Echinopogon ovatus   Hedgehog grass
Microlaena stipoides   Weeping grass
Poa ensiformis   Purple-sheath tussock grass
Poa tenera   Slender tussock grass
Tetrarrhena juncea   Forest wire grass
 
Sedges
Carex appressa   Tall sedge
Carex breviculmis   Short-stem sedge
Gahnia sieberiana   Red-fruit saw sedge
Lepidosperma elatius   Tall sword sedge
Lomandra longifolia   Spiny-headed mat rush
Uncinia tenella   Delicate hook sedge
 
Rushes
Isolepis inundata   Swamp club rush
Isolepis subtilissima   Salaisoi
Juncus bufonius   Toad rush
Juncus pallidus   Pale rush
Juncus pauciflorus   Loose-flower rush
Juncus planifolius   Broad-leaf rush
Juncus procerus   Rush
Luzula meridionalis var.flaccida   Field wood rush
Schoenus apogon   Common bog rush
Schoenus maschalinus   Leafy bog rush
 
Herbs, Lilies, etc
Cardamine gunnii   Common bittercress
Dianella tasmanica   Tasman flax lily
Epilobium billardierianum subsp. cinereum   Variable willow herb
Euchiton involucratus   Common or star cudweed
Hypericum gramineum   Small St. John's wort
Hypericum japonicum   Matted St. John's wort
Lagenophora stipitata   Common lagenophora
Linum marginale   Native flax
Lobelia gibbosa   Tall lobelia
Mentha laxiflora   Forest mint
Pelargonium inodorum   Kopata
Persicaria decipiens   Slender knotweed
Persicaria hydropiper   Water pepper
Plantago debilis   Shade plantain
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum   Jersey cudweed
Ranunculus plebeius   Forest buttercup
Rorippa dictyosperma   Forest bitter cress
Rumex brownii   Slender dock
Sambucus gaudichaudiana   White elderberry
Senecio hispidulus   Annual fireweed
Senecio glomeratus   Rough fireweed
Senecio linearifolius   Fireweed groundsel
Senecio minimus   Shrubby fireweed
Senecio quadridentatus   Cotton fireweed
Senecio vagus   Saw groundsel
Sigesbeckia orientalis   Indian weed
Stackhousia monogyna   Creamy stackhousia
Stylidium armeria   Grass trigger plant
Teucrium corymbosum   Forest germander
Thysanotus tuberosus   Common fringe lily
Urtica incisa   Scrub nettle
Veronica notabilis   Forest speedwell
Wahlenbergia gracilis   Sprawling bluebell
Wahlenbergia stricta   Tall bluebell
 
Parasites
Amyema pendula   Drooping mistletoe
Muellerina eucalyptoides   Creeping mistletoe
 
Saprophyte
Thismia rodwayi   Fairy lanterns
 
Aquatic
Triglochin striata   Streaked arrowgrass
 
Moss
Dawsonia superba   Tall dawsonia


FERN SPECIES - SHERBROOKE FOREST

Botanical name                    Common name
Ground Ferns
Adiantum aethiopicum   Common maidenhair fern
Asplenium flabellifolium   Necklace fern
Diplazium australe   Australe lady fern
Blechnum cartilagineum   Gristle fern
Blechnum chambersii   Lance water fern
Blechnum fluviatile   Ray water fern
Blechnum minus   Soft water fern
Blechnum nudum   Fishbone water fern
Blechnum wattsii   Hard water fern
Calochlaena dubia   Common ground fern
Cyathea australis   Rough tree fern
Cyathea cunninghamii   Slender tree fern
Cyathea marcescens   Skirted tree fern
Dicksonia antarctica   Soft tree fern
Gleichenia microphylla   Scrambling coral fern
Histiopteris incisa   Bat's-wing fern
Hypolepis muelleri   Harsh ground fern
Hypolepis glandulifera   Downy ground fern
Hypolepis rugosula   Ruddy ground fern
Lastreopsis acuminata   Shiny shield fern
Lastreopsis hispida   Bristly shield fern
Pellaea falcata   Sickle fern
Polystichum proliferum   Mother shield fern
Pteridium esculentum   Austral bracken
Pteris comans   Netted brake
Pteris tremula   Tender brake
Sticherus tener   Silky fan fern
Todea barbara   Austral king fern
 
Epiphyte Ferns
Asplenium bulbiferum   Mother spleenwort
Ctenopteris heterophylla   Gypsy fern
Grammitis billardierei   Finger fern
Hymenophyllum australe   Austral filmy fern
Hymenophyllum cupressiforme   Common filmy fern
Hymenophyllum flabellatum   Shiny filmy fern
Microsorum pustulatum   Kangaroo fern
Crepidomanes venosum   Veined bristle fern
Rumohra adiantiformis   Leathery shield fern
Tmesipteris obliqua   Long fork fern
 

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Last modified: 3 September 2009

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