NATIVE

TREES & SHRUBS

RECOMMENDED

FOR

SEASIDE

AREAS

NOOSA & DISTRICT LANDCARE GROUP

STATION STREET, POMONA PH: 5485 2468

PLANTS SUITABLE FOR SEASIDE AREAS

This list has been prepared as a guide to the selection of trees and shrubs suitable for planting on the coastal areas of Queensland. Most species are available from Noosa Landcare’s nurseries. Others listed are generally available from nurseries specializing in native plants.

The problems of seaside plantings are mainly concerned with salt-laden winds which burn the foliage of tender plants. For such exposed sites the following plants will provide a resistant windbreak.

SPECIES COMMON NAME (SHRUBS – Up to 5 metres) Acacia podalryiifolia Queensland silver wattle Acacia spectabilis Glory or Mudgee wattle Acacia suaveolens Sweet wattle Alectryon coriaceous Beach bird’s eye Baeckea frutescens Weeping baeckea Banksia ericiifolia Heath-leaved banksia Banksia oblingifolia Dwarf banksia Banksia spinulosa var. spinulosa Spiny-leaved honeysuckle Banksia spinulosa var. collina Hair-pin banksia Callistemon citrinus Crimson bottlebrush Callistemon pachyphyllus Wallum bottlebrush Callistemon rigidus Stiff bottlebrush Grevillea banksii Bank’s grevillea Hakea sericea White hakea Leptospermum brachyandrum Weeping tea-tree Leptospermum laevigatum Coast tea-tree Leptospermum petersonii Lemon-scented tea-tree Leptospermum polygalyfolium Wild may Melaleuca armillaris Bracelet honey myrtle Melaleuca alternifolia Paperbark Melaleauca bracteata River tea-tree Melaleuca nodosa Prickly-leaved paperbark Petalostigma pubescens Hairy quinine tree Phebalium woombye Phebalium Pittosporum revolutum Yellow pittosporum Ricinocarpos pinifolius Wedding bush Westringia fruticosa Coastal rosemary

(MEDIUM SIZE TREES - Height 5 to 15 metres) Acacia disparrima Hickory wattle Acacia longifolia Sallow wattle Allocasuarina littoralis Black she-oak Auranticarpa rhombofolium Diamond pittosporum Banksia integrifolia Coast banksia Cailistemon salignus White bottlebrush Callistemon viminalis Weeping bottlebrush Callitris columellaris Bribie Island pine Callitris rhomboidea Dune cypress pine Casuarina equisetifolia Beach she-oak Cupaniopsis anacardioides Tuckeroo Eucalyptus conglomerata Swamp stringybark Eucalyptus curtisii Plunkett mallee Hakea salicifolia Willow-leaved hakea Hibiscus tillaceus Cotton tree Melaleuca linariifolia Snow in summer Pandanus tectorius Pandanus Pittosporum undulatum Native daphne

(LARGE TREES - Height 15 metres or more)

Allocasuarina torulosa Rose she-oak Araucaria bidwillii Bunya pine Araucaria cunninghamii Hoop pineCasuarina glauca Swamp she-oakCorymbia citriodora var citriodora Lemon scented gum Corymbia citriodora var variegata Spotted gumCorymbia intermedia Red bloodwood Corymbia tessellaris Carbeen Eucalyptus acmenoides White mahogany Eucalyptus camaldulensis River red gum Eucalyptus propinqua Grey gum Eucalyptus robusta Swamp mahogany Eucalyptus tereticornis Forest red gum Lophostemon confertus Brush box Melaleuca leucadendra Broadleaved tea-tree Melaleuca quinquenervia Paper-barked tea-tree