ECOLOGICAL VEGETATION CLASS PROFILE:
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COASTAL ALKALINE SCRUB
Structure:
Environment:
Pre-1750
distribution:
Present
distribution:
Peninsula status:
Bioregional status:
Nearest relative:
Adjacent EVCs:
Typical site:
Notes:
Scrub to 15 metres
Deep alkaline sands
Most of the Nepean Peninsula, particularly the interior areas
Rare
Endangered
Depleted
Coastal Dune Scrub
Coastal Headland Scrub, Coast Banksia Woodland, Damp Sands Herb-rich
Woodland, Swamp Scrub (Boneo Swamp)
Point Nepean, Portsea
Distinguished by usual dominant Moonah or sometimes Coast Tea-tree, with
characteristic species especially Coast Wirilda and Thyme Rice-flower, large
areas originally dominated by Drooping Sheoak; listed as a threatened
community under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (Vic.) as 'Coastal
Moonah Woodland'; previously known as Calcarenite Dune Woodland
General notes:
(1) This profile is generalised with only the major species listed; individual sites may differ in
composition due to site characteristics (geology, aspect, rainfall, drainage) and site history;
look at the composition of adjacent vegetation to fine tune the species list for your site.
(2) Heights for trees are in metres, other plants in centimetres.
(3) Availability from nurseries is for species, not necessarily for your soil-type genetic provenance
within the species; plants should be sourced from same soil type / geology for genetic
conservation and best growth; contact your local indigenous nursery and ask them to collect seed
from local sites or ensure that plants are local provenance.
(4) Planting of locally sourced indigenous species appropriate for the EVC should be undertaken
where remnant indigenous vegetation is absent or where carefully applied bush regeneration
techniques have failed to stimulate adequate recruitment of new indigenous plants within remnant
indigenous vegetation; managing for natural regeneration preserves the ecological integrity of
native vegetation rather than turning it into a plantation.
Scientific name
Common name
Trees
Acacia longifolia var. sophorae
Acacia retinodes var. uncifolia
Allocasuarina verticillata
Bursaria spinosa var. macrophylla
Exocarpos cupressiformis
Leptospermum laevigatum
Melaleuca lanceolata
Myoporum insulare
Coast Wattle
Coast Wirilda
Drooping Sheoak
Sweet Bursaria
Cherry Ballart
Coast Tea-tree
Moonah
Common Boobialla
Height Available
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10
15
8
8
5
15
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Scientific name
Common name
Height Available
Shrubs
Acacia paradoxa
Adriana quadripartita
Alyxia buxifolia
Correa alba
Correa reflexa
Hibbertia sericea
Leucopogon parviflorus
Olearia axillaris
Pimelea serpyllifolia
Pomaderris paniculosa
Pultenaea canaliculata
Rubus parvifolius
Rhagodia candolleana
Solanum laciniatum
Hedge Wattle
Coast Bitter-bush
Sea Box
White Correa
Common Correa
Silky Guinea-flower
Coast Beard-heath
Coast Daisy-Bush
Thyme Rice-flower
Coast Pomaderris
Coast Bush-pea
Small-leaf Bramble
Seaberry Saltbush
Large Kangaroo Apple
200
300
200
150
200
70
500
150
150
200
200
100
200
300
Grasses
Austrodanthonia racemosa
Austrodanthonia setacea
Austrostipa flavescens
Lachnagrostis billardierei
Microlaena stipoides
Poa labillardierei
Poa poiformis var. ramifer
Stiped Wallaby-grass
Bristly Wallaby-grass
Coast Spear-grass
Coast Blown-grass
Weeping Grass
Common Tussock-grass
Dune Poa
60
100
120
60
70
100
100
Ground covers
Acaena novae-zelandiae
Ajuga australis
Apium prostratum
Caladenia carnea s.l.
Caladenia latifolia
Carex breviculmis
Carpobrotus rossii
Convolvulus erubescens
Corybas despectans
Corybas incurvus
Crassula sieberiana
Cynoglossum australe
Cyrtostylis reniformis
Cyrtostylis robusta
Daucus glochidiatus
Dianella brevicaulis
Dianella revoluta s.l.
Dichondra repens
Epilobium billardierianum
Eriochilus cucullatus
Euchiton collinus
Euchiton involucratus s.s.
Bidgee-widgee
Austral Bugle
Sea Celery
Pink Fingers
Pink Fairies
Common Grass-sedge
Karkalla
Pink Bindweed
Coast Helmet-orchid
Slaty Helmet-orchid
Sieber Crassula
Australian Hound's-tongue
Small Gnat-orchid
Large Gnat-orchid
Austral Carrot
Small-flower Flax-lily
Black-anther Flax-lily
Kidney-weed
Variable Willow-herb
Parson's Bands
Creeping Cudweed
Star Cudweed
20
60
15
25
40
30
5
15
2
2
10
60
10
25
50
80
80
4
100
20
40
50
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Scientific name
Common name
Galium australe
Helichrysum leucopsideum
Hydrocotyle laxiflora
Ficinia nodosa
Kennedia prostrata
Lagenophora stipitata
Lepidosperma gladiatum
Microtis unifolia
Myosotis australis
Oxalis corniculata s.l.
Oxalis exilis
Oxalis perennans
Parietaria debilis
Pelargonium australe
Pterostylis cucullata
Pterostylis pedunculata
Pultenaea tenuifolia
Ranunculus sessiliflorus
Sambucus gaudichaudiana
Scaevola albida
Scutellaria humilis
Sebaea ovata
Senecio biserratus
Senecio glomeratus
Senecio hispidulus
Senecio odoratus
Senecio pinnatifolius
Stackhousia monogyna
Swainsona lessertiifolia
Veronica calycina
Viola hederacea
Tangled Bedstraw
Satin Everlasting
Stinking Pennywort
Knobby Club-sedge
Running Postman
Common Bottle-daisy
Coast Sword-sedge
Common Onion-orchid
Austral Forget-me-not
Yellow Wood-sorrel
Shady Wood-sorrel
Grassland Wood-sorrel
Shade Pellitory
Austral Stork's-bill
Leafy Greenhood
Maroonhood
Slender Bush-pea
Annual Buttercup
White Elderberry
Pale Fan-flower
Dwarf Skullcap
Yellow Sebaea
Jagged Fireweed
Annual Fireweed
Rough Fireweed
Scented Groundsel
Variable Groundsel
Creamy Stackhousia
Coast Swainson-pea
Hairy Speedwell
Ivy-leaf Violet
Height Available
40
60
15
100
5
20
100
90
30
15
8
15
30
60
20
25
30
30
200
50
10
30
100
120
100
150
40
30
50
50
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Ferns
None
Climbers, epiphytes
Amyema miquelii
Amyema preissii
Cassytha pubescens
Clematis microphylla
Comesperma volubile
Muehlenbeckia adpressa
Tetragonia implexicoma
Zygophyllum billardierei
Box Mistletoe
Wire-leaf Mistletoe
Downy Dodder-laurel
Small-leaved Clematis
Love Creeper
Climbing Lignum
Bower Spinach
Coast Twin-leaf
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