Lower Rear Dune Communities indigenous plants

This information sheet covers the Torquay to Point Lonsdale lower rear dune areas.

Zone 4 Consists of flat, moderately fertile alluvial loam soils, poor to well drained with some saline areas. The average rainfall is 60 - 62 centimetres.

This area was predominantly a woodland community. Dominant tree species included Coast Manna Gum, Moonah and Drooping Sheoke with an understorey of Coast Beard-heath.

Woodlands give way to sedgeland and saltmarsh vegetation on the fringes of wetlands.

Areas of grassland dominated by Kangaroo Grass occurred in drier sites. Common Tussock Grass was found along fresh watercourses whereas Blue Tussock Grass would have been present in more saline areas.

Species such as the Rare Bitter-bush and Coast Bitterbush may have once been common in this zone but now only grow in isolated patches.

Tree species
Common name	Botanical name	Size (height by width in metres)		1
Lightwood	Acacia implexa	5-15	4-7	YU
Blackwood	Acacia melanoxylon	5-30	4-15	Y
Golden Wattle	Acacia pycnantha	3-10	2-5	Y
Drooping Sheoke	Allocasuarina verticillata	4-11	3-6	Y
Coast Manna Gum	Eucalyptus pryoriana	8-16	5-12	Y
River Red Gum	Eucalyptus camaldulensis	12-35	15-35	Y
Cherry Ballart	Exocarpos cupressiformis	3-8	3-5	Y
Moonah	Melaleuca lanceolata	1-8	3-6	Y
Shrub species
Hedge Wattle	Acacia paradoxa	2-4	2-5	Y
Coast Wirilda	Acacia retinodes var. uncifolia	4-8	3-5	Y
Coast Bitter-bush	Adriana klotzschii	2-4	2-3	Y
Rare Bitter-bush	Adriana quadripartita	2-4	2-3	Y
Sweet Bursaria	Bursaria spinosa var macrophylla	2-6	2-3	Y
Dogwood	Cassinia aculeata	2-4	1-2	Y
Shiny Cassinia	Cassinia longifolia	2-4	2	X
Common Correa	Correa reflexa	0.3	1-2	Y
Hop Bitter-pea	Daviesia latifolia	1-3	1-2	Y
Grey Parrot-pea	Dillwynia cinerascens	0.6-1.5	0.5-1.5	Y
Smooth Parrot-pea	Dillwynia glaberrima	1-2	1-2	Y
Giant Hop-bush	Dodonaea viscosa	3	3	Y
Hop Goodenia	Goodenia ovata	1-2.5	1-3	Y
Coast Beard-heath	Leucopogon parviflorus	1-4	2-3	Y
Common Boobialla	Myoporum insulare	1-6	3	Y
Sticky Boobialla	Myoporum viscosum	0.5-2	1.5-2	Y
Twiggy Daisy-bush	Olearia ramulosa	0.5-2.5	1	Y
Shrub Everlasting	Ozothamnus ferrugineus	2-6	1-3	Y
Coast Pomaderris	Pomaderris oraria	1-1.5	1-5	Y
Sea Berry Saltbush	Rhagodia candolleana	2	1-2.5	Y
Kangaroo Apple	Solanum laciniatum	1-3	1-3	Y
Groundcover and tussock species
Berry Saltbush	Atriplex semibaccata	0.1-0.3	1-3	Y
Black Anther Flax-lily	Dianella revoluta	0.5	1.5-2.0	Y
Tussock Grass	Poa labillardieri	0.8	0.8	Y
Blue Tussock grass	Poa poiformis	0.2-0.9	1	Y
Bower Spinach	Tetragonia implexicoma	0.3-3	2	Y
Kangaroo Grass	Themeda triandra	0.3	0.3	Y
Y - species is present in areas of remnant vegetation
X - species once occurred in this area
U - uncommon