Stonehaven, Fyansford and Western Basalt Plains indigenous plants

This information sheet details the indigenous plants found in Stonehaven, Fyansford and the Western Basalt Plains.

Zone 11 Consists of fertile clay to clay loam soils with basalt rock usually present. It includes hills, plains and stony rises that are mostly poorly drained. The average rainfall is 45 - 60 centimetres.

The Stonehaven, Fyansford and Western Basalt Plains would have been low open woodland consisting mainly of Drooping Sheoke, Swamp Gum and Blackwood while the Western Plains were predominantly grassland.

Stands of denser vegetation would have been found along rivers, creeks and drainage lines. Here River Red Gum, Silver Wattle, River Bottlebrush and Tea-tree species would be found.

On the drier slopes Cherry Ballart, Sweet Bursaria and Sheoke species would be found growing amongst Berry Saltbush, Silver Banksia and Wattle species. Species once found in the area but are now no longer present include the Golden Spray.

Tree species
Common name	Botanical name	Size (height by width in metres)		1	2	3	4
Lightwood	Acacia implexa	5-15	4-7	Y	Y	-	-
Black Wattle	Acacia mearnsii	8-25	6-10	Y	Y	-	X
Blackwood	Acacia melanoxylon	5-30	4-15	Y	Y	Y	Y
Golden Wattle	Acacia pycnantha	3-10	2-5	Y	Y	-	-
Drooping Sheoke	Allocasuarina verticillata	4-11	3-6	Y	-	-	-
Black Sheoke	Allocasuarina littoralis	4-8	2-5	X	-	-	-
River Red Gum	Eucalyptus camaldulensis	15-35	15-35	-	-	Y	Y
Yellow Gum	Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp connata	10-20	6-20	-	YR	-	-
Swamp Gum	Eucalyptus ovata	8-30	8-20	-	YO	Y	Y
Manna Gum	Eucalyptus viminalis	10-20	8-15	YL	-	-	YA
Yarra Gum	Eucalyptus yarraensis	1-20	5-10	-	-	X	-
Cherry Ballart	Exocarpos cupressiformis	3-8	3-5	Y	Y	-	-
Shrub species
Silver Wattle	Acacia dealbata	6-30	5-10	-	-	-	Y
Hedge Wattle	Acacia paradoxa	2-4	2-5	Y	Y	-	-
Prickly Moses	Acacia verticillata	2-6	3-5	-	-	-	X
Silver Banksia	Banksia marginata	1-10	1-5	Y	Y	-	-
Sweet Bursaria	Bursaria spinosa var macrophylla	2-6	2-3	Y	Y	Y	Y
River Bottlebrush	Callistemon sieberi	3-10	2-10	-	-	-	Y
Grey Parrot-pea	Dillwynia cinerascens	0.6-1.5	0.5-1.5	-	Y	-	-
Pale-fruit Ballart	Exocarpos strictus	1-2.5	1-3	-	-	-	Y
Hop Goodenia	Goodenia ovata	1-2.5	1-3	-	-	-	Y
Hemp-Bush	Gynatrix pulchella	2-4	1.5-3	-	-	-	Y
Shrub Violet	Hymenanthera dentata	2-4	1-2.5	-	Y	Y	Y
Woolly Tea-tree	Leptospermum lanigerum	2-6	1-3	-	-	Y	Y
River Tea-tree	Leptospermum obovatum	2-4	1.5-2	-	-	Y	Y
Tangled Ligum	Muehlenbeckia florulenta	1-2.5	1-2	-	-	Y	Y
Common Boobialla	Myoporum insulare (plains form)	1-6	3	-	X	-	-
Shrub Everlasting	Ozothamnus ferrugineus	2-6	1-3	-	-	-	Y
Kangaroo Apple	Solanum laciniatum	1-3	1-3	Y	Y	-	YU
Golden Spray	Viminaria juncea	2.5-5	2	-	-	X	X
Groundcover and tussock species
Berry Saltbush	Atriplex semibaccata	0.3	1-3	Y	Y	-	-
Common Everlasting	Chrysocephalum apiculatum	0.3	1-2	-	Y	-	Y
Small-leaf Eutaxia	Eutaxia microphylla	0.5	1.5	-	Y	-	-
Tussock Grass	Poa labillardieri	0.8	0.8	-	-	Y	Y
Kangaroo Grass	Themeda triandra	0.3	0.3	Y	-	-	-
A - alluvial deposits
L - lighter soils
R - in higher rainfall areas
O - in higher rainfall areas only
U - uncommon
X - species once occurred in this area
Y - species is present in areas of remnant vegetation