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Native plant species lists

Use this fact sheet to find the appropriate native vegetation for your area.

The following vegetation association master lists are available in two forms:

  • The complete lists identify all native species that have grown in the area. These may or may not be available for commercial purchasing.
  • The short lists identify all native species in the area that are available for commercial purchase.

Southern Mount Lofty Ranges species master lists

  • H2: Brown stringy bark (Eucalyptus baxteri) and stringy bark (E. obliqua) open forest (ML0201PE)
  • H4: Brown stringy bark (Eucalyptus baxteri) +/- pink gum (E. fasciculosa) +/- cup gum (E. cosmophylla) low woodland (ML0404PE, ML0405PE, WM1801PE)
  • H9: Stringy bark (Eucalyptus obliqua), long-leaf box (E. goniocalyx) and pink gum (E. fasciculosa) low woodland (WM7701PE)
  • H10: South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp. leucoxylon) woodland (AP0003PE, SE0008PE)
  • H13: Manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis ssp. cygnetensis) and blue gum (E. leucoxylon ssp. leucoxylon) woodland (WM7401PE)
  • H17: Candlebark gum (Eucalyptus dalrympleana ssp. dalrympleana) +/- manna gum (E. viminalis ssp. viminalis) woodland (ML1703PE)
  • H18: Peppermint box (Eucalyptus odorata) +/- blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp. pruinosa) woodland (ML1802PE, MN0003PE)
  • H19: Grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) +/- South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp. leucoxylon) woodland (AP0008PE)
  • H20: South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp. leucoxylon) and pink gum (E. fasciculosa) woodland (ML2001PE)
  • H21: Long-leaf box (Eucalyptus goniocalyx) +/- pink gum (E. fasciculosa) low woodland (WM7702PE)
  • H30: Kangaroo Island mallee (Eucalyptus phenax) mallee +/- white mallee (E. dumosa) +/- summer red mallee (E. socialis ssp. socialis) (MM1101PE, SE0025PE, WM0301PE)
  • H31: Coastal white mallee gum (Eucalyptus diversifolia ssp. diversifolia) +/- cup gum (E. cosmophylla) mallee (ML3101PE)
  • H36: Dryland tea-tree (Melaleuca lanceolata) and southern cypress pine (Callitris gracilis) tall shrub land (ML3602PE)
  • H38: Kangaroo thorn (Acacia paradoxa) +/- twiggy daisy-bush (Olearia ramulosa) shrub land (ML3801PE)
  • H40: Beaded samphire (Sarcocornia quinqueflora), samphire (Halosarcia spp.) and shrubby samphire (Sclerostegia arbuscula) low shrub land (MM3201PE)
  • H41: Coast daisy-bush (Olearia axillaris) and coast beard-heath (Leucopogon parviflorus) shrub land (AP0024PE)
  • H43: Nitre-bush (Nitraria billardierei) and saltbush (Atriplex spp.) low shrubland or marsh saltbush (Atriplex paludosa ssp. cordata) and short-leaf bluebush (Maireana brevifolia) +/- nitre-bush (Nitraria billardierei) low shrubland (AP0028PE, ML4302PE, ML4304PE)
  • H44: Twiggy daisy-bush (Olearia ramulosa) and pale turpentine bush (Beyeria lechenaultii) low shrubland (ML4401PE)
  • H46: Scented mat-rush (Lomandra effusa), spear-grass (Austrostipa spp.) and wallaby-grass (Austrodanthonia spp.) tussock grassland (WM1301PE)
  • H53: Moonah (Melaleuca lanceolata) and drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) +/- pink gum (SE0022PE)
  • H59: Woody c assia (Senna artemisioides ssp. petiolaris) +/- weeping emubush (Eremophilia longifolia) tall shrub land (MN0023PE)

Southern metropolitan Adelaide species master lists

  • S1: Grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) and South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon) woodland
  • S2: South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon), silver banksia (Banksia marginata), southern cypress pine (Callitris gracilis) and drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) woodland
  • S3: Mallee box (Eucalyptus porosa), grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) and drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) woodland
  • S4: River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), silky tea-tree (Leptospermum lanigerum), totem-poles (Melaleuca decussata) and river bottlebrush (Callistemon sieberi) woodland
  • S6: Mallee box (Eucalyptus porosa), dryland tea-tree (Melaleuca lanceolata) and drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) open woodland
  • S7: Mallee box (Eucalyptus porosa), southern cypress pine (Callitris gracilis), drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) and silver banksia (Banksia marginata) open woodland
  • S8: South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon), river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) and drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) open woodland
  • S9: Silver banksia (Banksia marginata), drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata), southern cypress pine (Callitris gracilis) and desert banksia (Banksia ornata) low woodland
  • S10: Pink gum (Eucalyptus fasciculosa), South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon), southern cypress pine (Callitris preissii), desert banksia (Banksia ornata) and silver banksia (Banksia marginata) low woodland
  • S11: Mallee box (Eucalyptus porosa), peppermint box (Eucalyptus odorata), drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata), grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) and South Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon) low woodland
  • S14: Silky tea-tree (Leptospermum lanigerum), narrow-leaf bulrush (Typha domingensis), common reed (Phragmites australis) and cutting grass (Gahnia trifida) closed shrubland
  • S15: Common boobialla (Myoporum insulare), flat-sedge (Cyperus spp.), knobby club-rush (Isolepis nodosa), bulrush (Typha) and salt club-rush (Bolboschoenus caldwellii) shrubland
  • S16: Pale turpentine bush (Beyeria lechenaultii), common fringe-myrtle (Calytix tetragona), cup wattle (Acacia cupularis), sea box (Alyxia buxifolia), quandong (Santalum acuminatum) and mallee box (Eucalyptus porosa) low shrubland
  • S17: Drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata), cup wattle (Acacia cupularis), pale turpentine bush (Beyeria lechenaultii) and nitre-bush (Nitraria billardierei) low shrubland
  • S18: Nitre-bush (Nitraria billardierei), salt blue bush (Maireana oppositifolia), samphire (Sarcocornia spp) and marsh saltbush (Halosarcia spp. and Atriplex paludosa) low shrubland
  • S19: Smooth cutting-grass (Gahnia filum), salt club-rush (Bolboschoenus caldwellii) and lignum (Muehlenbeckia florulenta) sedgeland