Best trees to plant in the Murray-Mallee

Climbers
Ground cover
Herbaceous perennials
Shrubs
Tufted perennials

Climbers

Best climbers for the Murray-Mallee region
Botanical name	Mature size H x W	Tolerates	Special uses	Common name
Clematis microphylla	Climber	Sand Clay		Small-leaved Clematis

Ground cover

Best ground cover for the Murray-Mallee region
Botanical name	Mature size H x W	Tolerates	Special uses	Common name
Carpobrotus modestus	Matures to 3m	Sand Clay Salt Frost	Firebreak Soil erosion control	Inland Pigface
Convolvulus erubescens	Matures to 3m	Clay		Pink Bindweed
Myoporum parvifolium	Matures to 5m	Clay Sand Salt	Firebreak Soil erosion control	Creeping Boobialla

Herbaceous perennials

Best herbaceous perennials for the Murray-Mallee region
Botanical name	Mature size H x W	Tolerates	Special uses	Common name
Calocephalus citreus	20cm x 30cm	Clay Frost	Light grazing	Lemon Beauty-heads
Chrysocephalum apiculatum	20cm x 1m	Sand Clay Frost		Common Everlasting
Hibbertia obtusifolia	60cm x 50cm	Clay Frost	Soil erosion control	Grey Guinea-flower

Shrubs

Best shrubs for the Murray-Mallee region
Botanical name	Mature size H x W	Tolerates	Special uses	Common name
Acacia acinacea	2m x 2m	Clay Frost	Windbreak	Gold Dust Wattle
Acacia hakeoides	4m x 4m	Sand Clay Frost	Soil erosion control Windbreak	Hakea-leaf Wattle
Acacia ligulata	2m x 2m	Sand		Small Cooba
Acacia macrocarpa	3m x 4m	Sand Clay Frost	Soil erosion control Windbreak	Manna Wattle
Acacia montana	3m x 5m	Sand Clay	Windbreak	Mallee Wattle
Allocasuarina muelleriana	2.5m x 2m	Sand Frost	Windbreak	Salty She-oak
Dodonaea viscosa	4m x 3m	Sand Clay Frost	Bird habitat Windbreak	Wedge-leaf Hop-bush
Eremophila glabra	1.5m x 1.5m	Sand Frost		Common Emu-bush
Eremophila polyclada	2.5m x 4m	Clay Water Frost		Twiggy Emu-bush
Grevillea lavandulacea	1.5m x 1.5m	Sand Frost	Windbreak	Lavender Grevillea
Hakea leucoptera	2.5m x 2m	Sand Clay Frost	Honey Production	Silver Needlewood
Melaleuca uncinata	3m x 3m	Sand Salt Water Frost	Bird habitat Firewood Windbreak	Broom Honey-myrtle
Nitaria billardierei	3.5m x 3m	Salt Frost	Food source Soil erosion control	Dillon Bush
Olearia lirata	3m x 2m	Clay		Snowy Daisy Bush
Senna artemisioides	3m x 1m	Sand		Desert Cassia

Tufted perennials

Best tufted perennials for the Murray-Mallee region
Botanical name	Mature size H x W	Tolerates	Special uses	Common name
Agrostis avenacea	60cm x 50cm	Clay	Honey production	Common Blown Grass
Danthonia Austrodanthonia spp.	80cm x 20cm	Sand Clay Frost	Food source	Wallaby Grasses
Dianella spp.	60cm x 1.5m	Sand Clay Frost	Animal habitat	Black-anther Lily-flax
Stipa spp.	1m x 30cm	Clay Frost	Soil erosion control	Spear Grass

Tolerances

Sand - suitable to plant in deep sand
Clay - suitable to plant in deep clays
Salt - can withstand medium salting
Water - tolerant of persistent waterlogging and low oxygen levels
Frost - tolerant of frosts. Heavy frosts will harm most plants, only plant when frost is unlikely.

Special uses

Wind - suitable for use in windbreaks or provides wind protection.

Fire - has characteristics that may reduce the severity of a fire, for example:

high water content,
bark that is fire resistant, or
dense foliage to reduce wind speed.

Dense planting of such plants near buildings can reduce the impact of a bushfire.