Best trees to plant in the North Eastern Highlands

Ground cover
Herbaceous perennials
Shrubs
Tufted perennials

Ground cover

Best ground cover plants for the North-Eastern Highlands region
Botanical name	Mature size H x W	Tolerates	Special uses	Common name
Einadia nutans	Matures to 3m	Clay	Fencing Firebreak Soil erosion control	Nodding Saltbush

Herbaceous perennials

Best herbaceous perennials for the North-Eastern Highlands region
Botanical name	Mature size H x W	Tolerates	Special uses	Common name
Chrysocephalum semipapposum	80cm x 50cm	Salt		Clustered Everlasting
Mentha australis	80cm x 1.5m	Salt Frost	Windbreak	River Mint Native
Wahlenbergia stricta	80cm x 30cm	Clay Frost	Soil erosion control	Tall Bluebell

Shrubs

Best shrubs for the North-Eastern Highlands region
Botanical name	Mature size H x W	Tolerates	Special uses	Common name
Banksia marginata	2.5m x 2m	Sand Clay Water Frost	Honey production Windbreak	Silver Banksia
Bursaria spinosa	3m x 2m	Clay Frost Bird habitat	Soil erosion control Windbreak	Sweet Bursaria
Bursaria spinosa subsp.lasiophylla	2.5m x 1.5m	Frost		Hairy Bursaria
Callistemon sieberi	3m x 3m	Clay Water Frost	Soil erosion control Windbreak	River Bottlebrush
Cassinia longifolia	3m x 3m	Sand Clay Frost	Windbreak	Shiny Cassinia
Coprosma quadrifida	3m x 1.5m	Clay Water	Windbreak	Prickly Currant-bush
Correa reflexa	1.5m x 1m	Sand Clay Frost	Attractive to bees	Native Fuchsia
Dodonaea viscosa	4m x 3m	Sand Clay Frost	Bird habitat Windbreak	Wedge-leaf Hop-bush
Goodenia ovata	2m x 2m	Sand Clay Water Frost	Cut flower production Firebreak Windbreak	Hop Goodenia
Grevillea alpina	1.5m x 2m	Clay Frost	Bird habitat Windbreak	Cat’s Claw
Grevillea lanigera	2m x 2m	Sand Clay Frost	Bird habitat Windbreak	Woolly Grevillea
Grevillea victoriae	3m x 2.5m	Frost		Royal Grevillea
Indigofera australis	2m x 2m	Clay Frost	Windbreak	Austral Indigo
Leptospermum brevipes	2–4m x 3m			Slender Tea-tree
Lomatia ilicifolia	2m x 1m	Sand Clay Frost	Bird habitat	Holly Lomatia
Olearia tomenstosa	50cm–1.5m x 1.5mm			Large-leaf Daisy Bush
Ozothamnus cuneifolius	1–2.5m x 3m			Wedge Everlasting
Ozothamnus obcordatus	2m x 1m	Clay	Cut flower production	Grey Everlasting
Spyridium parvifolium	3m x 2m	Clay Frost	Windbreak	Australian Dusty Miller

Tufted perennials

Best tufted perennials for the North-Eastern Highlands region
Botanical name	Mature size H x W	Tolerates	Special uses	Common name
Agrostis avenacea	60cm x 50cm	Clay	Honey production	Common Blown Grass
Carex appressa	1m x 1m	Clay Water		Tall Sedge
Carex inversa	30cm x 50cm	Clay Water		Knob Sedge
Carex tereticaulis	1m x 1m	Clay Water		Common Sedge
Chionochloa pallida	1.5m x 50cm			Silvertop Wallaby-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
Lomandra spp.	1m x 1m	Sand Clay Water Frost	Animal habitat	Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Poa ensiformis	1m x 75cm	Water		Sword Tussock-grass
Poa labillardieri	70cm x 1.5m	Clay Water Frost	Bird habitat Soil erosion control	Common Tussock-grass
Poa sieberiana var. sieberiana	60cm x 60cm	Clay Frost		Grey Tussock-grass
Stipa spp.	1m x 30cm	Clay Frost	Soil erosion control	Spear Grass
Themeda triandra	70cm x 50cm	Clay	Animal habitat	Kangaroo 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.