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Local Provenance Plants for Sydney's Inner West

During the 18th and 19th Centuries, the Turpentine-Ironbark Forests which covered Sydney, were cut down for their valuable timber. The remaining local provenance vegetation succommed to farming, mining for clay, for pottery and bricks, sandstone quarries, for construction, and eventually residential development.

Where to Buy Sydney Native Plants

While the Rozelle Bay Nursery does not sell plants, you can buy local provenance species from Cornucopia Nursery, Marrickville Community Nursery and Strathfield Council Native Nursery.

This list of Local Provenance Plant Species, that is plants that would have been endemic in the area, is based on a list compiled by Catherine Rowland.

Local Provenance Plants are those that have naturally evolved to suit the climatic, light and soil conditions of an area. The Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery has collected seeds and cuttings from the closest remaining bushland, since 1995, and propagated these to reintroduce Local Provenance Plants to the Sydney's Inner West.

Grasses
Latin Name	Common Name	Family	Height	Uses	Flower Type
Agrostis avenacea	Blown Grass	Poaceae	0.8
Anisopogon avenaceus	Oat Spear Grass	Poaceae	1
Aristida vagans	Wire Grass; Three-awn Spear Grass	Poaceae	0.4		purple
Carex breviculmis		Cyperaceae	0.1		green
Carex inversa	sedge	Cyperaceae	0.5
Cymbopogon refractus	Barb-wire Grass	Poaceae	0.8		cream
Danthonia sp.	A Wallaby Grass	Poaceae	0.3	ground cover	mauve
Danthonia tenuior	A Wallaby Grass	Poaceae	0.3		mauve
Dichelachne crinita	A Plume Grass	Poaceae
Dichelachne micrantha	A Plume Grass	Poaceae	1		mauve
Dichelachne rara	A Plume Grass	Poaceae	0.6		mauve
Digitaria parviflora	Crab Grass	Poaceae	0.7	ground cover	brown
Echinopogon caespitosus	Tufted Hedgehog Grass	Poaceae	0.4		green to brown
Echinopogon ovatus	Forest Hedgehog Grass	Poaceae	0.4		green to brown
Entolasia marginata	Margined Panic Grass	Poaceae	0.6		green to brown
Entolasia stricta	Wiry Panic Grass	Poaceae	0.8		green to brown
Eragrostis brownii	Brown's Love Grass	Poaceae	0.3		grey
Imperata cylindrica	Blady Grass	Poaceae
Juncus kraussii	a Rush	Juncaceae
Juncus usitatis	Common Rush	Juncaceae	1
Lepidosperma laterale		Cyperaceae	0.6		green to brown
Lepyrodia scariosa		Restionaceae	0.5		brown
Lomandra filiformis	Wattle Mat Rush	Xanthorrhoeaceae	0.2		yellow or cream
Lomandra glauca	Pale Mat Rush	Xanthorrhoeaceae	0.2		white
Lomandra longifolia	Spiny-headed Mat Rush	Xanthorrhoeaceae	1		yellow
Lomandra multiflora	Many-flowered Mat Rush	Xanthorrhoeaceae	0.6		brown & yellow
Lomandra obliqua	Twisted Mat Rush	Xanthorrhoeaceae	0.5		many yellow
Microlaena stipoides	Weeping Grass; Meadow Rice Grass	Poaceae	0.3	ground cover	cream
Oplismus imbecilis		Poaceae	0.2	ground cover	cream
Oplismenus aemulus	Basket Grass	Poaceae	0.3
Panicum simile	Two-colour Panic Grass	Poaceae	0.4		small cream & brown
Phragmites australis	Common Reed	Poaceae	4	screen	many cream
Ptilanthelium deustum		Cyperaceae	0.4		brown or black
Samolus repens	Creeping Brookweed	Primulaceae			delicate white star flowers
Sarcocornia quinqueflora	Samphire	Chenopodiaceae
Schoenu melanostachys		Cyperaceae	1		small black
Schoenus apogon	Fluke Bogrush	Cyperaceae	0.25		shiny red-brown panicles
Suaeda australis	Austral Seablite	Chenopodiaceae
Tetragonia tetragonioides	New Zealand Spinach	Aizoaceae	0.1		small yellow
Themeda australis	Kangaroo Grass	Poaceae	1	ground cover	many mauve
Typha orientalis	A Bullrush	Typhaceae	2	screen	many brown
Xanthorrhoea media	A Grass Tree	Xanthorrhoeaceae	1	birds	many cream
Zostera capricorni	Eel grass	Zosteraceae

Annandale NSW is bounded by Rozelle Bay (Port Jackson/Sydney Harbour), Parramatta Road, Johnston's Creek and White's Creek. Latitude:33°52'53.04"S, Longitude:151°10'14.52"E.

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