Eco-Annandale 2010 6.Dec.2009 to 30.Jan.2010
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What happened to Annandale's Local Provenance Plants

During the 18th and 19th Centuries, the Turpentine-Ironbark Forests which covered the Inner West, of Sydney, were cut down for their valuable timber. The remaining local provenance vegetation would have been eliminated by farming and subsequently by residential development.

Species List

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.

Sourcing Local Provenance Plants

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

Local Provenance Plants for Sydney's Inner West

Reintroduction of Local Provenance Vegetation to Annandale

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 collects seeds and cuttings from the closest remaining bushland, to propagate and reintroduce Local Provenance Plants to the area. The reintroduction of Local Provenance Plants has been extremely sucessful. As you walk around Annandale's public spaces, you will notice a diverse range of plants thriving and providing habitat to butterflies, dragonflies, birds, lizards and frogs.

Grasses

Latin NameCommon NameFamilyHeightUsesFlower Type
Agrostis avenaceaBlown GrassPoaceae0.8
Anisopogon avenaceusOat Spear GrassPoaceae1
Aristida vagansWire Grass; Three-awn Spear GrassPoaceae0.4purple
Carex breviculmisCyperaceae0.1green
Carex inversasedgeCyperaceae0.5
Cymbopogon refractusBarb-wire GrassPoaceae0.8cream
Danthonia sp.A Wallaby GrassPoaceae0.3ground covermauve
Danthonia tenuiorA Wallaby GrassPoaceae0.3mauve
Dichelachne crinitaA Plume GrassPoaceae
Dichelachne micranthaA Plume GrassPoaceae1mauve
Dichelachne raraA Plume GrassPoaceae0.6mauve
Digitaria parvifloraCrab GrassPoaceae0.7ground coverbrown
Echinopogon caespitosusTufted Hedgehog GrassPoaceae0.4green to brown
Echinopogon ovatusForest Hedgehog GrassPoaceae0.4green to brown
Entolasia marginataMargined Panic GrassPoaceae0.6green to brown
Entolasia strictaWiry Panic GrassPoaceae0.8green to brown
Eragrostis browniiBrown's Love GrassPoaceae0.3grey
Imperata cylindricaBlady GrassPoaceae
Juncus kraussiia RushJuncaceae
Juncus usitatisCommon RushJuncaceae1
Lepidosperma lateraleCyperaceae0.6green to brown
Lepyrodia scariosaRestionaceae0.5brown
Lomandra filiformisWattle Mat RushXanthorrhoeaceae0.2yellow or cream
Lomandra glaucaPale Mat RushXanthorrhoeaceae0.2white
Lomandra longifoliaSpiny-headed Mat RushXanthorrhoeaceae1yellow
Lomandra multifloraMany-flowered Mat RushXanthorrhoeaceae0.6brown & yellow
Lomandra obliquaTwisted Mat RushXanthorrhoeaceae0.5many yellow
Microlaena stipoidesWeeping Grass; Meadow Rice GrassPoaceae0.3ground covercream
Oplismus imbecilisPoaceae0.2ground covercream
Oplismenus aemulusBasket GrassPoaceae0.3
Panicum simileTwo-colour Panic GrassPoaceae0.4small cream & brown
Phragmites australisCommon ReedPoaceae4screenmany cream
Ptilanthelium deustumCyperaceae0.4brown or black
Samolus repensCreeping BrookweedPrimulaceaedelicate white star flowers
Sarcocornia quinquefloraSamphireChenopodiaceae
Schoenu melanostachysCyperaceae1small black
Schoenus apogonFluke BogrushCyperaceae0.25shiny red-brown panicles
Suaeda australisAustral SeabliteChenopodiaceae
Tetragonia tetragonioidesNew Zealand SpinachAizoaceae0.1small yellow
Themeda australisKangaroo GrassPoaceae1ground covermany mauve
Typha orientalisA BullrushTyphaceae2screenmany brown
Xanthorrhoea mediaA Grass TreeXanthorrhoeaceae1birdsmany cream
Zostera capricorniEel grassZosteraceae