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Nursery

Friends of Yellagonga has a modern well organised automatic reticulated nursery, with a capacity up tp 40,000 native plants per annum. Plants are grown for various Municipalities and other Friends groups, currently we are growing 30 different species both from seed and cuttings some of which provide a considerable challenge.
Fiends of yellagonga nursery is run by a volunteer manager with many volunteer helpers
The range of activities include
Seed and cuttings collection
Seed processing
Soil preparation
Sowing seed,
Potting out of seedlings
 
The nursery is located at Landsdale Farm School

Species list


SPECIES LIST OF PLANTS GROWN FOR YELLAGONGA REGIONAL PARK

TALL TREES

OVER STORY

SPECIES

GENUS

COMMON NAME

HEIGHT

Eucalyptus

calophylla

Marri

20m

Coastal plain, upland of wetlands

Eucalyptus

gomphocephala

Tuart

30m

Coastal plain, upland of wetlands

Eucalyptus

marginata

Jarrah

20m

Coastal plain, upland of wetlands

Eucalyptus

rudis

Flooded Gum

25m

Grows near wetlands will grow upland

SMALL TREES AND LARGE SHRUBS

Acacia

cyclops

Red-Eyed Wattle

3m

Coastal Plain and wetlands

Acacia

saligna

Coojong

6m

Common around Perth in bushland & wetlands

Allocasaurina

fraseriana

Common Sheok

8-15m

Coastal and wetland areas

Astartea

fascicularis

2m

Grows near swamps, lakes and water courses

Banksia

attenuata

Candle Banksia

10m

Common around Perth in bushland & wetlands

Banksia

grandis

Bull Banksia

10m

Coastal Plain and wetlands

Banksia

ilicifolia

Holly-Leaf Banksia

10m

Grows up to 50m from the coast

Banksia

menzessi

Firewood

8m

Bushland upland of wetlands

Banksia

littoralis

Swamp Banksia

10m

Wetlands,rivers, winter depressions

Dryandra

sessilis

Parrotbush

5m

Limestone soils on the Coastal Plain

Hakea

prostrata

Harsh hakea

5m

Grows upland of wetlands

Jacksonia

sternbergiana

Green Stinkwood

7m

Is found fringing wetland areas

Kunzea

ericifolia

Spearwood

6m

Can grow in moist soils

Melaleuca

preissiana

Modong

15m

Shallow wet depressions

Melaleuca

rhaphiophylla

Fresh Water

10m

Rivers and permanent lakes. Can have their roots

Paperbark

in water for nine months of the year

Regelia

ciliata

3m

found in bushland upland of wetlands

Spyridium

globulosum

Basket Bush

5m

Coastal, bushland and moist depresssions

Viminaria

juncea

Swishbush

5m

Grows close to shorlines of lakes, wetland areas

Under Story

SMALLSHRUBS AND GROUND COVER

Acacia

pulchella

Prickly Moses

2m

Bushland, upland of wetlands

Calothamnus

quadrifidus

One Sided Bottle Brush

2m

Bushland, upland of wetlands favours limstone soils

Clematis

wetland sp

Creeper, ground cover. Found in wet depressions

Dianella

revolta

Flax Lily

0.5m

Bushland, upland of wetlands

Eremaea

pauciflora

1.5m

Bushland, upland of wetlands

Hakea

lissocarpha

Honey Bush

1.5m

Bushland, upland of wetlands

Hardenbergia

comptoniana

Native wisteria

Creeper, ground cover. Found in bushland

Jacksonia

sericea

.6m

Bushland, upland of wetlands

Isolepis

nodosa

.9m

Bushland, can grow in moist wetland areas.

Kennedia

prostrata

Running Postman

Creeper, ground cover

Macrozamia

riedlei

Zamia Palm

1.5m

Bushland

Myoporum

species

Ground cover

Patersonia

occidentalis

Purple Flag

.5m

Bushland, upland of wetlands

Patersonia

wetland sp

.5m

Species that grows close to wetlands

Petrophile

macrostachya

1m

Bushland

Rhagoda

baccata

Seaberry

.5m

Bushland

Solanum

species

Wild Tomatoe

3m

Bushland

Xanthorrhoea

preissii

Grass Tree

2-4m

Will grow in different soils

RUSHES SEDGES

Baumea

articulata

Jointed Twig Sedge

2.5m

Grows in deep fresh water.

Baumea

preissii

Broad twig Sedge

1m

Grows in fresh/semi-saline water

Bulboshoenus

caldivelli

Marsh Club Rush

0.6m

Grows in fresh water

Carex

appressa

Tall Sedge

2m

Grows in fresh/brackish water

Carex

fascicularis

Tassel sedge

1m

Grows in moist soils. Freshwater

Juncus

pallidus

Pale Rush

2m

Grows in freshwater

Schoenoplectus

validus

Lake Club Sedge

2m

Fresh to semi-saline

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