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The tables linked from this page provide a reduced* list of plants that are indigenous (native) to the sandstone slopes of the Wolli Valley. Most of these plants are of documented (or personally observed) use to local native fauna. With other habitat components such as clean water, logs, rocks and leaf litter, these plants can be used to recreate wildlife habitat and attract native birds, lizards, butterflies and other fauna to parks, gardens, school grounds and industrial sites. Some of these plants are not easily available but community interest may encourage nurseries to grow them. Indigenous plants that have no documented use to fauna are still important. Once studied, it is very likely they will be found to provide valuable resources for wildlife. Plants indicated as Pied Currawong food should be thinned out within reserves and only planted where there are no alternatives. These plants may also provide food for small birds and other animals but the currawong is a major predator of eggs, nestlings and some adult birds and their population has increased dramatically in many parts of Sydney in recent years. |
| Trees (includes palms and very tall shrubs) | |
| Shrubs | |
| Grasses & groundcovers (includes sedges, lilies, herbs and very low shrubs <1.0m) and aquatic plants | |
| Climbers, scramblers & twiners | |
| Ferns & fern allies | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Reference & further reading | |
| *A expanded list of known habitat plants in the Valley has been printed by the Wolli Creek Preservation Society and is available for $3.00 a copy - email info@wollicreek.org.au for more information.
Tables compiled by Danie Ondinea, 2002. |
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