Native plants commonly found in Sydney backyards.
(click on a picture of a plant to see it enlarged)
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Groundcovers
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native scurvy weed
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native kidney weed
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native geranium
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Commelina cyanea
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Dichondra repens
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Geranium homeanum
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basket grass
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native violet
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pig face
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Oplismenus aemulus
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Viola banksii
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Portulaca oleracea
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Alternanthera
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blue flax lily
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willow herb
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Alternanthera denticulate
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Dianella caerulea
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Epilobium billardieranum ssp. cinereum
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Ferns
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bracken
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tender brake
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maidenhair fern
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Pteridium esculentum
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Pteris tremula
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Adiantum aethiopicum
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Chinese brake
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Pteris vittata
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Grasses and Sedges
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Cyperus
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Microlaena
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right-angled grass
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Cyperus gracilis
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Microlaena stipoides
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Entolasia marginata
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Lomandra
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Lomandra longifolia
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Trees and Shrubs
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black she-oak
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bleeding heart
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kangaroo apple
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Allocasuarina littoralis
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Omalanthus populifolius
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Solanum aviculare
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pittostrum
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Pittosporum undulatum
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Native plants are not only good to look at, but they are also a valuable food source for native wildlife. As well as providing food, these plants are also used by wildlife to help keep warm in the winter months, bring up offspring and seek protection from predators.
Discover Sydney's local wildlife through our Native Wildlife link.
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