In Taroona we’re fortunate to have small areas of remnant coastal vegetation to inform us of the type of vegetation that would have existed prior to European settlement. Crayfish Point, the Alum Cliffs and the coastal bushland north of the High School are three such places.
Variations occur along our coastline according to soil, aspect and drainage. Typically though, blue gums, white gums, blackwoods and sheoaks dominate the canopy, while smaller trees include banksia, hop bush and prickly box. Typical understorey shrubs include saltbushes, coastal wattle, white correa, and boobialla, and there is a variety of ground covers, including bower spinach, pigface, native pelargonium, flax lilies, rushes, saggs and native grasses.
By observing the remnant vegetation, we plan our coastal plantings accordingly, restoring coastal vegetation and encouraging natural regeneration to provide habitat for our local wildlife.

Other common plants of Taroona’s foreshore

• Acacia sophorae (coastal wattle)
• Acacia verticillata (prickly moses)
• Atriplex cinerea (grey saltbush)
• Austrostipa stipoides (coast speargrass)
• Bursaria spinosa (prickly box)
• Correa alba (white correa)
• Dianella tasmanica (forest flax lily)
• Dodonaea viscosa (broadleaf hopbush)
• Eucalytpus ovata (black gum)
• Eucalytpus viminalis (white gum)
• Isolepis nodosa (knobby club-rush)
• Juncus spp. (various rush species)
• Leucopogon parviflorus (coast beardheath)
• Myoporum insulare (common boobialla)
• Pelargonium australe (southern storksbill)
• Poa poiformis (coastal tussockgrass)
• Rhagodia candolleana (coastal saltbush)