Native plants
Find out more about our native plants.
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- All loved up
Romance isn’t dead when it comes to native plants in the rainforest.
- The beauty of barbed-wire vine
Barbed-wire vine is endemic to Australia. As a spikey climber, it provides good habitat and protection for small birds.
- Bolwarra or native guava
Bolwarra or native guava
- Christmas bells
This beautiful flowering species primarily in open swampy areas or heath.
- Coochin hills grevillea
Grevillea hodgei is commonly known as the Coochin Hills grevillea.
- Grevilleas of the Sunshine Coast
We have a few local native grevilleas on the Sunshine Coast.
- Lady finger orchids
These orchids mainly blossom in white, with the pink variant occurring less often.
- Native ginger
There are 2 native ginger species on the Sunshine Coast.
- Native plant identification
Identify our local native plants with the following publications and apps.
- Plectranthus omissus
A new population of Plectranthus omissus has been recorded on the Sunshine Coast on a voluntary conservation agreement property.
- Regional ecosystem 12.2.5 - littoral rainforest
The Queensland biodiversity status is of concern but the ecosystem is considered vulnerable south of Noosa due to clearing, recreational use, weed incursion and over-frequent fire.
- Regional ecosystems 12.2.7 - paperbark tea tree forest
This ecosystem is found locally on quaternary coastal dunes and seasonally waterlogged sand plains, where paperbark tea trees or rarely soapy tea tree are found.
- Sun orchids
Sun orchids are named as they open on sunny days (in combination with warmth and humidity) and close at night.