Here’s a list of plants Nelson Coastcare have found on the short walk from the Ocean Beach Car Park to the beach. The list shows the plant’s common name first, then its scientific name. If it has a * next to it, the plant is not native to the Nelson area and is probably a weed.
So, here’s your challenge. See if you can identify some or all of them yourself. Once you have made their acquaintance, you will know them forever. The photos in the gallery below will give you some clues and we may change them from time to time.
You can find lots of images and identification notes by searching on the web. It may be better to search by the scientific name, because the common name is often different depending on where you are.
- Coast Wattle (Acacia longifolia var sophorae) *
- Seaberry Saltbush (Rhagodia candolleana ssp. Candolleana)
- Hare’s Tail (Lagurus ovatus) *
- Knobby Club-rush (Ficinia nodosa)
- Climbing Lignum (Meuhlenbeckia australis)
- Bower Spinach (Tetragonia implexicona)
- Australian Sea-grass (Distichlis distichophylla)
- Buchan Weed (Hirschfeldia incana) *
- Coast Daisy bush (Olearia axillaris)
- Pale Turpentine Bush (Beyeria lechenaultii)
- Tussock Grass (Poa poiformis)
- Black-anther flax-lily (Dianalla revoluta)
- Coast Beard Heath (Leucopogon parviflorus)
- Coast Sword Sedge (Lepidosperma gladiatum)
- Small-leafed Clematis (Clematis microphylla)
- African Boxthorn (Lycium ferossisimum) *
- Wooly Everlasting (Agentipallium blandowskianum)
- Karkalla (Carpobrotus rossi)
- Sea Box (Alyxia buxifolia)
- Thyme Rice Flower (Pimelea serpyllifolia)
- Coast Ballart (Exocarpus syrticola)
- Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias) *
- WA Bluebell Creeper (Billardiera heterophylla) *
- Sea Rocket – American (Cakile edentulata) *
- Sea Rocket – European (Cakile maratima) *
- Running Postman (Kennedia prostrata)
- Purple Groundsel (Senecio elegans) *
- Sea Celery (Apium prostratum)
- Coast Everlasting (Ozmanthus turbinatus)
- Marram Grass (Ammophila arenaria) *
- Wild Rocket (Diplotaxus spp.) *
- Dune Fan-Flower (Scaevola calendulacea)
- Cape Beach Daisy (Arctotheca populifolius) *
You can download a copy of the list here:
Photos by C Young, Words by M Styles & C Young
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