How wildlife friendly is my garden?

• How Wildlife Friendly is my Garden

  

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• Each element check box you tick, will build you Wildlife Garden score:
  
  1-10% - You have a clean slate and need to work at building you Wildlife friend garden
  
  11-25% - Your garden is a fledgling in the wildlife stake. Some great elements to build on.
  
  26-50% - Now we are getting somewhere! You should be seeing increased pollinators and bird species!
  
  51-75% - Your garden is a wonderful contribution to urban wildlife communities
  
  76-90% - Brilliant! Time for you to start teaching your friends, family and neighbours how to create a wildlife oasis in the 'burbs. You should be getting rewarded with a range of insects, birds, frogs and reptiles.
  
  90-100% - All bow down to the Guru, we are in the midst of Wildlife Gardening greatness. You are having a wonderfully positive impact on the natural world!

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Layers

• Leaf litter

• Wildflowers

• Common examples of Wildflower species:
  - Bulbine bulbosa
  - Pattersonia occidentalis
  - Stylidium graminifolium
  - Hibbertia sp.
  - Helichrysum sp.
  - Thysanotus patersonii
  - Wahlenbergia stricta

• Tussock plants

• Common examples of Tussock species:
  - Themeda triandra
  - Poa sp.
  - Austrostipa sp.
  - Lomandra longifolia
  - Dianella sp.
  - Gahnia sieberiana (large)
  - Carex appressa (semi aquatic)
  - Juncus sp. (semi aquatic)
  - Baloskion tetraphyllum (semi aquatic)

• Ground covers

• Common examples of Ground Cover species:
  - Ajuga australis
  - Brachyscome multifida
  - Myoporum parvifolium
  - Viola hederaceae
  - Kennedia prostrata
  - Chrysocephalum sp.
  - Scaevola sp.
  - Carpobrotus rossii

• Small shrubs (50cm-2m)

• Common examples of Small to Medium shrub species:
  - Goodenia ovata
  - Indigofera australis
  - Davesia latifolia
  - Correa sp.
  - Dodonea viscosum
  - Philotheca sp.

• Large shrubs (2-5m)

• Common examples of Large shrubs species:
  - Prostanthera lasianthos
  - Acacia verticillata
  - Olearia lirata
  - Melaleuca ericifolia
  - Leptospermum continentale
  - Banksia sp.
  - Callistemon sp.

• Trees

• Common examples of Tree species:
  - Allocasuarina sp.
  - Acacia melanoxylon
  - Eucalyptus sp.
  

Habitat

• Mulch

• Logs or wood piles

• Rock pile

• Pond with aquatic plants

• Common examples of Aquatic/pond species:
  - Persicaria decipiens
  - Ornduffia sp.
  - Alisma plantago-aquatica
  - Myriophyllum sp.
  - Azolla sp.
  - Carex sp.
  - Triglochin procerum
  - Lycopus australis
  - Lythrum salicaria

• Prickly shrubs

• Common examples of Prickly shrub species:
  - Lomandra longifolia
  - Hakea sp.
  - Acacia verticillata
  - Acacia paradoxa
  - Leptospermum continentale

• Pockets of dense vegetation

• Plants which provide nesting material

• Common examples of plants which provide Nesting Materials:
  - Lomandra longifolia
  - Poa sp.
  - Clematis microphylla
  - Melaleuca ericifolia
  - Melaleuca laevigatum

• Trees with bark sheets

• Possum/mammal box

• Bird box

• Bat box

• Frog pipes

• Bee hotel

Food Source

• Winter flowering plants

• Common examples of Winter Flowering species:
  - Indigofera australis
  - Hakea nodosa
  - Acacia melanoxylon
  - Acacia verticillata
  - Acacia suaveolens
  

• Autumn flowering plants

• Common examples of Autumn Flowering species:
  - Hakea nodosa
  - Banksia marginata
  - Lycopus australis
  - Persicaria decipiens
  - Allocasuarina sp.
  - Ruby's parvifolius

• Spring flowering plants

• Common examples of Spring flowering species:
  - Indigofera australis
  - Goodenia ovata
  - Chrysocephalum sp.
  - Correa reflexa
  - Hardenbergia violacea
  - Acacia melanoxylon
  - Kennedia prostrata
  - Brachescome multifida

• Summer flowering plants

• Common examples of Summer Flowering species:
  - Goodenia ovata
  - Prostanthera lasianthos
  - Chrysocephalum sp.
  - Lomandra longifolia
  - Lythrum salicaria
  - Brachyscome multifida
  - Wahlenbergia stricta
  - Dianella sp.
  - Persicaria decipiens
  - Myoporum parvifolium

• Small fruit/berry bearing plants

• Common examples of small fruit/berry bearing plants:
  - Dianella sp.
  - Coprosma quadrifida
  - Hardenbergia violacea
  - Rubus parvifolius

• Large Fruit trees (un-netted)

• Common examples of fruit trees:
  - Plum trees
  - Apple trees
  - Nectarine trees
  - Citrus trees
  - Loquat trees

• Caterpillar foods

• Common examples of Caterpillar Food plants:
  - Native grasses
  - Citrus leaves
  - Gum leaves
  - Wattle leaves
  - Herbaceous leaves
  - Lichen

• Nectar plants

• Common examples of Nectar Providing plants:
  
  - Correa reflexa (Birds, Insects)
  - Scaevola sp. (Insects)
  - Kennedia prostrata (Birds, Insects)
  - Grevillea sp. (Birds, Insects)
  - Prostanthera lasianthos (Birds)
  - Banksia sp. (Birds, Insects, Mammals)
  - Hakea sp. (Birds, Insects)
  - Melaleuca sp. (Birds, Insects)
  - Callistemon sp

• Seed producing plants

• Common examples of Seed Producing plants:
  - Microleana stipoides
  - Poa sp.
  - Themeda triandra
  - Lomandra longifolia
  - Juncus sp.
  - Hardenbergia violacea
  - Kennedia prostrata
  - Acacia sp.
  - Pultenea sp.
  

• Pollen producing plants

• Common examples of Pollen Producing species:
  - Dianella sp.
  - Bursaria spinosa
  - Olearia sp.
  - Callistemon sp.
  - Helichrysum sp.
  - Prostanthera lasianthos
  - Stylidium graminifolium
  - Brachyscome multifida
  - Westringia sp.
  - Eucalyptus sp.
  - Hardenbergia sp.
  - Melaleuca sp.
  - Acacia sp.
  

Powerhouse plants

• Notable species which service multiple functions and/or have large pollen production

• Themeda triandra

• Poa sp.

• Microleana stipoides

• Dianella sp.

• Philotheca sp.

• Melaleuca sp.

• Bursaria spinosa

Water

• Water feature

• Water feature platform - semi submerged logs - semi submerged rocks - floating aquatic plants

• Common examples of Water Feature Platforms:
  - Semi-aquatic floating vegetation
  - Semi submerged logs
  - Semi submerged rocks

Management Practices

• Insecticide free garden

• Herbicide free garden