In 2011 and again in 2016 the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Studies undertook surveys of sections of the flora found on the block.

A total of 169 plants were recorded in 2011 and 2016. Approximately the same number of plants were recorded in 2011 and 2016 (127 and 124 respectively), despite the comparatively dry period prior to the 2011 monitoring and the late winter/early spring rainfall prior to the 2016 monitoring. One hundred and forty-seven native species were recorded at the sites across the two monitoring periods. Twenty-two weed species were recorded at the sites during the same period, with slightly fewer weeds present in 2016 (13 species) compared to that in 2011 (17 species).

The plants are listed below. Umbrella Wattle has been nominated as ‘threatened’ under the FFG Act. Frosted Goosefoot and Toothed Raspwort are classified as ‘vulnerable’, and Twining Purslane, Desert Frosted Goosefoot, Large-fruited Millotia, and White Twin-leaf are classified as ‘rare’, on the DELWP advisory list of threatened species.


Grey mulga (Acacia brachybotrya)

Small cooba (Acacia ligulata)

Umbrella wattle (Acacia oswaldii)

Nealie (Acacia rigens)

Flannel cudweed (Actinobole uliginosum)

Austral bugle (Ajuga australis)

Flax-leaf alyssum * (Alyssum linifolium)

Sand wire-grass (Aristida contorta)

Small vanilla-lily (Arthropodium minus)

Mat saltbush (Atriplex pumilio)

Feather spear-grass (Austrostipa elegantissima)

Supple spear-grass (Austrostipa mollis)

Rough spear-grass (Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata)

Spear grass (Austrostipa spp.)

Dark turpentine-bush (Beyeria opaca)

Sweet apple-berry (Billardiera cymosa s.s.)

Variable Daisy Brachyscome ciliaris 

Variable daisy (Brachyscome ciliaris var. ciliaris)

Hard-head daisy (Brachyscome lineariloba)

Rayless daisy (Brachyscome perpusilla)

Mediterranean turnip * (Brassica tournefortii)

Red brome * (Bromus rubens)

Leek lily (Bulbine semibarbata)

Small spider-orchid (Caladenia parva)

Small purslane (Calandrinia eremaea)

Pigmy purslane (Calandrinia granulifera)

Twining purslane (Calandrinia volubilis)

Tangled burr-daisy (Calotis erinacea)

Hairy burr-daisy (Calotis hispidula)

Cottony saltbush (Chenopodium curvispicatum)

Frosted goosefoot (Chenopodium desertorum)

Frosted goosefoot (Chenopodium desertorum subsp. rectum)

Common everlasting (Chrysocephalum apiculatum s.s.)

Groundheads (Chthonocephalus pseudevax)

Small-leaved clematis (Clematis microphylla s.s)

Grass bindweed (Convolvulus remotus)

Dense crassula (Crassula colorata)

Dense crassula (Crassula colorata var. acuminata

Dense crassula (Crassula colorata var. colorata)

Sieber crassula (Crassula sieberiana s.s.)

Couch (Cynodon dactylon)

Australian hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum australe)

Australian carrot (Daucus glochidiatus)

Mallee bitter-pea (Daviesia arenaria)

Mallee flax-lily (Dianella sp. aff. revoluta (Mallee)

Small hop-bush (Dodonaea bursariifolia)

Slender hop-bush (Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima)

Nodding saltbush (Einadia nutans )

Ruby saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa)

Common emu-bush (Eremophila glabra)

Woolly-fruit bluebush (Eriochiton sclerolaenoides)

Common heron's-bill * (Erodium cicutarium)

Blue heron's-bill (Erodium crinitum)

Yellow mallee (Eucalyptus costata)

Dumosa mallee (Eucalyptus dumosa)

Yorrell (Eucalyptus gracilis)

Slender-leaf mallee (Eucalyptus leptophylla)

Oil mallee (Eucalyptus oleosa)

Grey mallee (Eucalyptus socialis)

Annual cudweed (Euchiton sphaericus)

Flat Spurge (Euphorbia dallachyana)

Broom ballart (Exocarpos sparteus)

Desert saw-sedge (Gahnia lanigera)

Small-flower goodenia (Goodenia pusilliflora)

Sandhill goodenia (Goodenia willisiana)

Comb grevillea (Grevillea huegelii)

Rough halgania (Halgania cyanea)

Rough raspwort (Haloragis aspera)

Toothed raspwort (Haloragis odontocarpa)

Toothed raspwort (Haloragis odontocarpa f. octoforma)

Toothed raspwort (Haloragis odontocarpa f. pterocarpa)

Cudweed (Helichrysum spp.)

Heliotrope (Heliotropium spp.)

Guinea flower (Hibbertia spp.)

Twiggy guinea-flower (Hibbertia virgata)

Northern barley-grass * (Hordeum glaucum)

Barley grass * (Hordeum spp.)

Moss sunray (Hyalosperma demissum)

Orange sunray (Hyalosperma semisterile)

Shrub violet (Hybanthus floribundus subsp. floribundus)

Smooth cat's-ear * (Hypochaeris glabra)

Flatweed * (Hypochaeris radicata)

Grass cushion (Isoetopsis graminifolia)

Little club-sedge (Isolepis marginata)

Prickly lettuce * (Lactuca serriola)

Lily (Liliaceae spp. (sensu lato)

Winged sea -lavender * (Limonium lobatum)

Scented mat-rush (Lomandra effusa)

Woolly Mat-rush (Lomandra leucocephala subsp. robusta)

Mat-rush (Lomandra spp.)

Short-leaf bluebush (Maireana brevifolia)

Rosy bluebush (Maireana erioclada)

Hairy bluebush (Maireana pentagona)

Erect bluebush (Maireana pentatropis)

Bluebush (Maireana spp.)

Satiny bluebush (Maireana turbinata)

Cut -leaf medic * (Medicago laciniata var. laciniata)

Little medic * (Medicago minima)

Large -fruited millotia (Millotia macrocarpa)

Common bow-flower (Millotia muelleri)

Tiny bow-flower (Millotia perpusilla)

Soft millotia (Millotia tenuifolia var. tenuifolia)

Weeping lignum (Muehlenbeckia diclina subsp. diclina)

Club -moss daisy-bush (Olearia lepidophylla)

Splendid daisy-bush (Olearia magniflora)

Pimelea daisy-bush (Olearia pimeleoides)

Burr stickseed (Omphalolappula concava)

False hair-grass * (Pentameris airoides subsp. airoides)

Velvety pink * (Petrorhagia dubia)

Annual rice-flower (Pimelea trichostachya)

Weeping pittosporum (Pittosporum angustifolium)

Clay plantain (Plantago cunninghamii)

Crowned plantain (Plantago turrifera)

Grass (Poaceae spp.)

Wiry podolepis (Podolepis capillaris)

Delicate podolepis (Podolepis tepperi)

Sticky long-heads (Podotheca angustifolia)

Stiff cup-flower (Pogonolepis muelleriana)

Poached-eggs daisy (Polycalymma stuartii)

Small poranthera (Poranthera microphylla)

Small-leaf mint-bush (Prostanthera serpyllifolia subsp. microphylla)

Mulla mulla (Ptilotus nobilis)

Rabbit tails (Ptilotus seminudus)

False sow-thistle * (Reichardia tingitana)

Hedge saltbush (Rhagodia spinescens)

Paper sunray (Rhodanthe corymbiflora)

Pygmy sunray (Rhodanthe pygmaea)

Wallaby grass (Rytidosperma spp.)

Cushion knawel (Scleranthus minusculus)

Grey copperburr (Sclerolaena diacantha)

Limestone copperburr (Sclerolaena obliquicuspis)

Mallee copperburr (Sclerolaena parviflora)

Slender groundsel (Senecio glossanthus s.s.)

Mallee groundsel (Senecio spanomerus)

Woody cassia (Senna form taxon 'petiolaris')

Narrow -leaf desert cassia (Senna form taxon 'zygophylla')

Mallee catchfly * (Silene apetala var. apetala)

Portuguese catchfly * (Silene longicaulis)

London rocket * (Sisymbrium irio)

Rough sow-thistle * (Sonchus asper s.s.)

Common sow-thistle * (Sonchus oleraceus)

Narrow thread-petal (Stenopetalum lineare)

Pea thread-petal (Stenopetalum sphaerocarpum)

Sun orchid (Thelymitra spp.)

Twining fringe-lily (Thysanotus patersonii)

Purple trachymene (Trachymene cyanopetala)

Mallee rush-lily (Tricoryne tenella)

Spurred arrowgrass (Triglochin calcitrapa)

Spurred arrowgrass (Triglochin isingiana)

Dwarf arrowgrass (Triglochin nana)

Porcupine grass (Triodia scariosa)

Common sunray (Triptilodiscus pygmaeus)

Annual New Holland daisy (Vittadinia cervicularis)

Fuzzy New Holland daisy (Vittadinia cuneata var. cuneata)

Dissected New Holland daisy (Vittadinia dissecta var. hirta)

New Holland daisy (Vittadinia spp.)

Squirrel-tail fescue * (Vulpia bromoides)

Fescue * (Vulpia spp.)

Bluebell (Wahlenbergia spp.)

Stiff westringia (Westringia rigida)

Golden everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum)

Satin everlasting (Xerochrysum leucopsideum)

Pointed twin-leaf (Zygophyllum apiculatum)

Shrubby twin-leaf (Zygophyllum aurantiacum subsp. aurantiacum)

Climbing twin-leaf (Zygophyllum eremaeum)

Dwarf twin-leaf (Zygophyllum ovatum)

White twin-leaf (Zygophyllum simile)

Twin-leaf (Zygophyllum spp.)

* denotes introduced species