See also...
A few suburbs listed below generally have dark alluvial soils.
Bald Hills, Brookfield, Bulimba, Capalaba West, Eagle Farm, Fairfield, Fig Tree Pocket, Hamilton, Hawthorne, Hendra, Jindalee, Runcorn, Tennyson
Check our guide to Brisbane soil types in other suburbs.
Below are the native plants that most suit that soil.
| Common name | Botanical name | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Ground covers and grasses (up to one metre) and vines | ||
| Blue flax lily | Dianella longifolia | small lily of open eucalypt forest; blue flowers; bright blue berries; suits rockery or foreground planting |
| Kangaroo grass | Themeda triandra | widespread grass of the eucalypt forest; fine foliage; coppery seed heads in summer |
| Many-flowered mat rush | Lomandra multiflora | small, grass-like plant for sunny sites; sprays of miniature flowers; evening perfume; draws butterflies |
| Scrambling lily | Geitonoplesium cymosum | grassy-leafed scrambler; shiny black berry and dainty white, perfumed flowers; fresh shoots edible |
| Wonga vine | Pandorea pandorana | vigorous twining vine in shaded forest situation; ferny foliage; showy sprays of small trumpet flowers |
| Low shrubs (one to two metres) | ||
| Dogwood | Jacksonia scoparia | fine-leafed hardy shrub for sunny position; clusters of yellow pea flowers; porous soils |
| False coffee bush | Breynia oblongifolia | small shrub with arching branches; small red-black fruit; open, well drained, moist site; attracts butterflies |
| Hop bush | Dodonaea triquetra | shrub with distinctive clusters of bronze hop-like fruit; partial shade; moist, well drained position |
| Pointed-leaf hovea | Hovea acutifolia | fine open shrub; purple pea flowers in late winter; prefers filtered light, deeper soils |
| Medium shrubs (two to five metres) | ||
| Brisbane laurel | Pittosporum revolutum | open shrub with cream flowers; evening fragrance; yellow fruit open to reveal red seeds; attracts birds |
| Geebung | Persoonia cornifolia | hardy shrub; upright habit; mid-green foliage; small, yellow fuschia-like flowers; yellow edible fruit |
| Green kamala | Mallotus claoxyloides | "smell of the bush" shrub for understorey in rainforest garden; male and female plants |
| Large native olive | Notelaea longifolia | dense, rounded shrub; fruit attracts birds |
| Wild may | Leptospermum polygalifolium | hardy, fine-leafed shrub; open arching habit; useful in mass plantings; small white flowers in summer |
| Small trees (five to 10 metres) | ||
| Blackwood | Acacia melanoxylon | shapely, dense small tree; mid-green foliage; moist deep soils; cream pom-pom blossom in summer |
| Hard quandong | Elaeocarpus obovatus | tree of creeksides; dense, mid-green foliage; clean grey trunk; small white flowers; small blue fruits |
| Red ash | Alphitonia excelsa | medium tree; clean grey bark; dark green, leathery leaves, silver beneath; attracts birds and butterflies |
| Red kamala | Mallotus philippensis | nicely shaped tree if grown in sun; can be pruned to give new reddish growth; velvety red fruit |
| Tulipwood | Harpullia pendula | small shade tree; disease free and hardy; bright green pinnate foliage; decorative orange fruit persists |
| Tall trees (over 10 metres) | ||
| Moreton Bay ash | Corymbia tessellaris | large trees for acreage or steep sites; comprised original canopy of the area; trunks a feature; provide food, nest and perch sites for numerous and varied native wildlife |
| Pink bloodwood | Corymbia intermedia | |
| Tallowwood | Eucalyptus microcorys | |
