Here is a list of species that are native to the Monash area, along with links for more information including growing conditions and sourcing suggestions.
If you would like assistance creating habitat gardens with indigenous plants, you can join the Monash Gardens for Wildlife program
Silver Wattle - Acacia dealbata
Lightwood Wattle – Acacia implexa
Black Wattle – Acacia mearnsii
Blackwood - Acacia melanoxylon
Black Sheoke - Allocasuarina littoralis
Drooping Sheoke - Allocasuarina verticillata
Bottlebrush - Callistemon sp.
River Red-gum - Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Silver Leafed Stringybark - Eucalyptus cephalocarpa
Mealy Stringybark - Eucalyptus cephalocarpa
Bundy - Eucalyptus goniocalyx
Yellow Gum - Eucalyptus leucoxylon
Red Stringybark - Eucalyptus macrorhyncha
Yellow Box - Eucalyptus melliodora
Messmate Stringybark - Eucalyptus obliqua
Swamp Gum - Eucalyptus ovata
Red Box - Eucalyptus polyanthemos
Narrow-leaf Peppermint - Eucalyptus radiata s.l.
Candlebark - Eucalyptus rubida
Manna Gum - Eucalyptus viminalis
Coast Manna Gum - Eucalyptus viminalis subsp. pryoriana
Wooly Tea-tree - Leptospermum lanigerum
Spreading Wattle - Acacia genistifolia
Myrtle Wattle - Acacia myrtifolia
Hedge Wattle - Acacia paradoxa
Hop Wattle - Acacia stricta
Prickly Moses - Acacia verticillata
Sweet Bursaria - Bursaria spinosa var. spinosa
Common Cassinia - Cassinia aculeata
Shiny Cassinia - Cassinia longifolia
Prickly Currant-bush - Coprosma quadrifida
Common Correa - Correa reflexa
Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea - Daviesia leptophylla
Sticky Hop-bush - Dodonaea viscosa
Common Heath - Epacris impressa
Hop Goodenia - Goodenia ovata
Golden Tip - Goodia lotifolia
Hemp Bush - Gynatrix pulchella
Bushy Needlewood - Hakea decurrens subsp. physocarpa
Yellow Hakea - Hakea nodosa
Furze Hakea - Hakea ulicina
Austral Indigo - Indigofera australis
Burgan - Kunzea ericoides
Prickly Tea-tree - Leptospermum continentale
Swamp Paperbark - Melaleuca ericifolia
Tree Violet - Melicytus dentatus
Snowy Daisy-bush - Olearia lirata
Tree Everlasting - Ozothamnus ferrugineus
Common Rice-flower - Pimelea humilis
Common Flat-pea - Platylobium obtusangulum
Hazel Pomaderris - Pomaderris aspera
Cluster Pomaderris - Pomaderris racemosa
Victorian Christmas-bush - Prostanthera lasianthos
Kangaroo Apple - Solanum aviculare
Large Kangaroo Apple - Solanum laciniatum
Dusty Miller - Spyridium parvifolium
GoldenSpray - Viminaria juncea
Silver Banksia - Banksia marginata
Scented Paperbark - Melaleuca squarrosa
Showy Bossiaea - Bossiaea cinerea
Drooping Cassinia - Cassinia arcuata
Heath Tea-tree - Leptospermum myrsinoides
Weeding Bush - Ricinocarpos pinifolius
Gold-dust Wattle - Acacia acinacea
Supple Spear-grass - Austrostipa mollis
Tall Spear-grass - Austrostipa pubinodis
Veined Spear-grass - Austrostipa rudis
Rough Spear-grass - Austrostipa scabra
Salt Club-sedge - Bolboschoenus caldwellii
Tall Sedge - Carex appressa
Tassel Sedge - Carex fascicularis
Pointed Centrolepis - Centrolepis aristata
Long-hair Plume-grass - Dichelachne crinita
Common Wheat-grass - Elymus scaber
Leafy Flat-sedge - Cyperus lucidus
Common Spike-sedge - Eleocharis acuta
Tall Spike-sedge - Eleocharis sphacelata
Love Grass - Eragrostis brownii
Knobby Club-sedge - Ficinia nodosa
Red-fruit Saw-sedge - Gahnia sieberiana
Hollow Rush - Juncus amabilis
Green Rush - Juncus gregiflorus
Joint-leaf Rush - Juncus holoschoenus
Pale Rush - Juncus pallidus
Loose-flower Rush - Juncus pauciflorus
Broad-leaf Rush - Juncus planifolius
Broom Rush - Juncus sarophorus
Finger Rush - Juncus subsecundus
Wattle Mat-rush - Lomandra filiformis subsp. filiformis
Spiny-headed Mat-rush - Lomandra longifolia
Weeping Grass - Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides
Sword Tussock-grass - Poa ensiformis
Common Tussock- grass - Poa labillardierei
Soft Tussock-grass - Poa morrisii
Grey Tussock-grass - Poa sieberiana
Common Wallaby-grass - Rytidosperma caespitosum
Copper-awned Wallaby-grass - Rytidosperma fulva
Kneed Wallaby-grass - Rytidosperma geniculatum
Smooth Wallaby-grass - Rytidosperma laeve
Silvertop Wallaby-grass - Rytidosperma pallidum
Slender Wallaby-grass - Rytidosperma racemosum
Bristly Wallaby-grass - Rytidosperma setaceeum
Kangaroo Grass - Themeda triandra
Sheep’s Burr - Acaena echinata
Bidgee-widgee - Acaena novae-zelandiae
Australian Sheep's Burr - Acaena ovina
Common Apple-berry - Billardiera mutabilis
Creeping Bossiaea - Bossiaea prostrata
Cut-leaf Daisy - Brachyscome multifida
Blue Pincushion - Brunonia australis
Centella - Centella cordifolia
Common Everlasting - Chrysocephalum apiculatum
Clustered Everlasting - Chrysocephalum semipapposum
Button Everlasting - Coronidium scorpioides
Kidney-weed - Dichondra repens
Nodding Saltbush - Einadia nutans
Stinking Pennywort - Hydrocotyle laxiflora
Running Postman - Kennedia prostrata
Hairy Solenogyne - Solenogyne gunnii
Ivy-leaf Violet - Viola hederacea
Broom Spurge - Amperea xiphoclada
Milkmaids - Burchardia umbellata
Grey Parrot-pea - Dillwynia cinerascens
Showy Parrot-pea - Dillwynia sericea
Pale Sundew - Drosera peltata
Erect Guinea-flower - Hibbertia riparia
Common Hovea - Hovea heterophylla
Small St John’s Wort - Hypericum gramineum
Common Beard-heath - Leucopogon virgatus
Variable Stinkweed - Opercularia varia
Native Storkbill - Pelargonium australis
Small Grass-tree - Xanthorrhoea minor
Mountain Clematis - Clematis aristata
Twining Glycine - Glycine clandestina
Purple Coral-pea - Hardenbergia violacea
Wonga Vine - Pandorea pandorana
Native Raspberry - Rubus parvifolius
Common Maidenhair - Adiantum aethiopicum
Pale Vanilla-lily - Arthropodium milleflorum
Chocolate Lily - Arthropodium strictum s.s.
Bulbine Lily - Bulbine bulbosa
Pale Grass-lily - Caesia parviflora
Short-stalk Flax-lily - Dianella brevicaulis
Pale Flax-lily - Dianella laevis
Black-anther Flax-lily - Dianella revoluta var. revoluta s.l.
Tasman Flax-lily - Dianella tasmanica
Austral Cranesbill - Geranium solanderi
Button Everlasting - Helichrysum scorpioides
Common Lagenifera - Lagenifera stipitata
Slender Bottle-daisy - Lagenophora gracilis
Wiry Buttons - Leptorhynchos tenuifolius
Native Flax - Linum marginale
Angled Lobelia - Lobelia anceps
Yam-daisy - Microseris lanceolata
Long Purple-flag - Patersonia occidentalis
Nodding Greenhood - Pterostylis nutans
Grass Trigger-plant - Stylidium graminifolium
Slender Speedwell - Veronica gracilis
Tufted Bluebell - Wahlenbergia communis
Sprawling Bluebell - Wahlenbergia gracilis
Tall Bluebell - Wahlenbergia stricta subsp. stricta
Water Plantain - Alisma plantago-aquatica
Jointed Twig-sedge - Baumea articulata
Swamp Crassula - Crassula helmsii
Variable Sword-sedge - Lepidosperma laterale
Gipsy Wort - Lycopus australis
Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria
Common Nardoo - Marsilea drummondii
River Mint - Mentha australis
Upright Water-milfoil - Myriophyllum crispatum
White Purslane - Neopaxia australasica
Slender Knotweed - Persicaria decipiens
Persicaria - Persicaria hydropiper
River Buttercup - Ranunculus inundatus
River Club-sedge - Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Common Water-ribbons - Triglochin procera
Streaked Arrowgrass - Triglochin striata