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Logan Native Plants for Butterflies

Local native plants known to be butterfly host plants. Based on information available publicly online. This list is a working document and is not meant to be a comprehensive list of host plants.

brush wilga 1
Geijera salicifolia
pink evodia 2
Melicope elleryana
white euodia
Melicope micrococca
clusterberry 3
Micromelum minutum
thorny yellowwood
Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum
lanoline bush 4
Zieria smithii
native cherry 5
Exocarpos cupressiformis
broad-leaved cherry 3
Exocarpos latifolius
small-leaved alectryon 1
Alectryon connatus
wild quince 6
Alectryon subcinereus
hard alectryon 7
Alectryon subdentatus
hairy bird's eye 8
Alectryon tomentosus
whitewood 9
Atalaya salicifolia
tuckeroo 6
Cupaniopsis anacardioides
small-leaved tuckeroo 10
Cupaniopsis parvifolia
Boonah tuckeroo 9
Cupaniopsis tomentella
native tamarind 11
Diploglottis australis
forest hop bush 12
Dodonaea triquetra
blunt-leaved tulip 13
Harpullia hillii
tulipwood 14
Harpullia pendula
kurrajong 15
Brachychiton populneus
peanut tree 10
Sterculia quadrifida
Queen-of-the-bush 16
Pimelea linifolia
Queen-of-the-bush 17
Pimelea linifolia linifolia
axe handle wood 14
Aphananthe philippinensis
native celtis 18
Celtis paniculata
poison peach 19
Trema tomentosa
shiny-leaved stinging tree 19
Dendrocnide photiniiphylla
native mulberry 20
Pipturus argenteus
scrub nettle 21
Urtica incisa
spade flower 22
Afrohybanthus stellarioides
mountain violet 23
Viola betonicifolia
slender grape 19
Causonis clematidea
five-leaved water vine 1
Clematicissus opaca
zig zag vine 24
Uvaria leichhardtii
canary beech 25
Huberantha nitidissima
forest aristolochia 26
Aristolochia meridionalis
Avicennia marina ssp. australasica 27
Avicennia marina australasica
bolwarra 28
Eupomatia laurina
hard bolly gum 29
Beilschmiedia obtusifolia
common dodder 30
Cassytha filiformis
fine dodder 31
Cassytha glabella
downy devil's twine 32
Cassytha pubescens
McDonald's laurel 10
Cryptocarya macdonaldii
brown jack 10
Cryptocarya microneura
pepperberry 14
Cryptocarya obovata
three-veined laurel 29
Cryptocarya triplinervis
domatia tree 10
Endiandra discolor
bolly gum 14
Litsea reticulata
white bolly gum 33
Neolitsea dealbata
common wilkiea 6
Wilkiea hugeliana
piccabeen palm 34
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
tall saw-sedge 35
Gahnia clarkei
sword grass 36
Gahnia sieberiana
a sedge 37
Scleria mackaviensis
native yam 10
Dioscorea transversa
supplejack 38
Flagellaria indica
native iris 39
Patersonia glabrata
native iris 12
Patersonia sericea
native iris 40
Patersonia sericea sericea
a mat rush 41
Lomandra confertifolia
narrow-leaved mat rush 7
Lomandra confertifolia pallida
wattle mat rush 23
Lomandra filiformis
creek mat rush 23
Lomandra hystrix
mat rush 39
Lomandra longifolia
many-flowered mat rush 42
Lomandra multiflora
many-flowered mat rush 43
Lomandra multiflora multiflora
blady grass 30
Imperata cylindrica
southern grass 3
Ischaemum australe
swamp rice grass 30
Leersia hexandra
common reed 44
Phragmites australis
tussock grass 45
Poa labillardierei labillardierei
kangaroo grass 26
Themeda triandra
barbed-wire vine 46
Smilax australis
native sensitive plant 23
Neptunia gracilis
snow wood 47
Pararchidendron pruinosum
sweet wattle 48
Acacia suaveolens
prickly Moses 49
Acacia ulicifolia
no known common name
Acacia quadrilateralis
Sally wattle 9
Acacia salicina
rush-leaved wattle 50
Acacia juncifolia
early black wattle 51
Acacia leiocalyx
Maiden's wattle 52
Acacia maidenii
blackwood 19
Acacia melanoxylon
stiff-leaf wattle 53
Acacia obtusifolia
mountain hickory 50
Acacia penninervis
Queensland silver wattle 54
Acacia podalyriifolia
flat stemmed wattle 55
Acacia complanata
black wattle 56
Acacia concurrens
pretty wattle
Acacia decora
hickory wattle
Acacia disparrima disparrima
sickle-leaved wattle 57
Acacia falcata
Brisbane wattle 58
Acacia fimbriata
fern-leaved wattle 59
Acacia glaucocarpa
hairy-leaved wattle 60
Acacia hispidula
lightwood 23
Acacia implexa
green wattle 61
Acacia irrorata
variable mistletoe 62
Amyema congener congener
box mistletoe 63
Amyema miquelii
brush mistletoe 64
Amylotheca dictyophleba

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