Plant community No. 31

This ‘closed shrubland’ is dominated by Silky Tea-tree (Leptospermum lanigerum) with a sub-storey of Bullrush (Typha domingensis), Common Reed (Phragmites australis), and Cutting Grass (Gahnia trifida). It is found on black soils with high organic content on creek lines and in swamps.

Caterpillar food plants in this community

Grasses

• Common Reed (Phragmites australis)

Sedges

• Cutting Grass (Gahnia trifida)
• Stiff Flat-Sedge (Cyperus vaginatus)

See also

Butterfly nectar plants of the Adelaide region
Plants information

Butterflies of this plant community

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These butterflies may visit your garden

Donnysa sedge-skipper
Hesperilla donnysa

A common butterfly along the South Mt Lofty Range where it is found along valleys and in wetland areas.

Southern Grass-dart
Oxybadistes walkeri

Reasonably common; especially the eastern side of the city, its caterpillars feed on native and introduced grasses.

White-banded Grass-dart
Taractrocera papyria

Now rare and most likely to be seen along grassy creek lines; its caterpillars feed on native and introduced grasses.