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Native Plants Suitable for Wastewater
Please check with your local council as many councils will have a list of local indigenious plants suitable for local areas.

Below is a list of some plants suitable for planting near absorption trenches for septic systems - AUSTRALIA NATIVE PLANTS

Trees
The planting of tree species closer than five metres to absorption trenches is not recommended due to the naturally large root systems produced by trees in order to support their substantial canopies.

 Shrubs 
 Agonis juniperina Juniper Myrtle
 Agonis linarifolia Small-leaf Agonis
 Astartea fasicularis 
 Baekea crenatifolia 
 Brachysema celsianum Swan River Pea
 Callistemon pityoides 'Cobberas Dwarf' 
 Callistemon 'Phil May' 
 Correa lawrencianaMountian Correa 
 Hymenanthera dentataTree Violet 
 Prostanthera rotundifoliaRound-leaf Mint-bush 
 Prostanthera lasianthosVictorian Christmas Bush 
  
 Groundcovers 
 Bauera rubiodes prostrateWiry Bauera 
 Correa nummularifolia prostrate 
 Hibbertia empetrifoliaScrambling Guinea Flower 
 Isotoma fluviatilisSwamp Isotome 
 Kunzea ambigua prostrateWhite Kunzea
 Kunzea ericoides prostrateBurgan 
 Mentha australisNative Mint 
 Pratia pendunculata 
 Selleria radicans 
  
 Grasses & Tufting Plants 
 Baloskion tetraphyllum (formerly Restio tetraphullus)Tassel Rush 
 Baloskion tetruphullum ssp. meiostachyus 
 (formerly Restio tetraphullus ssp. meiostachyus)Dwarf Tassel Rush 
 Baumea rubiginosaSoft Twig Rush 
 Carex fasicularisTassel Sedge 
 Carex tereticaulisCommon Sedge 
 Chorizandra cymbariaHeron Bristlebrush 
 Chorizandra enodisBlack Bristlebrush 
 Cyperus vaginatusFlat Sedge 
 Dianella caeruleaParoo Lily 
 Lomandra confertifoliaMat-rush 
 Lomandra hystrixMat-rush 
 Xyris gracilisSlender Yellow-eye