ProvenanceTrees are a fantastic addition to gardens, however they can create issues with power lines. On private property, your access line is your responsibility, however on shared lines, such as street power lines there are height regulations.
Height Limits
SA Power has lists for which trees are allowed within prescribed buffer zones of power lines to prevent outages and fires. Anything below 2 meters is always allowed. List 1 contains species under 3m. List 2 contains species between 3 and 6m.
Typically councils or SA Power are responsible for anything requiring trimming, therefore, prior approval may be required. Especially for anything beyond the height of your lowest powerlines (4.5 – 6m). Check your council website and if approval is required, get in early with a request for next autumn.
Please view the full document from SA Power here. Further information is available on their website, see end.
Additionally, there are sewerage species and placement requirements available here or at SA Water’s website.
Always check your house plan for pipes and cables, or dial before you dig in public areas, ie. verges.
Which Species List to Use
Urban areas without bushfire risk: List 1 and 2.
Fully insulated power lines: List 1 and 2.
Bushfire risk areas require the prescribed distance be doubled, creating an additional buffer zone:
Uninsulated prescribed distance: List 1. Then a buffer distance: List 1 and 2.
Fully insulated prescribed distance: List 1 and 2. Then a buffer distance: List 1 and 2.
Underground powerlines: List 1 for 3m on both sides. DIAL BEFORE YOU DIG
Locally Native Trees for Near Powerlines
These are plants found in Adelaide adjacent IBRA regions that SA Power has listed. For further pipe information, see SA water linked above.
These are not necessarily grown by us. This list is easiest used looking at available plants first with a visit or stock list.
Heights are not filtered as anything below 2m is allowed under powerlines. Plant Selector by the Adelaide Botanic Gardens can help with heights.
| Species | Common Name | Powerline List | Planting Regions | Pipe Distance |
| Acacia acinacea | Round-leaf Wattle | List 1 | ||
| Acacia brachybotrya | Grey Wattle | List 1 | ||
| Acacia glandulicarpa | Hairy-pod Wattle | List 1 | ||
| Acacia microcarpa | Manna Wattle | List 1 | ||
| Acacia myrtifolia | Myrtle Wattle | List 1 | ||
| Acacia sclerophylla var. sclerophylla | Hard-leaf Wattle | List 1 | ||
| Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana | Slaty Oak-bush | List 1 | ||
| Alyogyne huegelii | Lilac Hibiscus | List 1 | ||
| Alyxia buxifolia | Sea box | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex acutibractea ssp. acutibractea | Pointed Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex acutibractea ssp. karoniensis | Pointed Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex australasica | Native Orache | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex cinerea | Grey Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex eardleyae | Small Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex eichleri | Eichler’s Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex holocarpa | Pop Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex leptocarpa | Slender-fruit Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex lindleyi ssp. inflata | Corky Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex lindleyi ssp. lindleyi | Flat-top Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex muelleri | Annual Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex paludosa ssp. cordata | Heart-shaped Fruit Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex paludosa ssp. paludosa | Marsh Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex pumilio | Mat Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex spongiosa | Pop saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex stipitata | Kidney Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex suberecta | Lagoon Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex velutinella | Sandhill Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Atriplex vesicaria | Bladder Saltbush | List 1 | ||
| Banksia ornata | Desert banksia | List 1 | ||
| Boronia coerulescens ssp. coerulescens | Blue Boronia | List 1 | ||
| Boronia edwardsii | Island Boronia | List 1 | ||
| Boronia filifolia | Slender Boronia | List 1 | ||
| Boronia inornata ssp. leptophylla | Desert Boronia | List 1 | ||
| Boronia nana var. hyssopifolia | List 1 | |||
| Boronia nana var. nana | Dwarf Boronia | List 1 | ||
| Boronia parviflora | Swamp Boronia | List 1 | ||
| Callistemon rugulosus | Scarlet Bottlebrush | List 1 | ||
| Callistemon sieberi | River Bottlebrush | List 1 | ||
| Callistemon teretifolius | Flinders Ranges Red Bottlebrush | List 1 | ||
| Calytrix glaberrima | Smooth Fringe-myrtle | List 1 | ||
| Calytrix involucrata | Cup Fringe-myrtle | List 1 | ||
| Calytrix tetragona | Common Fringe-myrtle | List 1 | ||
| Dodonaea baueri | Crinkled Hop-bush | List 1 | ||
| Dodonaea bursariifolia | Small Hop-bush | List 1 | ||
| Dodonaea hexandra | Horned Hop-bush | List 1 | ||
| Dodonaea humilis | Limestone Hop-bush | List 1 | ||
| Dodonaea lobulata | Lobed Hop-bush | List 1 | ||
| Dodonaea procumbens | Trailing hop-bush | List 1 | ||
| Dodonaea stenozyga | Desert Hop-bush | List 1 | ||
| Dodonaea subglandulifera | Peep Hill Hop-bush | List 1 | ||
| Euphorbia tannensis ssp. eremophila | Bottle Tree Caustic | List 1 | ||
| Euphrasia collina ssp. muelleri | Mueller’s Eyebright | List 1 | ||
| Euphrasia collina ssp. osbornii | Osborn’s Eyebright | List 1 | ||
| Geijera linearifolia | Oil Bush | List 1 | ||
| Grevillea huegelii | Comb Spider-flower | List 1 | ||
| Grevillea ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia | Native Holly | List 1 | ||
| Grevillea lavandulacea ssp. lavandulacea | Heath Grevillea | List 1 | ||
| Hakea leucoptera ssp. leucoptera | Needle Hakea | List 1 | ||
| Hibbertia crinita | Long-hair Guinea-flower | List 1 | ||
| Hibbertia devitata | Smooth Guinea-flower | List 1 | ||
| Hibbertia empetrifolia ssp. radians | Scrambling Guinea-flower | List 1 | ||
| Hibbertia exutiacies | Spiky Guinea-flower | List 1 | ||
| Hibbertia hirsuta | Hairy Guinea-flower | List 1 | ||
| Hibbertia pallidiflora | Pale Guinea-flower | List 1 | ||
| Hibbertia riparia | Erect Guinea-flower | List 1 | ||
| Hibbertia sericea | Silky Guinea-flower | List 1 | ||
| Hibbertia tenuis | Yundi Guinea-flower | List 1 | ||
| Hibbertia virgata | Twiggy Guinea-flower | List 1 | ||
| Hibiscus trionum var. trionum (*) | Bladder Ketmia | List 1 | ||
| Indigofera australis ssp. australis | Hill Indigo | List 1 | ||
| Maireana aphylla | Leafless Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana appressa | Grey Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana brevifolia | Small-leaf Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana cannonii | Cannon’s Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana decalvans | Black Cotton-bush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana enchylaenoides | Wingless Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana erioclada | Fleshy Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana excavata | Bottle Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana georgei | Slit-wing Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana lobiflora | Lobed Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana oppositifolia | Heathy Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana pentatropis | Erect Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana pyramidata | Shrubby Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana radiata | Grey Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana rohrlachii | Rohrlach’s Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana sedifolia | Pearl Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana trichoptera | Spike Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Maireana turbinata | Satiny Bluebush | List 1 | ||
| Malva preissiana | Coastal Austral Hollyhock | List 1 | ||
| Malva weinmanniana | Inland Austral Hollyhock | List 1 | ||
| Melaleuca brevifolia | Swamp Honey-myrtle | List 1 | ||
| Melaleuca decussata | Cross-leaved Honey-myrtle | List 1 | ||
| Melaleuca squamea | Scaly-barked Honey-myrtle | List 1 | ||
| Melaleuca uncinata | Broom Honey-myrtle | List 1 | ||
| Olearia axillaris | Coast Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia brachyphylla | Short-leaf Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia ciliata var. ciliata | Fringed Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia decurrens | Clammy Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia floribunda | Heath Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia glandulosa | Swamp Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia grandiflora | Mount Lofty Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia lanuginosa | Woolly Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia lepidophylla | Clubmoss Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia minor | Heath Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia muelleri | Mueller’s Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia pannosa ssp. cardiophylla | Mount Remarkable Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia pannosa ssp. pannosa | Silver Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia passerinoides ssp. glutescens | Sticky Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia picridifolia | Rasp Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia pimeleoides | Showy Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia ramulosa | Twiggy Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia teretifolia | Cypress Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Olearia tubuliflora | Rayless Daisy-bush | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea curviflora var. sericea | Curved Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea flava ssp. dichotoma | Diosma Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea flava ssp. flava | Yellow Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea glauca | Smooth Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea humilis | Common Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea imbricata var. petraea | Rock Woolly Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea linifolia ssp. linifolia | Slender Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea micrantha | Curved Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea microcephala ssp. microcephala | Mallee Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea octophylla | Downy Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea phylicoides | Heath Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia | Thyme Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea simplex ssp. continua | Desert Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Pimelea stricta | Gaunt Riceflower | List 1 | ||
| Prostanthera aspalathoides | Mintbush | List 1 | ||
| Prostanthera behriana | Tall Mintbush | List 1 | ||
| Prostanthera chlorantha | Green Mintbush | List 1 | ||
| Prostanthera eurybioides | Monarto Mintbush | List 1 | ||
| Prostanthera serpyllifolia ssp. microphylla | Small-leaf Mintbush | List 1 | ||
| Senna artemisioides ssp. filifolia | Fine-leaf Desert Cassia | List 1 | ||
| Senna artemisioides ssp. petiolaris | List 1 | |||
| Senna artemisioides ssp. zygophylla | Twin-leaf Desert Senna | List 1 | ||
| Senna cardiosperma ssp. gawlerensis | Gawler Ranges Senna | List 1 | ||
| Templetonia retusa | Flame Bush | List 1 | ||
| Thryptomene micrantha | Heather Bush | List 1 | ||
| Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata | Mount Lofty Grass-tree | List 1 | ||
| Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp. semiplana | Flat-leaf Grass-tree | List 1 | ||
| Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp. tateana | Tate’s Grass-tree | List 1 | ||
| Acacia argyrophylla | Silver Mulga | List 2 | ||
| Acacia calamifolia | Wallowa | List 2 | ||
| Acacia dodonaeifolia | Sticky Wattle | List 2 | ||
| Acacia hakeoides | Western Black Wattle | List 2 | ||
| Acacia iteaphylla | Willow-leaf Wattle | List 2 | ||
| Acacia ligulata | Dune Wattle | List 2 | ||
| Acacia longifolia ssp. sophorae | False Boobialla | List 2 | ||
| Acacia notabilis | Stiff Golden Wattle | List 2 | ||
| Acacia oswaldii | Oswald’s Wattle | List 2 | ||
| Acacia pycnantha | Golden wattle | List 2 | >2m | |
| Acacia rigens | Needlebush Wattle | List 2 | ||
| Acacia verniciflua | Varnish Wattle | List 2 | ||
| Acacia victoriae ssp. victoriae | Elegant Wattle | List 2 | Arid | >2m |
| Allocasuarina verticillata | Drooping She-oak | List 2 | coastal, MT | |
| Banksia marginata | Silver banksia | List 2 | coastal, MT | |
| Callitris verrucosa | Warty Cypress-pine | List 2 | ||
| Dodonaea viscosa ssp. angustissima | Narrow-leaf Hop-bush | List 2 | ||
| Dodonaea viscosa ssp. cuneata | Wedge-leaf Hop-bush | List 2 | ||
| Dodonaea viscosa ssp. spatulata | Spoon-leaf Hop-bush | List 2 | ||
| Eremophila alternifolia | Scented Emubush | List 2 | ||
| Eremophila behriana | Rough Emubush | List 2 | ||
| Eremophila crassifolia | Trim Emubush | List 2 | ||
| Eremophila deserti | Turkey-bush | List 2 | ||
| Eremophila gibbifolia | Coccid Emubush | List 2 | ||
| Eremophila glabra ssp. glabra | Common Emubush | List 2 | ||
| Eremophila longifolia | Long-leaf Emubush | List 2 | ||
| Eremophila oppositifolia ssp. oppositifolia | Showy-sepal Emubush | List 2 | ||
| Eremophila santalina | Sandalwood Emubush | List 2 | ||
| Eremophila scoparia | Silvery Emubush | List 2 | ||
| Eremophila subfloccosa ssp. glandulosa | Green-flower Emubush | List 2 | ||
| Eucalyptus brachycalyx | Gilja | List 2 | ||
| Eucalyptus calycogona ssp. calycogona | Red Mallee | List 2 | Coastal, MT | |
| Eucalyptus calycogona ssp. trachybasis | Red Mallee | List 2 | ||
| Eucalyptus cosmophylla | Cup Gum | List 2 | ||
| Eucalyptus dumosa | Dumosa Mallee | List 2 | ||
| Eucalyptus gillii | Curly Mallee | List 2 | ||
| Eucalyptus rugosa | Kingscote Mallee | List 2 | ||
| Hakea carinata | Erect Hakea | List 2 | ||
| Hakea mitchellii | Desert Hakea | List 2 | ||
| Hakea rostrata | Beaked Hakea | List 2 | ||
| Hakea rugosa | Wrinkled Hakea | List 2 | ||
| Hakea vittata | Striped Hakea | List 2 | ||
| Leptospermum continentale | Prickly Tea-tree | List 2 | ||
| Leptospermum coriaceum | Green Tea-tree | List 2 | ||
| Leptospermum lanigerum | Woolly Tea-tree | List 2 | ||
| Leptospermum myrsinoides | Heath Tea-tree | List 2 | ||
| Leucopogon parviflorus | Coastal Beard-heath | List 2 | ||
| Melaleuca acuminata ssp. acuminata | Creamy Honey-myrtle | List 2 | ||
| Melaleuca halmaturorum | Salt Paper-bark | List 2 | >3.5m | |
| Myoporum montanum | Water-bush | List 2 | ||
| Pittosporum angustifolium | Native apricot | List 2 | Arid | >2m w/ approval |
| Pomaderris obcordata | Pimelea Pomaderris | List 2 | ||
| Pomaderris paniculosa ssp. paniculosa | Inland Pomaderris | List 2 | ||
| Pomaderris paniculosa ssp. paralia | Shining Coast Pomaderris | List 2 | ||
| Santalum acuminatum | Quandong | List 2 | ||
| Santalum lanceolatum | Native plumbush | List 2 | ||
| Santalum murrayanum | Ming | List 2 | ||
| Santalum spicatum | Sandalwood | List 2 | ||
| Myoporum platycarpum ssp. perbellum | Mallee Sugarwood | Old from List 2 | ||
| Myoporum platycarpum ssp. platycarpum | Sugarwood | Old from List 2 | ||
| Callitris gracilis | Slender Cypress-pine | Informal List 2 | >2m | |
*MT – Mild Temperate
SA Power website links
List of trees that can be planted near powerlines.
Safe clearances distances between vegetation and powerlines.
Bushfire risk areas – safe distances between powerlines and vegetation.
