For guidance on planning your revegetation or restoration site (size, shape, species, density of planting) refer to chapters four and five of this site.

Remember: good quality vegetation sites may not need revegetation at all. Appropriate management can encourage natural regeneration.

Vegetation Profile:

Albury District

Creeks & rivers Low gently undulating country Hilly country & ranges
LANDFORM Creeks & rivers
VEGETATION TYPE River Red Gum woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Riverine deposits of clay, silt, sand & gravel. Alluvial loams & clays.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Murray River
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Callistemon sieberi River Bottlebrush
Melicytes dentatus Tree Violet
Leptospermum obovatum River Tea-tree
GROUND COVERS Carex breviculmus Sedge
C. tereticaulis Sedge
Juncus spp. Rush
Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa labillardieri Tussock Grass
Typha spp. Cumbungi

 

LANDFORM Low gently undulating country
VEGETATION TYPE

Box woodland (Yellow Box, Apple Box).

Also Blakley’s Red Gum woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS

Riverine deposits of clay, silt, sand & gravel.

Red & yellow earths.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Older parts of Albury & Thurgoona area
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. bridgesiana Apple Box
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. polyanthemos Red Box
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia genistifolia Spreading Wattle
A. gunnii Ploughshare Wattle
Acacia paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. rubida Red-stemmed Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow-leaf Hop-bush
Grevillea alpina Cat’s Claws
G. lanigera Woolly Grevillea
+ Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree
GROUND COVERS Arthropodium minus Small Vanilla-lily
Austrostipa spp. Spear Grass
Brachyloma daphnoides Daphne Heath
Xerochrysum viscosum Sticky Everlasting
Brunonia australis Blue Pincushion
Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine Lily
Burchardia umbellata Milkmaids
Carex spp. Sedge
Chrysocephalum apiculatum Yellow Buttons
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella revoluta Spreading Flax-lily
Arthropodium strictum Chocolate Lily
Dillwynia sericea Showy Parrot-pea
Gompholobium huegeli Wedge-pea
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
G. tabacina Variable Glycine
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Hibbertia obtusifolia Grey Guinea-flower
H. riparia Erect Guinea-flower
Hovea heterophylla Common Hovea
Leucopogon virgatus Common Beard-heath
Lomandra spp. Mat-rush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath Pale
Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
Pimelea linifolia Slender Rice-flower
Poa spp. Tussock Grass
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Wahlenbergia spp. Bluebell
Wurmbea dioica Early Nancy

 

LANDFORM Hilly country & ranges
VEGETATION TYPE White Box woodland & Red Gum woodland (Blakely’s & Tumbledown Red Gum)
GEOLOGY & SOILS

Mainly high grade phyllite, mica, schist & metamorphised sediments.

Shallow red & yellow sandy soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Nail Can Hill; Black Range
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
A. implexa Hickory Wattle
Allocasuarina
Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping Sheoak
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
* E. bridgesiana Apple Box
# E. dealbata Tumbledown Gum
E. goniocalyx Long-leaf Box
+ E. macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
* E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. polyanthemos Red Box
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry

* mainly lower slopes

# mainly N-NW aspect

+ mainly S-SE aspect
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia gunnii Ploughshare Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. rubida Red-stemmed Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Correa reflexa var. reflexa Flat-pea Common Correa
Daviesia latifolia Hop Bitter-pea
Dillwynia phyllicoides subsp. complex Small-leaf Parrot-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow-leaf Hop-bush
Grevillea alpina Cat’s Claws
G. lanigera  Woolly Grevillea
Indigofera adesmiifolia Tick Indigo 
I. australis Austral Indigo
Platylobium formosum Handsome Flat-pea
Pultenaea foliolosa Bush-pea
P. largiflorens Twiggy Bush-pea
GROUND COVERS Arthropodium minus Small Vanilla-lily
Austrostipa spp. Spear Grass
Brachyloma daphnoides Daphne Heath
Xerochrysum viscosum Sticky Everlasting
Brunonia australis Blue Pincushion
Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine Lily
Burchardia umbellata Milkmaids
Carex spp. Sedge
Chrysocephalum apiculatum Yellow Buttons
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella revoluta Spreading Flax-lily
Arthropodium strictum Chocolate Lily
Dillwynia sericea Showy Parrot-pea
Gompholobium huegeli Wedge-pea
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
G. tabacina Variable Glycine
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Hibbertia obtusifolia Grey Guinea-flower
H. riparia Erect Guinea-flower
Hovea heterophylla Common Hovea
Leucopogon virgatus Common Beard-heath
Lomandra spp. Mat-rush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath Pale
Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
Pimelea linifolia Slender Rice-flower
Poa spp. Tussock Grass
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Wahlenbergia spp. Bluebell
Wurmbea dioica Early Nancy