Mountain Creek, Native Dog & Sandy Creek

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.

General Native Vegetation Profile:

Mountain Creek, Native Dog & Sandy Creek

Creeks

Low country

Rising & hill country

LANDFORM	Creeks
VEGETATION TYPE	Red Gum woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS	Alluvium – sand, silt, gravel & clay. Red & yellow earths
LOCATION EXAMPLE	Ten Mile Creek
TREES >8M	Acacia dealbata	Silver Wattle
	Eucalyptus blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
	E. bridgesiana	Apple Box
	E. camaldulensis	River Red Gum
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m	Callistemon sieberi	River Bottlebrush
	Melicytes dentatus	Tree Violet
	# Kunzea ericoides	Burgan
	# not noted in area but suggested for replanting
GROUND COVERS	Rytidosperma spp.	Wallaby Grass
	Carex spp.	Sedge
	Juncus spp.	Rush
	Microlaena stipoides	Weeping Grass
	Poa spp.	Tussock Grass
	Phragmites australis	Common Reed
	Typha spp.	Cumbungi

LANDFORM	Low country
VEGETATION TYPE	Blakely’s Red Gum & Yellow Box woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS	Alluvium – sand, silt, gravel & clay. Red & yellow earths
LOCATION EXAMPLE	Along Hume Highway in NE of catchment
TREES >8M	Acacia dealbata	Silver Wattle
	A. implexa	Hickory Wattle/Lightwood
	Brachychiton populneus	Kurrajong
	Eucalyptus albens	White Box
	E. blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
	E. bridgesiana	Apple Box
	E. melliodora	Yellow Box
	E. microcarpa	Grey Box
	E. polyanthemos	Red Box
	E. rubida	Candlebark
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m	# Acacia genistifolia	Spreading Wattle/Early Wattle
	# Acacia paradoxa	Kangaroo Thorn
	Acacia rubida	Red-stemmed Wattle
	Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa	Sweet Bursaria
	# Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima	Narrow-leaf Hop-bush
	# Indigofera adesmiifolia	Tick Indigo
	# Kunzea ericoides	Burgan
	# Not noted in the area but suggested for re-planting
GROUND COVERS	Austrostipa spp.	Spear Grass
	Bothriochloa macra	Red-leg Grass
	Rytidosperma spp.	Wallaby Grass
	+ Carex spp.	Sedge
	+ Juncus spp.	Rush
	Lomandra spp.	Mat-rush
	Microlaena stipoides	Weeping Grass
	Poa spp.	Tussock Grass
	Themeda triandra	Kangaroo Grass
	+ creeks soaks/ poorly drained sites

LANDFORM	Rising & hill country
VEGETATION TYPE	White Box woodland. Also Blakely’s Red Gum & Red Stringybark dry forest.
GEOLOGY & SOILS	Mainly granite, gneissic granite & gneiss. Also quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Mainly sandy granite soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE	Along Hume Highway in SE of catchment
TREES >8M	Acacia dealbata	Silver Wattle
	A. implexa	Hickory Wattle/Lightwood
	Brachychiton populneus	Kurrajong
	Callitris glaucophylla	White Cypress Pine
	Eucalyptus albens	White Box
	E. blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
	* E. dealbata	Tumbledown Gum
	E. dwyeri	Dwyer’s Red Gum
	E. goniocalyx	Long-leaf Box
	# E. macrorhyncha	Red Stringybark
	E. melliodora	Yellow Box
	E. polyanthemos	Red Box
	Exocarpos cupressiformis	Native Cherry/Cherry Ballart
	* mainly N & NW aspect # mainly S & SE aspect
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m	Acacia genistifolia	Spreading Wattle/Early Wattle
	A. pycnantha	Golden Wattle
	A. rubida	Red-stemmed Wattle
	A. verniciflua	Varnish Wattle
	Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa	Sweet Bursaria
	Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata	Common Cassinia
	Daviesia latifolia	Hop Bitter-pea
	Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima	Narrow-leaf Hop-bush
	Indigofera australis	Austral Indigo
GROUND COVERS	Austrostipa spp.	Spear Grass
	Bothriochloa macra	Red-leg grass
	Bracteantha spp.	Everlasting Daisy
	Rytidosperma spp.	Wallaby Grass
	Geranium spp.	Cranesbill
	Hardenbergia violacea	Purple Coral Pea
	Hibbertia obtusifolia	Grey Guinea-flower
	Isotoma axillaris	Rock Isotome
	Lissanthe strigosa	Peach Heath
	Lomandra spp.	Mat-rush
	Pelargonium spp.	Storksbill
	Themeda triandra	Kangaroo Grass