General Native Vegetation Profile:
Mountain Tunnel
Low country | Low hills | Hill country approx. > 500 m elevation |
LANDFORM | Low country | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Yellow Box woodland | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Mainly alluvium – sand, silt, gravel & clay. Sandy yellow earths. | |
LOCATION EXAMPLE | Woomargama village vicinity | |
TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
Eucalyptus blakelyi | Blakely’s Red Gum | |
E. bridgesiana | Apple Box | |
E. camaldulensis | River Red Gum | |
E. mannifera | Brittle Gum | |
E. melliodora | Yellow Box | |
E. rubida | Candlebark | |
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | # Acacia paradoxa | Kangaroo Thorn |
A. rubida | Red-stemmed Wattle | |
# Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa | Sweet Bursaria | |
+ Leptospermum continentale | Prickly Tea-tree | |
# not noted in area but suggested for replanting + soaks/poorly drained sites |
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GROUND COVERS | Bothriochloa macra | Red-leg Grass |
+ Carex spp. | Sedge | |
+ Cyperus lucidus | Sedge | |
Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
+ Juncus spp. | Rush | |
Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
+ Phragmites australis | Common Reed | |
Poa spp. | Tussock Grass | |
Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
+ Typha spp. | Cumbungi | |
+ creeklines/ soaks/poorly drained sites |
LANDFORM | Low hills | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Dry sclerophyll forest: Long-leaf Box/Silver Bundy & Red Stringybark; & Blakely’s Red Gum & Red Stringybark | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Granite, gneissic granite & gneiss; & quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Sandy yellow earths. | |
LOCATION EXAMPLE | Woomargama State Forest (lower reaches) | |
TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
A. implexa | Hickory Wattle/Lightwood | |
Allocasuarina verticillate | Drooping Sheoak | |
Brachychiton populneus | Kurrajong | |
Callitris endlicheri | Black Cypress Pine | |
Eucalyptus albens | White Box | |
E. blakelyi | Blakely’s Red Gum | |
E. goniocalyx | Long-leaf Box | |
E. macrorhyncha | Red Stringybark | |
E. mannifera | Brittle Gum | |
E. melliodora | Yellow Box | |
E. nortonii | Silver Bundy | |
E. polyanthemos | Red Box | |
Exocarpos cupressiformis | Native Cherry | |
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Acacia deanei subsp. deanei | Deane’s Wattle |
A. deanei subsp. paucijuga | Green Wattle | |
A. paradoxa | Kangaroo Thorn | |
A. rubida | Red-stemmed Wattle | |
A. verniciflua | Varnish Wattle | |
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa | Sweet Bursaria | |
Calytrix tetragona | Common Fringe-myrtle | |
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata | Common Cassinia | |
C. longifolia | Shiny Cassinia | |
Daviesia latifolia | Hop Bitter-pea | |
D. leptophylla | Slender Bitter-pea | |
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima | Narrow-leaf Hop-bush | |
D. viscosa subsp. cuneata | Wedge-leaf Hop-bush | |
Kunzea ericoides | Burgan | |
+ Leptospermum continentale | Prickly Tea-tree | |
Persoonia rigida | Hairy Geebung | |
Platylobium formosum | Handsome Flat-pea | |
Pultenaea cunninghamii | Grey Bush-pea | |
P. foliolosa | Bush-pea | |
P. procumbens | Heathy Bush-pea | |
+ soaks/poorly drained sites |
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GROUND COVERS | + Adiantum aethiopicum | Common Maidenhair |
Astroloma humifusum | Native Cranberry | |
Austrostipa spp. | Spear Grass | |
+ Blechnum nudum | Water Fern | |
Bothriochloa macra | Red-leg Grass | |
Brachyloma daphnoides | Daphne Heath | |
Bracteantha spp. | Everlasting Daisy | |
Brunonia australis | Blue Pincushion | |
Bulbine bulbosa | Bulbine Lily | |
Chrysocephalum apiculatum | Yellow Buttons | |
Clematis aristate | Old Man’s Beard | |
Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
Dianella porracea | Smooth Flax-lily | |
Arthropodium strictus | Chocolate Lily | |
Dillwynia sericea | Showy Parrot-pea | |
Glycine clandestine | Twining Glycine | |
Hardenbergia violacea | Purple Coral Pea | |
Hibbertia obtusifolia | Grey Guinea-flower | |
Joycea pallida | Red-anther Wallaby Grass | |
Leucopogon virgatus | Common Beard-heath | |
Melichrus urceolatus | Urn Heath | |
Pimelea spp. | Rice-flower | |
Poa sieberiana | Tussock Grass | |
Stypandra glauca | Nodding Blue-lily | |
Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
Xanthorrhoea spp. | Grass-tree | |
+ mainly creeklines |
LANDFORM | Hill country approx. > 500 m elevation | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Moist open forest | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS |
Mainly quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Shallow red & yellow loams. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Woomargama State Forest (upper reaches) | |
TREES >8M | ||
Brachychiton populneus |
Kurrajong |
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Callitris endlicheri |
Black Cypress Pine |
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Exocarpos cupressiformis |
Native Cherry |
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+ creeklines/soaks * mainly S & SE aspect |
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SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Acacia deanei subsp. deanei | Deane’s Wattle |
A. deanei subsp. paucijuga | Green Wattle | |
A. paradoxa | Kangaroo Thorn | |
A. rubida | Red-stemmed Wattle | |
A. verniciflua | Varnish Wattle | |
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa | Sweet Bursaria | |
Calytrix tetragona | Common Fringe-myrtle | |
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata | Common Cassinia | |
C. longifolia | Shiny Cassinia | |
Daviesia latifolia | Hop Bitter-pea | |
D. leptophylla | Slender Bitter-pea | |
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima | Narrow-leaf Hop-bush | |
D. viscosa subsp. cuneata | Wedge-leaf Hop-bush | |
Kunzea ericoides | Burgan | |
+ Leptospermum continentale | Prickly Tea-tree | |
Persoonia rigida | Hairy Geebung | |
Platylobium formosum | Handsome Flat-pea | |
Pultenaea cunninghamii | Grey Bush-pea | |
P. foliolosa | Bush-pea | |
+ soaks/poorly drained sites |
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GROUND COVERS | + Adiantum aethiopicum | Common Maidenhair |
Astroloma humifusum | Native Cranberry | |
Austrostipa spp. | Spear Grass | |
+ Blechnum nudum | Water Fern | |
Bothriochloa macra | Red-leg Grass | |
Brachyloma daphnoides | Daphne Heath | |
Bracteantha spp. | Everlasting Daisy | |
Brunonia australis | Blue Pincushion | |
Bulbine bulbosa | Bulbine Lily | |
Chrysocephalum apiculatum | Yellow Buttons | |
Clematis aristate | Old Man’s Beard | |
Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
Dianella porracea | Smooth Flax-lily | |
Arthropodium strictus | Chocolate Lily | |
Dillwynia sericea | Showy Parrot-pea | |
Glycine clandestine | Twining Glycine | |
Hardenbergia violacea | Purple Coral Pea | |
Hibbertia obtusifolia | Grey Guinea-flower | |
Joycea pallida | Red-anther Wallaby Grass | |
Leucopogon virgatus | Common Beard-heath | |
Melichrus urceolatus | Urn Heath | |
Pimelea spp. | Rice-flower | |
Poa sieberiana | Tussock Grass | |
Stypandra glauca | Nodding Blue-lily | |
Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
Xanthorrhoea spp. | Grass-tree | |
+ mainly creeklines |