Fowlers Swamp and Wagra

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:

Flats & lower slopes

Hill country

LANDFORM	Flats & lower slopes
VEGETATION TYPE	Yellow Box woodland on lower slopes. White Box on mid-slopes.
GEOLOGY & SOILS	Granite, gneissic granite & gneiss. Sandy granite soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE	Wymah vicinity
TREES >8M	Acacia dealbata	Silver Wattle
	A. implexa	Hickory Wattle/Lightwood
	Brachychiton populneus	Kurrajong
	Eucalyptus albens	White Box
	E. blakelyi	Blakley’s Red Gum
	E. bridgesiana	Apple Box
	+ E. camaldulensis	River Red Gum
	E. melliodora	Yellow Box
	E. polyanthemos	Red Box
	+ creeks
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m	A. paradoxa	Kangaroo Thorn
	# A. rubida	Red-stemmed Wattle
	# Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla	Hairy Bursaria
	#+ Leptospermum continentale	Prickly Tea-tree
	# not noted in area but suggested for replanting + soaks/poorly drained sites
GROUND COVERS	Bothriochloa macra	Red-leg Grass
	+ Carex spp.	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
	+ Creeks, soaks & poorly drained sites

LANDFORM	Hill country
VEGETATION TYPE	Red Gum woodland & Red Stringybark dry forest
GEOLOGY & SOILS	Granite, gneissic granite & gneiss. Sandy granite soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE	Wagra Mountain
TREES >8M	Acacia dealbata	Silver Wattle
	A. implexa	Hickory Wattle/Lightwood
	# A. melanoxylon	Blackwood
	Allocasuarina verticillate	Drooping Sheoak
	Brachychiton populneus	Kurrajong
	Callitris endlicheri	Black Cypress Pine
	Eucalyptus albens	White Box
	# E. bicostata	Eurabbie
	E. blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
	E. dwyeri	Dwyer’s Red Gum
	# E. dives	Broad-leaved Peppermint
	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
	# E. robertsonii	Robertson’s Peppermint
	Exocarpos cupressiformis	Native Cherry
	# Higher elevations, mainly above 500 metres * Mainly S & SE aspects
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m	Acacia paradoxa	Kangaroo Thorn
	A. rubida	Red-stemmed Wattle
	A. verniciflua	Varnish Wattle
	Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla	Hairy 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
	Dillwynia phyllicoides spp. complex	Small-leaf Parrot-pea
	Indigofera australis	Austral Indigo
	+ Leptospermum continentale	Prickly Tea-tree
	Platylobium formosum	Handsome Flat-pea
	Pultenaea foliolosa	Bush-pea
	Persoonia rigida	Hairy Geebung
	+ soaks/poorly drained sites
GROUND COVERS	Adiantum aethiopicum	Common Maidenhair
	Austrostipa spp.	Spear Grass
	Bothriochloa macra	Red-leg Grass
	Brachyloma daphnoides	Daphne Heath
	Bracteantha bracteate	Golden Everlasting
	B. viscosa	Sticky Everlasting
	Brunonia australis	Blue Pincushion
	Bulbine bulbosa	Bulbine Lily
	Chloris truncate	Windmill Grass
	Rytidosperma spp.	Wallaby Grass
	Dianella porracea	Smooth Flax-lily
	Arthropodium strictus	Chocolate Lily
	Dillwynia sericea	Showy Parrot-pea
	Geranium spp.	Cranesbill
	Glycine clandestine	Twining Glycine
	Hardenbergia violacea	Purple Coral Pea
	Hibbertia obtusifolia	Grey Guinea-flower
	Pelargonium spp.	Storksbill
	Pimelea spp.	Rice-flower
	Poa spp.	Tussock grass
	Stypandra glauca	Nodding Blue-lily