General Native Vegetation Profile:
Talmalmo - Murray
Flats and lower slopes | Hill country |
LANDFORM | Flats and lower slopes | |
VEGETATION TYPE |
Red Gum Woodland along creeks. Box – Blakely’s Red Gum woodland on lower slopes. |
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GEOLOGY & SOILS |
Alluvium – sand, silt, gravel & clay, along creeks. Mainly granite, gneissic granite & gneissic. Also quartzite, slate & schist on lower slopes. Light alluvial soils. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Talmalmo | |
TREES >8M | ||
+ Murray River | ||
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | ||
Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla |
Hairy Bursaria |
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+ Callistemon sieberi |
River Bottlebrush |
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Melicytes dentatus |
Tree Violet |
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Kunzea ericoides |
Burgan |
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+ Murray River * soaks/poorly drained sites |
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GROUND COVERS |
Bothriochloa macra |
Red-leg Grass |
+ Carex spp. |
Sedge |
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Rytidosperma spp. |
Wallaby Grass |
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+ Juncus spp. |
Rush |
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+ Phragmites australis |
Common Reed |
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Poa labillardieri |
Tussock Grass |
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Themeda triandra |
Kangaroo Grass |
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+ Typha spp. |
Cumbungi |
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+ creeks, river, soaks & poorly drained sites |
LANDFORM | Hill country | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Red Box & Red Stringybark dry sclerophyll forest | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Mainly granite, gneissic granite & gneiss. Also quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Sandy granite soils. | |
LOCATION EXAMPLE | Woomargama State Forest | |
TREES >8M | ||
Allocasuarina verticillate |
Drooping Sheoak |
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Brachychiton populneus |
Kurrajong |
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Callitris endlicheri |
Black Cypress Pine |
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Exocarpos cupressiformis |
Native Cherry |
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* Mainly over 500 m elevation or on moist S & SE aspects |
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SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | ||
Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla |
Hairy Bursaria |
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Calytrix tetragona |
Common Fringe-myrtle |
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Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata |
Common Cassinia |
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C. longifolia |
Shiny Cassinia |
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Daviesia latifolia |
Hop Bitter-pea |
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D. leptophylla |
Slender Bitter-pea |
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Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata |
Wedge-leaf Hop-bush |
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Kunzea ericoides |
Burgan |
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Kunzea Parvifolia |
Violet Kunzea |
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Melicytes dentatus |
Tree Violet |
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+ Leptospemum continentale |
Prickly Tea-tree |
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Platylobium formosum |
Handsome Flat-pea |
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Pultenaea cunninghamii |
Grey Bush-pea |
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P. foliolosa |
Bush-pea |
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+ poorly drained sites |
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GROUND COVERS |
Adiantum aethiopicum |
Common Maidenhair |
Austrostipa spp. |
Spear Grass |
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Bothriochloa macra |
Red-leg Grass |
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Brachyloma daphnoides |
Daphne Heath |
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Bracteantha bracteate |
Golden Everlasting |
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B. viscosa |
Sticky Everlasting |
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Brunonia australis |
Blue Pincushion |
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Bulbine bulbosa |
Bulbine Lily |
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Rytidosperma spp. |
Wallaby Grass |
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Dianella porracea |
Smooth Flax-lily |
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Dillwynia sericea |
Showy Parrot-pea |
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Geranium spp. |
Cranesbill |
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Glycine clandestine |
Twining Glycine |
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Hardenbergia violacea |
Purple Coral Pea |
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Hibbertia obtusifolia |
Grey Guinea-flower |
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Pelargonium austral |
Native Storksbill |
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Pimelea spp. |
Rice-flower |
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Poa spp. |
Tussock Grass |
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Stypandra glauca |
Nodding Blue-lily |
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Themeda triandra |
Kangaroo Grass |