General Native Vegetation Profile:
Ournie
River & plain | Lower slopes | Upper slopes & steep hills |
LANDFORM | River & plain | |
VEGETATION TYPE | River Red Gum woodland | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS |
Alluvium – sand, silt gravel & clay. Light alluvial soils. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE |
Alluvium – sand, silt gravel & clay. Light alluvial soils. |
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TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
A. melanoxylon | Blackwood | |
Eucalyptus bridgesiana | Apple Box | |
E. camaldulensis | River Red Gum | |
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Callistemon sieberi | ??? |
Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla | ??? | |
Melicytes dentatus | ??? | |
GROUND COVERS | + Carex spp. | Sedge |
+ Juncus spp. | Rush | |
Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
+ Phragmites australis | Common Reed | |
Poa labillardieri | Tussock Grass | |
+ Typha spp. | Cumbungi | |
+ creeks/soaks/poorly drained sites |
LANDFORM | Lower slopes | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Red Box & Blakely’s Red Gum woodland | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS |
Granite, gneissic granite & gneiss. Sandy yellow earths. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Southern stretch of Tumbarumba road | |
TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
A. implexa | Hickory Wattle/Lightwood | |
A. melanoxylon | Blackwood | |
Brachychiton populneus | Kurrajong | |
Callitris endlicheri | Black Cypress Pine | |
Eucalyptus blakelyi | Blakely’s Red Gum | |
E. bridgesiana | Apple Box | |
E. goniocalyx | Long-leaf Box | |
E. nortonii | Silver Bundy | |
E. macrorhyncha | Red Stringybark | |
E. melliodora | Yellow Box | |
E. polyanthemos | Red Box | |
Exocarpos cupressiformis | Native Cherry | |
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Acacia rubida | Red-stemmed Wattle |
A. siculiformis | Dagger Wattle | |
Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla | Hairy Bursaria | |
Calytrix tetragona | Common Fringe-myrtle | |
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata | Common Cassinia | |
C. longifolia | Shiny Cassinia | |
+ Callistemon pityoide | Alpine Bottlebrush | |
Correa reflexa var. reflexa | Common Correa | |
Daviesia latifolia | Hop Bitter-pea | |
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima | Narrow-leaf Hop-bush | |
# Melicytes dentatus | Tree Violet | |
Indigofera australis | Austral Indigo | |
Kunzea ericoides | Burgan | |
K. parvifolia | Violet Kunzea | |
* Leptospermum continentale | Prickly Tea-tree | |
Pultenaea procumbens | Heathy Bush-pea | |
+ creek banks in hills # particularly south aspect * soaks/poorly drained sites |
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GROUND COVERS | Austrostipa spp. | Spear Grass |
Bothriochloa macra | Red-leg Grass | |
+ Blechnum spp. | Water Fern | |
Brachyloma daphnoides | Daphne Heath | |
+ Carex spp. | Sedge | |
Convulvulus spp. | Convulvulus/Bindweed | |
Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
Dianella porracea | Smooth Flax-lily | |
D. revoluta | Spreading Flax-lily | |
Glycine clandestina | Twining Glycine | |
Hardenbergia violacea | Purple Coral Pea | |
Hibbertia obtusifolia | Grey Guinea-flower | |
Joycea pallida | Red-anther Wallaby Grass | |
+ Juncus spp. | Rush | |
Lomandra filiformis | Wattle Mat-rush | |
L. longifolia | Spiny-headed Mat-rush | |
Melichrus urceolatus | Urn Heath | |
Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
+ Phragmites australis | Common Reed | |
Poa spp. | Tussock Grass | |
Rubus parvifolius | Native Raspberry | |
Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
+ Typha spp. | Cumbungi | |
Xanthorrhoea spp. | Grass Tree | |
+ creeks/soaks |
LANDFORM | Upper slopes & steep hills | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Sclerophyll forest: Red Stringybark with Silver Bundy (N-NW aspect); Broad-leaved Peppermint (S-SE aspect). | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS |
Granite, gneissic granite & gneiss. Sandy yellow earths. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Oak Hill | |
TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
A. implexa | Hickory Wattle/Lightwood | |
+ A. melanoxylon | Blackwood | |
Brachychiton populneus | Kurrajong | |
Callitris endlicheri | Black Cypress Pine | |
Eucalyptus blakelyi | Blakely’s Red Gum | |
E. bicostata | Eurabbie | |
* E. dives | Broad-leaved Peppermint | |
+ E. camphora | Mountain Swamp Gum | |
# E. goniocalyx | Long-leaf Box | |
# E. macrorhyncha | Red Stringybark | |
E. mannifera | Brittle Gum | |
# E. nortonii | Silver Bundy | |
# E. polyanthemos | Red Box | |
E. robertsonii | Robertson’s Peppermint | |
Exocarpos cupressiformis |
Native Cherry | |
+ mainly creeks * mainly S aspect # mainly N & NW aspect |
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SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Acacia rubida | Red-stemmed Wattle |
A. siculiformis | Dagger Wattle | |
Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla | Hairy Bursaria | |
Calytrix tetragona | Common Fringe-myrtle | |
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata | Common Cassinia | |
C. longifolia | Shiny Cassinia | |
+ Callistemon pityoide | Alpine Bottlebrush | |
Correa reflexa var. reflexa | Common Correa | |
Daviesia latifolia | Hop Bitter-pea | |
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima | Narrow-leaf Hop-bush | |
# Melicytes dentatus | Tree Violet | |
Indigofera australis | Austral Indigo | |
Kunzea ericoides | Burgan | |
K. parvifolia | Violet Kunzea | |
* Leptospermum continentale | Prickly Tea-tree | |
Pultenaea procumbens | Heathy Bush-pea | |
+ creek banks in hills # particularly south aspect * soaks/poorly drained sites |
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GROUND COVERS | Austrostipa spp. | Spear Grass |
Bothriochloa macra | Red-leg Grass | |
+ Blechnum spp. | Water Fern | |
Brachyloma daphnoides | Daphne Heath | |
+ Carex spp. | Sedge | |
Convulvulus spp. | Convulvulus/Bindweed | |
Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
Dianella porracea | Smooth Flax-lily | |
D. revoluta | Spreading Flax-lily | |
Glycine clandestina | Twining Glycine | |
Hardenbergia violacea | Purple Coral Pea | |
Hibbertia obtusifolia | Grey Guinea-flower | |
Joycea pallida | Red-anther Wallaby Grass | |
+ Juncus spp. | Rush | |
Lomandra filiformis | Wattle Mat-rush | |
L. longifolia | Spiny-headed Mat-rush | |
Melichrus urceolatus | Urn Heath | |
Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
+ Phragmites australis | Common Reed | |
Poa spp. | Tussock Grass | |
Rubus parvifolius | Native Raspberry | |
Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
+ Typha spp. | Cumbungi | |
Xanthorrhoea spp. | Grass Tree | |
+ creeks/soaks |