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:

Lower Tooma - Greg Greg

River and low country Low hills and mid slopes Upper slopes & high hills
LANDFORM River and low country
VEGETATION TYPE River Red Gum woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Alluvium – sand, silt, gravel & clay Light alluvial soils
LOCATION EXAMPLE Murray River and lower Tooma River
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
A. melanoxylon Blackwood
Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box
E. camaldulensis River Red Gum
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Callistemon sieberi River Bottlebrush
Melicytes dentatus Tree Violet
Kunzea ericoides Burgan
Leptospermum brevipes Slender Tea-tree
L. grandifolium Mountain Tea-tree
L. obovatum River Tea-tree
Pomaderris aspera Hazel Pomaderris
GROUND COVERS Carex spp. Sedge
Juncus spp. Rush
Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa labillardieri Tussock Grass
Typha spp. Cumbungi

 

LANDFORM Low hills and mid slopes
VEGETATION TYPE Blakely’s Red Gum woodland (N-NW aspects), Box woodland & Stringybark/Broad-leaved Peppermint forest (S-SE aspect).
GEOLOGY & SOILS Granite & gneissic granite. Sandy granite soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Warbrook
TREES >8M * Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
A. implexa Hickory Wattle/Lightwood
* A. melanoxylon Blackwood
Bracychiton populneus Kurrajong
+ Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. bridgesiana Apple Box
E. dives Broad-leaved Peppermint
E. goniocalyx Long-leaf Box
E. macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
E. nortonii Silver Bundy
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry

* Key species for creekline revegetation in hill country

+ Mainly N-NW aspects
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia rubida Red-stemmed Wattle
* Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla Hairy Bursaria
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common Cassinia
C. longifolia Shiny Cassinia
Correa reflexa var. reflexa Common Correa
Daviesia latifolia Hop Bitter-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow-leaf Hop-bush
* Melicytes dentatus Tree Violet
Kunzea parvifolia Violet Kunzea
+Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree
*L. grandifolium Mountain Tea-tree
Persoonia rigida Hairy Geebung
Platylobium formosum Handsome Flat-pea

Key species for creekline revegetation in hill country

+ Poorly drained sites/soaks
GROUND COVERS Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
* Carex spp. Sedge
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Joycea pallida Red-anther Wallaby Grass
* Juncus spp. Rush
Lomandra spp. Mat-rush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
* Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
Poa spp. Tussock Grass
Rubus parvifolius Native Raspberry
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Xanthorrhoea spp. Grass Tree

* Key species for creeklines in hill country

 

LANDFORM Upper slopes and high hills
VEGETATION TYPE Dry sclerophyll forest
GEOLOGY & SOILS Granite & gneissic granite. Sandy granite soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Welumba Hill
TREES >8M * Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
* A. melanoxylon Blackwood
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
* E. bicostata Eurabbie
* E. bridgesiana Apple Box
# E. dives Broad-leaved Peppermint
E. goniocalyx Long-leaf Box
E. macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
E. nortonii Silver Bundy
# E. pauciflora White Sallee/Snow Gum
E. radiata/E. robertsonii -Narrow-leaf/ Robertson’s Peppermint
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry

* key speices for creekline revegetation in hill country

# Mainly S-SE aspects
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia rubida Red-stemmed Wattle
* Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla Hairy Bursaria
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common Cassinia
C. longifolia Shiny Cassinia
Correa reflexa var. reflexa Common Correa
Daviesia latifolia Hop Bitter-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow-leaf Hop-bush
* Melicytes dentatus Tree Violet
Kunzea parvifolia Violet Kunzea
+Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree
*L. grandifolium Mountain Tea-tree
Persoonia rigida Hairy Geebung
Platylobium formosum Handsome Flat-pea

Key species for creekline revegetation in hill country

+ Poorly drained sites/soaks
GROUND COVERS Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
* Carex spp. Sedge
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Joycea pallida Red-anther Wallaby Grass
* Juncus spp. Rush
Lomandra spp. Mat-rush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
* Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
Poa spp. Tussock Grass
Rubus parvifolius Native Raspberry
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Xanthorrhoea spp. Grass Tree

* Key species for creeklines in hill country