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:

Bringenbrong - Khancoban District

River & lower country Low hills and mid slopes Upper slopes & high hills
LANDFORM River & lower country
VEGETATION TYPE River Red Gum woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Alluvium – sand, silt, gravel & clay. Light alluvial soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Murray River & Plain
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla Hairy Bursaria
+ 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 & Red Stringybark dry scleropyll forest
GEOLOGY & SOILS Mainly alluvium – sand, silt, gravel, & clay. Also schist, quartzite, gneiss, slate & phyllite. Sandy yellow earths
LOCATION EXAMPLE Road to Bringenbrong from the north
TREES >8M + Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
+ A. melanoxylon Blackwood
Banksia marginata Silver Banksia
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
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. melliodora Yellow Box
E. polyanthemos Red Box
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry/Cherry Ballart
+ Key species for creekline revegetation in hill country
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia gunnii Ploughshare Wattle
A. rubida Red-stemmed Wattle
A. siculiformis Dagger Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
+ Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla Hairy Bursaria
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common Cassinia
C. longifolia Shiny Cassinia
Coprosma hirtella Rough Coprosma
Daviesia latifolia Hop Bitter-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop-Bush
Epacris breviflora Drumstick Heath
Grevillea lanigera Woolly Grevillea
+ Melicytes dentatus Tree Violet
Indigofera australis Austral Indigo
+ Kunzea ericoides Burgan
Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree
+ L. grandifolium Mountain Tea-tree
Mirbelia oxylobioides Mountain Mirbelia
Platylobium formosum Handsome Flat-pea
+ Pomaderris aspera Hazel Pomaderris

+ key species for creekline revegetation in hill country
GROUND COVERS Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
+ Blechnum spp. Water Fern
Billardiera scandens Common Apple-berry
Cheilanthes spp. Rock Fern
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Geranium spp. Cranesbill
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral-pea
Hibbertia obtusifolia Grey Guinea-flower
Hovea rosmarinifolia Mountain Beauty
Joycea pallida Red-anther Wallaby Grass
Lomandra spp. Mat-rush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
+ Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa spp. Tussock Grass
Xanthorrhoea spp. Grass Tree

 + Key species for creekline revegetation in hill country

 

LANDFORM Upper slopes & high hills
VEGETATION TYPE Peppermint moist open forest (S-SE aspects) & Red Stringybark dry sclerophyll forest (N-NW aspect).
GEOLOGY & SOILS Mainly schist, quartzite, gneiss, slate & phyllite. Common Reed Sandy granite soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Cabramurra Road in east of district
TREES >8M + Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
+ A. melanoxylon Blackwood
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
* Eucalyptus bicostata Eurabbie
E. bridgesiana Apple Box
+ E. camphora Mountain Swamp Gum
E. dives Broad-leaved Peppermint
E. goniocalyx Long-leaf Box
E. macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
* E. pauciflora White Sallee/ Snow Gum
* E. robertsonii Robertson’s Peppermint
* E. rubida Candlebark
* E. viminalis Manna Gum
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry

+ key species for creekline revegetation in hill country

* Mainly S-SE aspect
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia gunnii Ploughshare Wattle
A. rubida Red-stemmed Wattle
A. siculiformis Dagger Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
+ Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla Hairy Bursaria
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common Cassinia
C. longifolia Shiny Cassinia
Coprosma hirtella Rough Coprosma
Daviesia latifolia Hop Bitter-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop-Bush
Epacris breviflora Drumstick Heath
Grevillea lanigera Woolly Grevillea
+ Melicytes dentatus Tree Violet
Indigofera australis Austral Indigo
+ Kunzea ericoides Burgan
Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree
+ L. grandifolium Mountain Tea-tree
Mirbelia oxylobioides Mountain Mirbelia
Platylobium formosum Handsome Flat-pea
+ Pomaderris aspera Hazel Pomaderris

+ key species for creekline revegetation in hill country
GROUND COVERS Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
+ Blechnum spp. Water Fern
Billardiera scandens Common Apple-berry
Cheilanthes spp. Rock Fern
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Geranium spp. Cranesbill
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral-pea
Hibbertia obtusifolia Grey Guinea-flower
Hovea rosmarinifolia Mountain Beauty
Joycea pallida Red-anther Wallaby Grass
Lomandra spp. Mat-rush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
+ Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa spp. Tussock Grass
Xanthorrhoea spp. Grass Tree

 + Key species for creekline revegetation in hill country