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 Sandy

Higher slopes Flats Low to mid slopes
LANDFORM Higher slopes
VEGETATION TYPE White Box woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Quarzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Lithosols (earthy loams) & red podzolic (duplex) soils .
LOCATION EXAMPLE Pomingalarna Reserve
TREES >8M Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping Sheoak
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
Exocarpus cupressiformis Native Cherry
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle
A. deanei Deane’s Wattle
A. decora Western Silver Wattle
A. genistifolia Spreading / EarlyWattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Dillwynia phylicoides species complex Small-leaf Parrot-pea
Indigofera adesmiifolia Tick / Leafless Indigo
Pultenaea procumbens Heathy Bush-pea
GROUND COVERS Aristida ramosa Brush Wire Grass
Austrostipa spp. Spear Grass
Xerochrysum viscosum Sticky Everlasting
Calotis cuneifolia Purple Burr-daisy
Danthonis spp. Wallaby Grass
Dillwynia sericea Showy Parrot-pea
Anthrosachne scaber Common Wheat-grass
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Lomandra spp. Mat-rush
Maireana microphylla Eastern Cottonbush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Stypandra glauca Nodding Blue-lily
Wahlenbergia stricta Tall Bluebell

 

LANDFORM Flats
VEGETATION TYPE Grey Box & Yellow Box woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Alluvium – sand, silt, clay & gravel. Alluvial soils & red podzolic (duplex) soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Uranquinty/Yarragundry area
TREES >8M Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. camaldulensis River Red Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m # Acacia deanei Deane’s Wattle
A. decora Western Silver Wattle
A. montana Mallee Wattle
# Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria

# not noted in area but suggested for re-planting
GROUND COVERS Austrostipa spp Spear Grass
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella revoluta Spreading Flax-lily
+ Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa spp. Tussock Grass
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass

+ drainage lines/damp areas

 

LANDFORM Low to mid slopes
VEGETATION TYPE Yellow Box/Grey Box/White Box woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Alluvium – sand, silt, clay & gravel. Non-calcic brown soils, red earths & red-brown earths
LOCATION EXAMPLE North of Uranquinty
TREES >8M Acacia leucoclada Northern Silver Wattle
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia deanei Deane’s Wattle
A. decora Western Silver Wattle
A. montana Mallee Wattle
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
GROUND COVERS Austrostipa spp. Spear Grass
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Xerochrysum viscosum Red-leg Grass
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella revoluta Spreading Flax-lily
Lomandra multiflora Many-flowered Mat-rush
Poa spp. Tussock Grass
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass