General Native Vegetation Profile:
Oberne - Tarcutta
Creekline & flats | Mid slopes | Upper slopes |
LANDFORM | Creekline & flats | |
VEGETATION TYPE | River Red Gum woodland | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Alluvium. Yellow solonetzic (mottled-yellow duplex) soils. | |
LOCATION EXAMPLE | Tarcutta & Umbango Creek junction ‘Coolangatta’ | |
TREES >8M | ||
+ creekline only | ||
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | ||
# Daviesia leptophylla |
Slender Bitter-pea |
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# not noted in area but suggested for re-planting (but not in creekline) |
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GROUND COVERS |
# Carex spp. |
Sedge |
# Juncus spp. |
Rush |
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Phragmites australis |
Common Reed |
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#Typha spp. |
Cumbungi |
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# not noted in area but suggested for re-planting |
LANDFORM | Mid slopes | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Blakely’s Red Gum/Yellow box woodland (lower) & Red Stringybark woodland (higher) | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Red & yellow podzolic (duplex) soils. | |
LOCATION EXAMPLE | Tarcutta South & Oberne area | |
TREES >8M | ||
Brachychiton populneus |
Kurrajong |
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SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | ||
Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla |
Hairy Bursaria |
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Cassinia sifton |
Dolly Bush |
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Daviesia leptophylla |
Slender Bitter-pea |
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+ Leptospermum continentale |
Prickly Tea-tree |
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+ soaks/poorly drained sites |
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GROUND COVERS |
Bulbine bulbosa |
Bulbine Lily |
Dianella revoluta |
Spreading Flax-lily |
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Anthrosachne scaber |
Common Wheat-grass |
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Glycine clandestina |
Twining Glycine |
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Lomandra multiflora |
Many-flowered Mat-rush |
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+ Phragmites australis |
Common Reed |
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Stypandra glauca |
Nodding Blue-lily |
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Themeda triandra |
Kangaroo Grass |
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Wahlenbergia stricta |
Tall Bluebell |
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+ drainage lines/damp areas |
LANDFORM | Upper slopes | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Red Stringybark to montane woodland | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Granite & gneissic granite. Red & yellow podzolic (duplex) soils. | |
LOCATION EXAMPLE | Westbrook area | |
TREES >8M | ||
Brachychiton populneus |
Kurrajong |
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SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m |
Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla |
Hairy Bursaria |
Daviesia latifolia |
Hop Bitter-pea |
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Leptospermum obovatum |
River Tea-tree |
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Pultenaea foliolosa |
Bush-pea |
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GROUND COVERS |
Bulbine bulbosa |
Bulbine Lily |
Burchardia umbellate |
Milkmaids |
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Arthropodium strictus |
Chocolate Lily |
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Dillwynia sericea |
Showy Parrot-pea |
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Glycine clandestine |
Twining Glycine |
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Hibbertia obtusifolia |
Grey Guinea-flower |
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Lomandra multiflora |
Many-flowered Mat-rush |
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Stypandra glauca |
Nodding Blue-lily |
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Themeda triandra |
Kangaroo Grass |