General Native Vegetation Profile:
Lower Adelong
| Higher rocky slopes | Creek & flats | Low – mid slopes |
| LANDFORM | Higher rocky slopes | |
| VEGETATION TYPE | Box/Stringybark woodland | |
| GEOLOGY & SOILS | Conglomerate, sandstone, quarzite, reddish shale & siltstone. Lithosols (earthy loams) & red & yellow podzolic (duplex) soils. | |
| LOCATION EXAMPLE | Tumblong State Forest & Minjary Mountain | |
| TREES >8M | ||
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Brachychiton populneus |
Kurrajong |
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| SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | ||
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Cassinia longifolia |
Shiny Cassinia |
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Dillwynia phylicoides |
Parrot-pea |
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Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima |
Narrow-leaf Hop-bush |
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Indigofera adesmiifolia |
Tick / Leafless Indigo |
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I. australis |
Austral Indigo |
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Leptospermum continentale |
Prickly Tea-tree |
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Platylobium formosum |
Handsome Flat-pea |
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Pultenaea cunninghamii |
Grey Bush-pea |
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| GROUND COVERS |
Austrostipa densiflora |
Spear Grass |
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Brachyloma daphnoides |
Daphne Heath |
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Bulbine bulbosa |
Bulbine Lily |
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Burchardia umbellate |
Milkmaids |
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Cheilanthes sieberi |
Rock Fern |
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Cheiranthera linearis |
Finger Flower |
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Dianella revoluta |
Spreading Flax-lily |
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Arthropodium strictus |
Chocolate Lily |
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Anthrosachne scaber |
Common Wheat-grass |
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Glycine clandestine |
Twining Glycine |
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Hardenbergia violacea |
Purple Coral Pea |
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Lissanthe strigose |
Peach Heath |
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Spyridium parvifolium |
Dusty Miller |
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Stypandra glauca |
Nodding Blue-lily |
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Themeda triandra |
Kangaroo Grass |
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Xanthorrhoea spp. |
Grass-tree |
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| LANDFORM | Creek & flats | |
| VEGETATION TYPE | River Red Gum woodland | |
| GEOLOGY & SOILS | Alluvium. Alluvial soils. | |
| LOCATION EXAMPLE | Adelong Creek | |
| TREES >8M | ||
| SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m |
# Callistemon sieberi |
River Bottlebrush |
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# Melicytes dentatus |
Tree Violet |
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# Leptospermum brevipes |
Slender Tea-tree |
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# L. continentale |
Prickly Tea-tree |
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# not noted in area but suggested for re-planting |
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| GROUND COVERS |
Carex spp. |
Sedge |
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Juncus spp. |
Rush |
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Phragmites australis |
Common Reed |
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Typha spp. |
Cumbungi |
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| LANDFORM | Low – mid slopes | |
| VEGETATION TYPE | Blakely’s Red Gum & Yellow Box woodland | |
| GEOLOGY & SOILS | Maragle Bathylith. Red & yellow podzolic (duplex) soils. | |
| LOCATION EXAMPLE | Adelong/Grahamstown/Adelong Falls | |
| TREES >8M | ||
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+ Brachychiton populneus |
Kurrajong |
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| + upper reaches | ||
| SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | ||
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Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa |
Sweet Bursaria |
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Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima |
Narrow-leaf Hop-bush |
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Leptospermum brevipes |
Slender Tea-tree |
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* northern end of catchment |
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| GROUND COVERS |
Austrostipa spp. |
Spear Grass |
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Bulbine bulbosa |
Bulbine Lily |
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Burchardia umbellata |
Milkmaids |
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Dianella porracea |
Smooth Flax-lily |
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Hibbertia spp. |
Guinea-flower |
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Lomandra spp. |
Mat-rush |
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Ricinocarpus bowmanii |
Wedding Bush |
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Themeda triandra |
Kangaroo Grass |
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