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:

Boggy Creek

River, Creeklines and Low country Plains, Low hills and Mid slopes
LANDFORM River, Creeklines and Low country
VEGETATION TYPE River Red Gum Forest
GEOLOGY & SOILS Riverine deposits of clay, silt, sand & gravel. Brown & Grey Alluvial Soils
LOCATION EXAMPLE Currawarna Reserve Berry Jerry Lagoon
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Casuarina cunninghamiana River She Oak
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Banksia marginata Silver Banksia
Callistemon sieberi River Bottlebrush
Eremophila deserti Turkey Bush
GROUND COVERS Centipeda cunninghamii Old Man Weed
Einadia nutans Climing Salt Bush 
Geranium solanderi Australian Cranesbill
Lomandra spp Mat Rushes
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Typha orientalis Cumbungi
Wahlenbergia sp Bluebell

 

LANDFORM Plains, Low hills and Mid slopes
VEGETATION TYPE Grey & Yellow Box/White Cypress Pine Woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Granite & quartzite. Red Earth & Red Brown Earth Soils. Red & Brown Siliceous Sands
LOCATION EXAMPLE Currawarna, Kockibitoo & Matong State Forests. Ganmain Reserve
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. blakelyi Blakley’s Red Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia brachybotrya Grey Wattle
A. deanei Deanes Wattle
A. decora Western Golden Wattle
A. hakeoides Hakea Wattle
A. montana Mallee Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Dodonea viscosa var cuneata Wedge-leaf Hopbush
Eremophila debilis Amulla
Maireana spp Blue Bushes
GROUND COVERS Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Austrostypa sp Spear Grass
Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine Lily
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
D. revoluta Spreading Flax-lily
Einadia nutans Climbing Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Lomandra effusa Scented Mat-rush
L. multiflora Many-flowered Mat-rush
Poa spp. Tussock Grasses