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:

Houlaghans Creek

River, Creeklines and Low country Plains / grasslands, Low hills and mid slopes Upper Slopes, High Hills & rocky outcrops
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 Murrumbidgee River Flood Plain & Houlaghans Creek
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 (Inland form)
Callistemon sieberi River Bottlebrush
GROUND COVERS Centipeda cunninghamii Old Man Weed
Einadia nutans Climbing Salt Bush
Geranium solanderi Australian Cranesbill
Lomandra spp. Mat Rushes
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Typha orientalis Cumbungi
Wahlenbergia spp. Australian Bluebell