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

 

LANDFORM Plains / grasslands, Low hills and mid slopes
VEGETATION TYPE Grey, Yellow & White Box/White Cypress Pine Woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Granite & colluvial deposits of clay, silt, sand & gravel
Red Earth Soils
Red Podsolic Soils
LOCATION EXAMPLE Old Sydney Rd -Junee Shire & Old Junee TSR
TREES >8M Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle
A. decora Western Golden Wattle
A. doratoxylon Currawang
A. leucoclada Northern Silver Wattle
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. blakelyi Blakley’s Red Gum
E. bridgesiana Apple Box
E. polyanthemos Red Box
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia buxifolia Box-leaf Wattle
A. dealbata Silver Wattle
A. deanei Dean’s Wattle
A. decora Western Golden Wattle
A. leucoclada Northern Silver Wattle
A. montana Mallee Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Cassinia sifton Sifton Bush
Eutaxia microphylla Mallee Bush Pea
Maireana microphylla Eastern Cotton Bush
Pittosporum angustifolium Butter Bush
GROUND COVERS Aristida ramosa Three-awn Spear Grass
Rytidosperma spp Wallaby Grasses
Austrostipa sp. Wire Grass
Bothriochloa macra Red Grass
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Dianella revoluta Spreading Flax-lily
Microlaena stipiodes Weeping Grass

 

LANDFORM Upper Slopes, High Hills & rocky outcrops
VEGETATION TYPE Tumbledown Gum & White Cypress Pine Woodland (Lower Catchment)
&
Black Cypress Pine, Grey Box & Mugga Ironbark Woodland (Upper Catchment)
GEOLOGY & SOILS Sedimentary rocks -Shale, Quartzite & Siltstone
Shallow skeletal gravelly loam & Red Podsolic Soils
LOCATION EXAMPLE Malebo Range – Lower Catchment
Combaning State Conservation Area – Upper Catchment
TREES >8M + Acacia doratoxylon Currawang
Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping Sheoak
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
+ Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
C. glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
+ E. dealbata Tumbledown Gum
E. microcarpa Grey Box
+ E. sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark
+ Exocarpus cupressiformis Native Cherry
+ mainly upper catchment
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia decora Western Golden Wattle
A. deanei Dean’s Wattle
A. genistifolia Spreading Wattle
A. implexa Hickory Wattle
A. montana Mallee Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
Dillwynia sericea Showy Parrot Pea
Eutaxia microphylla Mallee Bush Pea
Pittosporum angustifolium Butter Bush
Santalum acuminatum Quandong
GROUND COVERS Aristida ramosa Three-awn Spear Grass
Rytidosperma spp Wallaby Grasses
Austrostipa spp. Spear Grass
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Dianella revoluta Spreading Flax-lily
Lomandra multiflora Many Flowered Mat-rush
Poa spp. Tussock Grasses
Stypandra glauca Nodding Blue Lily