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:

North Wagga Wagga

River, Creeklines and Low country Low hills and mid slopes Upper Slopes & High Hills
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 Wiradyuri Reserve Kurrajong T.S.R.
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
Eremophila deserti Turkey Bush
GROUND COVERS Centipeda cunninghamii Old Man Weed
Geranium solanderi Australian Cranesbill
Lomandra spp. Mat Rushes
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Rhagodia nutans Climbing Salt Bush
Typha orientalis Cumbungi
Wahlenbergia spp. Australian Bluebell

 

LANDFORM Low hills and mid slopes
VEGETATION TYPE Yellow Box Woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Granite, shale, quartzite & siltstone.
Red Podsolic & Red Earth Soils & Red & Brown Siliceous Sands
LOCATION EXAMPLE Bomen, Pattersons Rd (Southern end)
Agriculture TSR Coolamon Rd
TREES >8M Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle
Acacia doratoxylon Currawang
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. blakelyi Blakley’s Red Gum
E. bridgesiana Apple Box
E. dealbata Tumbledown Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
E. polyanthemos Red Box
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle
A. buxifolia Box-leaf Wattle
A. dealbata Silver Wattle
A. deanii Dean’s Wattle
A. decora Western Golden Wattle
A. flexifolia Bent-leaf Wattle
A. genistifolia Spreading Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
Eutaxia microphylla Mallee Bush Pea
Maireana microphylla Eastern Cotton Bush
Pittosporum angustifolium Butter Bush
Pultenaea foliosa Small-leaf Bush Pea
GROUND COVERS ??? Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grasses
Austrostypa spp. Spear Grasses
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine Lily
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Dianella revoluta Spreading Flax-lily
Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat-rush
Lomandra multiflora Many-flowered Mat-rush
Microlaena stipiodes Weeping Grass
Poa spp. Tussock Grasses
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass

 

LANDFORM Upper Slopes & High Hills
VEGETATION TYPE White Box Woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Occurs on flats, footslopes and hillslopes mainly in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South-western Slopes Bioregion mainly east of Wagga WaggAcacia
LOCATION EXAMPLE Bald & Winery Hills CSU
TREES >8M Acacia doratoxylon Currawang
Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping She Oak
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia buxifolia Box-leaf Wattle
A. deanei Dean’s Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
Pittosporum angustifolium Butter Bush
GROUND COVERS Aristida ramosa Three Awn Spear Grass
??? Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grasses
Austrostypa spp. Spear Grasses
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine Lily
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Enneapogon nigricans Bottlewashers
Enteropogan acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat-rush
Microlaena stipiodes Weeping Grass
Microseris lanceolata Yam Daisy
Poa spp. Tussock Grasses
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass