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:

Bland Creek

River, Creeklines and Low country Flats, footslopes and mid slopes Hillslopes
LANDFORM River, Creeklines and Low country
VEGETATION TYPE River Red Gum herbaceous-grassy very tall open forest
GEOLOGY & SOILS Silty-sandy loam-clay soils on levees or other raised landform elements adjacent to rivers and wetlands
LOCATION EXAMPLE
TREES >8M Casuarina cunninghamiana  River She-Oak
Eucalyptus camaldulensis  River Red Gum
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
A. implexa Hickory Wattle
A. melanoxylon  Blackwood
Amyema miquelii Mistletoe
Callistemon paludosus   River Bottlebrush
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow Leaf Hop Bush
D. v. subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop Bush
D. v. subsp. purpurea Purple Hop Bush
Exocarpos strictus Dwarf Cherry
Kunzea ericoides Burgan
Leptospermum continentale Prickley Tea-Tree
GROUND COVERS Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Carex appressa Tall Sedge
C. inversa Knob Sedge
C. tereticaulis Slender Sedge
Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-rush
E. pusilla Small Spike-rush
Rytidosperma racemosa var. racemosa Drooping Wallaby Grass

 

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LANDFORM Flats, footslopes and mid slopes
VEGETATION TYPE Blakely’s Red Gum – Yellow Box grassy tall woodland, White Box grassy woodlands & Western Grey Box tall grassy woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Chromosols – fertile deep, loam or clay soils derived from a range of substrates including fine-grained sedimentary and metamorphic rocks but also volcanics and fine-grained granite.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Broken Dam rd, Bundarbo St, Barwang Rd, Goorama Rd, and Hartfield Rd
TREES >8M Acacia brachybotrya Grey Mulga
Allocasuarina luehmannii Buloke
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. bridgesiana Apple Box
E. dwyeri Dwyer’s Red Gum
E. goniocalyx Long-leaved Box
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
Santalum acuminatum Quandong
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia decora Western Silver Wattle
A. decora Western Silver Wattle
A. genistifolia Early Wattle
A. hakeoides Hakea Wattle
A. homalophylla Yarran
A. implexa Hickory Wattle
A. oswaldii Miljee
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Sticky Hop-bush
Exocarpus cupressiformis Cherry Ballart
GROUND COVERS Atriplex semibaccata Berry Saltbush
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Dianella porracea Pale Flax Lily
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Nodding Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Juncus filicaulis Thread Rush
Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat-rush
Lomandra filiformis subsp. coriacea Wattle Mat-rush
Poa sieberiana Grey Tussock Grass
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grasses
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Vittadinia cuneata Fuzzy New Holland Daisy
Vittadinia gracilis Woolly New Holland Daisy
Wahlenbergia gracilis Tufted Bluebell
Wahlenbergia sp. Bluebell

 

LANDFORM Hillslopes
VEGETATION TYPE Mugga Ironbark – Western Grey Box – cypress pine tall woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Red-brown clay or clay-loam soil derived from sedimentary or metamorphic rocks. Small remnants occur in state forests and nature reserves
LOCATION EXAMPLE
TREES >8M Acacia doratoxylon Spearwood
Allocasuarina luehmannii Buloke
Brachychiton populneus subsp. populneus Kurrajong
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
C. glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common Cassinia
C. laevis Smooth Cassinia
Eucalyptus dwyeri Dwyer’s Red Gum
E. microcarpa Grey Box
E. polyanthemos subsp. polyanthemos Red Box
E. sideroxylon Ironbark
E. viridis Green Mallee
Santalum acuminatum Quandong
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia Box-leaf Wattle
A. deanei subsp. deanei Deane’s Wattle
A. difformis Drooping Wattle
A. genistifolia Early Wattle
A. hakeoides Hakea Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
Bertya cunninghamii Silver Bertya
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-myrtle
Cassinia uncata Needle Bush
Dodonaea heteromorpha Large-leaf Hop-bush
D. v. subsp. cuneata Sticky Hop-bush
D. v. subsp. spatulata Hop Bush
Exocarpos cupressiformis Cherry Ballart
GROUND COVERS Calotis cuneifolia Burr Daisy
Chrysocephalum semipapposum Clustered Everlasting
Dianella revoluta var. revoluta Black-anther Flax-lily
Einadia hastata Berry Saltbush
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Nodding Saltbush
Lissanthe strigosa subsp. strigosa Peach Heath
Lomandra filiformis subsp. filiformis Wattle Mat-rush
Melaleuca lanceolata subsp. lanceolata Moonah
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Ozothamnus diosmifolius Sago Flower
Poa sieberiana var. hirtella Grey Tussock-grass
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grasses
Stypandra glauca Twining Bluebell
Xerochrysum bracteatum Golden Everlasting
X. viscosum Sticky Everlasting