General Native Vegetation Profile:
Narraburra Creek
River, Creeklines and Low country | Low hills and mid slopes | Hillslopes and Crests |
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 | Grogan Rd | |
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 | |
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 | Prickly 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 |
LANDFORM | Low hills and mid slopes | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Western Grey Box tall grassy woodland + White Box – White Cypress Pine – Western Grey Box shrub/grass/forb woodland | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Red or brown earths or grey clay soils (that may be gilgaied) on undulating alluvial plains in the predominantly winter rainfall | |
LOCATION EXAMPLE | Doolans Rd | |
TREES >8M | Acacia brachybotrya | Grey Mulga |
A. buxifolia subsp. buxifolia | Box-leaf Wattle | |
Allocasuarina luehmannii | Buloke | |
Callitris endlicheri | Black Cypress Pine | |
C. glaucophylla | White Cypress Pine | |
Eucalyptus albens | White Box | |
E. melliodora | Yellow Box | |
E. microcarpa | Grey Box | |
Santalum acuminatum | Quandong | |
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Acacia acinacea | Gold-dust Wattle |
A. decora | Western Silver Wattle | |
A. hakeoides | Hakea Wattle | |
A. homalophylla | Yarran | |
A. oswaldii | Lancewood Wattle | |
A. paradoxa | Kangaroo Thorn | |
A. pycnantha | Golden Wattle | |
A. verniciflua | Varnish Wattle | |
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa | Sweet Bursaria | |
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata | Dogwood | |
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima | Sticky Hop-bush | |
D. v. subsp. cuneata | Wedge-leaf Hop Bush | |
Exocarpos aphyllus | Leafless Ballart | |
Pittosporum angustifolium | Weeping Pittosporum | |
Senna form taxon ‘artemisioides’ | Silver Cassia form | |
GROUND COVERS | Atriplex semibaccata | Berry Saltbush |
A. setacea | Bristly Wallaby Grass | |
Carex inversa | Wiry Flat-sedge | |
Dianella porracea | Pale Flax Lily | |
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Nodding Saltbush | |
Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Saltbush | |
Lomandra filiformis subsp. coriacea | Wattle Mat-rush | |
Poa sieberiana | Grey Tussock Grass | |
Rytidosperma caespitosa | Plains Wallaby Grass | |
Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
Vittadinia gracilis | Woolly New Holland Daisy | |
Wahlenbergia gracilis | Tufted Bluebell |
LANDFORM | Hillslopes and Crests | |
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 | Boginderra Hills Nature Reserve | |
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 | Wiry 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. viscosa 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 |