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:

Roto

Sandplains, Swales and Dune Crests Sandplains and Minor Dunefields Rocky Outcrops
LANDFORM Sandplains, Swales and Dune Crests
VEGETATION TYPE Mallee Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Tall shrubland to low woodland dominated by multi-stemmed mallee eucalypts.
Aeolian, sandy red loams.
LOCATION EXAMPLE South of Roto on the Hillston Rd, Roto – Matakana Rd.
TREES >8M Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia colletioides Spine Bush
Acacia flexifolia Bent-leaf Wattle
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow leaf Hopbush
Eucalyptus dumosa Congoo Mallee
Eucalyptus gracilis Yorrell
Eucalyptus leptophylla Slender-leaf Mallee
Eucalyptus socialis Pointed Mallee
Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia Fine leaf Desert Cassia
Senna artemisioides subsp. petiolaris Phyllodinous Desert Cassia
Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla Narrow leaf Desert Cassia
LOW SHRUBS <2m

 Daviesia arenaria Sandhill Bitter-pea
Olearia pimeleoides Showy Daisy-bush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Sclerolaena diacantha Grey Copperburr
Westringia rigida Stiff Western Rosemary
Zygophyllum eremaeum Climbing Twinleaf
GROUND COVERS Austrostipa scabra subsp. scabra Rough Speargrass
Goodenia willisiana Sandhill Goodenia
Maireana sclerolaenoides Woolly fruit Copperburr
Minuria leptophylla Minnie Daisy
Ptilotus exaltatus var. exaltatus Showy Foxtail
Triodia scariosa Porcupine Grass
Vittadinia pterochaeta Rough Fuzzweed

 

LANDFORM Sandplains and Minor Dunefields
VEGETATION TYPE Callitris Mixed Woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Woodlands to tall woodland dominated by White Cypress Pine with emergent eucalypts and Belah on sandplains and minor dunefields.
Alluvial, red loams.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Trida – Roto Rd at the base of Warranary Hill, Hillston – Matakana Rd north of Willandra Creek.
TREES >8M Acacia doratoxylon Currawang
Acacia homalophylla Yarran
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Brachychiton populneus subsp. trilobus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus dwyeri Dwyers Mallee Gum
Eucalyptus intertexta Red Box
Eucalyptus populnea subsp. bimbil Bimble Box
Geijera parviflora Wilga
Hakea tephrosperma Hooked Needlewood
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia calamifolia Wallowa
Acacia deanei subsp. paucijuga Green Wattle
Acacia hakeoides Western Black Wattle
Acacia oswaldii Miljee
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens Rosewood
Bertya cunninghamii Gooma Bush
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow leaf Hopbush
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. spatulata Spoon leaf Hopbush
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla Narrow leaf Desert Cassia
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Chenopodium desertorum Desert Goosefoot
Eremophila glabra Tar Bush
Goodenia ovata Hop Goodenia
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Sclerolaena stelligera Star Copperburr
Sclerolaena tricuspis Streaked Poverty-bush
GROUND COVERS Ajuga australis Australian Bugle
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa scabra subsp. scabra Rough Speargrass
Cassytha melantha Mallee Strangle vine
Chrysocephalum apiculatum s.s. Yellow Buttons
Chrysocephalum semipapposum Clustered Everlasting
Convolvulus erubescens Australian Bindweed
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Jasminum didymum subsp. lineare Native Jasmine
Minuria integerrima Smooth Minuria
Podolepis arachnoidea Clustered Copper wire Daisy
Sida trichopoda High Sida
Solanum esuriale Quena
Stypandra glauca Nodding Blue-lily

 

LANDFORM Rocky Outcrops
VEGETATION TYPE Rocky Outcrop Woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Low open woodland with exposed rock and sparse groundcover.
Sedimentary, sandstone – conglomerate, sands and loams with a gravelly surface.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Warranary Hill, Keginni Range.
TREES >8M Acacia doratoxylon Currawang
Brachychiton populneus subsp.
trilobus		 Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Casuarina pauper Belah
Eremophila mitchellii Budda
Eucalyptus intertexta Red Box
Eucalyptus populnea subsp. bimbil  Bimble Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia aneura Mulga
Acacia decora Westem Golden Wattle
Alectryon oleifiolius Rosewood
Beyeria viscosa Sticky Wallaby-bush
Dodonaea lobulata Lobed-leaf Hopbush
Dodonaea viscosa Narrow-leaf Hopbush
Eremophila serrulata Green Fuchsia-bush
Eremophila sturtii Turpentine
Eucalyptus morrisii Grey Mallee
Eucalyptus vicina Hills Red Gum
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Philotheca linearis Narrow-leaf Waxflower
Phyllanthus fuernrohrii Sand Spurge
GROUND COVERS Arthropodium minus Small Vanilla-lily
Calotis cuneifolia Purple Burr-daisy
Catotis hispidula Bogan Flea
Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia Rock Fern
Eragrostis lacunaria Purple Lovegrass
Geococcus pusillus Earth Cress
Gonocarpus elatus Hill Raspwort
Hybanthus monopetalus Slender Violet
Isotoma axillaris Showy Isotome
Lomandra multiflora Many-flowered Mat-rush
Pandorea pandorana Inland Wonga Vine
Pleurosorus rotifolius Blanket Fern
Sigesbeckia orientalis Indian Weed
Stuarlina muelleri Spoon Cudweed
Thyridolepis mitchelliana Mulga Grass