General Native Vegetation Profile:
Hillston (north-western)
| Level to Depressed Plains | Undulating Plains, Low Rises and Levees | Sandplains and Low Rises |
| LANDFORM | Level to Depressed Plains | |
| VEGETATION TYPE | Bladder Saltbush Chenopod Shrubland. | |
| GEOLOGY & SOILS | Low shrubland to low open shrubland dominated by Bladder Saltbush and other chenopods. Alluvial, grey, self-mulching and cracking clays to red duplex soils with grey and brown clays, sometimes saline. |
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| LOCATION EXAMPLE | Cobb Highway in vicinity of Toms Tank, Willandra National Park. | |
| SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia oswaldii | Miljee |
| Atriplex nummularia | Old man Saltbush | |
| Eremophila longifolia | Emubush | |
| Eremophila sturtii | Turpentine | |
| Senna artemisioides nothosubsp. coriacea | Broad leaf Desert Cassia | |
| Senna artemisioides subsp. petiolaris | Phyllodinous Desert Cassia | |
| LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Atriplex lindleyi subsp. conduplicata | Baldoo |
| Atriplex leptocarpa | Slender-fruited Saltbush | |
| Atriplex lindleyi | Eastern Flat-top Saltbush | |
| Atriplex pseudocampanulata | Mealy Saltbush | |
| Atriplex spinibractea | Spiny-fruit Saltbush | |
| Atriplex spongiosa | Pop Saltbush | |
| Atriplex stipitata | Bitter Saltbush | |
| Atriplex vesicaria | Bladder Saltbush | |
| Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Saltbush | |
| Frankenia serpyllifolia | Bristly Sea heath | |
| Maireana aphylla | Cottonbush | |
| Maireana erioclada | Rosy Bluebush | |
| Maireana pyramidata | Black Bluebush | |
| Malacocera tricornis | Soft-horns | |
| Osteocarpum acropterum var. deminutum | Water Weed | |
| Rhagodia spinescens | Thorny Saltbush | |
| Scleroblitum atriplicinum | Purple Goosefoot | |
| Sclerolaena intricata | Tangled Poverty-bush | |
| Sclerolaena lanicuspis | Woolly Copperburr | |
| Sclerolaena muricata | Five spined Bassia | |
| Sclerolaena tricuspis | Streaked Poverty-bush | |
| GROUND COVERS | Amaranthus macrocarpus | Dwarf Amaranth |
| Astrebla pectinata | Barley Mitchell Grass | |
| Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush | |
| Atriplex suberecta | Lagoon Saltbush | |
| Rytidosperma caespitosa | White top | |
| Brachyscome lineariloba | Hard head Daisy | |
| Xerochrysum bracteatum | Golden Everlasting | |
| Calocephalus sonderi | Pale Beauty-heads | |
| Chloris truncata | Windmill Grass | |
| Convolvulus erubescens | Australian Bindweed | |
| Daucus glochidiatus | Australian Carrot | |
| Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum | Round-leaf Pigface | |
| Dissocarpus biflorus var. biflorus | Twin-horned Copperburr | |
| Dissocarpus paradoxus | Cannon-ball | |
| Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
| Eragrostis australasica | Canegrass | |
| Eragrostis brownii | Browns Lovegrass | |
| Leiocarpa tomentosa | Woolly Plover daisy | |
| Leptorhynchos panaetioides | Woolly Buttons | |
| Maireana pentagona | Slender Fissure-weed | |
| Minuria cunninghamii | Bush Minuria | |
| Minuria denticulata | Woolly Minuria | |
| Minuria integerrima | Smooth Minuria | |
| Plantago cunninghamii | Sago weed | |
| Ptilotus nobilis | Regal Foxtail | |
| Pycnosorus chrysanthes | Golden Billy-buttons | |
| Rhodanthe corymbiflora | Grey Sunray | |
| Rhodanthe floribunda | Common White Sunray | |
| Sida fibulifera | Pin Sida | |
| Sida trichopoda | High Sida | |
| Sporobolus caroli | Fairy Grass | |
| Tetragonia tetragonioides | New Zealand Spinach | |
| Roepera glauca | Pale Twinleaf | |
| Zygophyllum iodocarpum | Violet Twinleaf | |
| LANDFORM | Undulating Plains, Low Rises and Levees | |
| VEGETATION TYPE | Black / Pearl Bluebush Chenopod Shrubland. | |
| GEOLOGY & SOILS | Low shrubland to low open shrubland dominated by Pearl Bluebush and/or Black Bluebush. Aeolian, deep calcareous sands and loams, red-brown duplex sandy soils with clay subsoil. |
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| LOCATION EXAMPLE | Cobb Highway south of Mossgiel. | |
| TREES >8M | Callitris glaucophylla | White Cypress Pine |
| Hakea tephrosperma | Hooked Needlewood | |
| SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia melvillei | Myall |
| Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens | Rosewood | |
| Atriplex nummularia | Old man Saltbush | |
| Eremophila longifolia | Emubush | |
| LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Atriplex lindleyi subsp. conduplicata | Baldoo |
| Atriplex leptocarpa | Slender-fruited Saltbush | |
| Atriplex lindleyi | Eastern Flat-top Saltbush | |
| Atriplex pseudocampanulata | Mealy Saltbush | |
| Atriplex stipitata | Bitter Saltbush | |
| Atriplex vesicaria | Bladder Saltbush | |
| Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Saltbush | |
| Maireana appressa | Grey Bluebush | |
| Maireana decalvans | Black Cottonbush | |
| Maireana pyramidata | Black Bluebush | |
| Malacocera tricornis | Soft-horns | |
| Nitraria billardierei | Dillon Bush | |
| Osteocarpum acropterum var. deminutum | Water Weed | |
| Rhagodia spinescens | Thorny Saltbush | |
| Sclerolaena divaricata | Pale Poverty-bush | |
| Sclerolaena intricata | Tangled Poverty-bush | |
| Sclerolaena muricata | Five spined Bassia | |
| Sclerolaena tricuspis | Streaked Poverty-bush | |
| Tecticornia tenuis | Slender Glasswort | |
| GROUND COVERS | Lachnogrostis filiformis | Blown Grass |
| Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush | |
| Rytidosperma caespitosa | White top | |
| Austrostipa nitida | Balcarra Speargrass | |
| Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata | Rough Speargrass | |
| Calandrinia eremaea | Small Purslane | |
| Calocephalus sonderi | Pale Beauty-heads | |
| Dysphania pumilio | Small Crumbweed | |
| Crassula colorata | Dense Stonecrop | |
| Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum | Round-leaf Pigface | |
| Dissocarpus biflorus var. biflorus | Twin-horned Copperburr | |
| Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
| Eragrostis dielsii | Mulka | |
| Homopholis proluta | Rigid Panic | |
| Lepidium monoplocoides | Winged Peppercress | |
| Minuria cunninghamii | Bush Minuria | |
| Panicum decompositum | Native Millet | |
| Rhodanthe corymbiflora | Grey Sunray | |
| Sclerolaena brachyptera | Short-winged Copperburr | |
| Sida corrugata | Corrugated Sida | |
| Solanum esuriale | Quena | |
| LANDFORM | Sandplains and Low Rises | |
| VEGETATION TYPE | Belah – Rosewood Woodland. | |
| GEOLOGY & SOILS | Low woodland to low open woodland dominated by Belah and Rosewood, with and open shrubby understorey on sandplains and lunettes. Alluvial or aeolian, red or brown calcareous loams or loamy sands. |
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| LOCATION EXAMPLE | Crowsnest Travelling Stock Reserve, Mossgiel Trunk Rd east of Mossgiel. | |
| TREES >8M | Callitris glaucophylla | White Cypress Pine |
| Casuarina pauper | Belah | |
| Geijera parviflora | Wilga | |
| SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia oswaldii | Miljee |
| Acacia pendula | Boree | |
| Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens | Rosewood | |
| Apophyllum anomalum | Warrior Bush | |
| Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima | Narrow leaf Hopbush | |
| Eremophila longifolia | Emubush | |
| LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Atriplex eardleyae | Small Saltbush |
| Atriplex leptocarpa | Slender-fruited Saltbush | |
| Atriplex stipitata | Bitter Saltbush | |
| Chenopodium desertorum | Desert Goosefoot | |
| Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Saltbush | |
| Maireana pyramidata | Black Bluebush | |
| Rhagodia spinescens | Thorny Saltbush | |
| Sclerolaena birchii | Galvanised Bassia | |
| Sclerolaena diacantha | Grey Copperburr | |
| Sclerolaena muricata | Five spined Bassia | |
| Sclerolaena stelligera | Star Copperburr | |
| GROUND COVERS | Arthropodium minus | Small Vanilla-lily |
| Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush | |
| Brachyscome lineariloba | Hard head Daisy | |
| Bulbine bulbosa | Native Leek | |
| Bulbine semibarbata | Leek Lily | |
| Calandrinia eremaea | Small Purslane | |
| Calotis hispidula | Bogan Flea | |
| Calotis lappulacea | Yellow Burr daisy | |
| Convolvulus erubescens | Australian Bindweed | |
| Daucus glochidiatus | Australian Carrot | |
| Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
| Erodium crinitum | Blue Crowfoot | |
| Gnephosis arachnoidea | Erect Yellow-heads | |
| Goodenia fascicularis | Silky Goodenia | |
| Goodenia pusilliflora | Small-flowered Goodenia | |
| Hyalosperma glutinosum | Golden Sunray | |
| Hyalosperma semisterile | Orange Sunray | |
| Leptorhynchos panaetioides | Woolly Buttons | |
| Maireana enchylaenoides | Wingless Fissure-weed | |
| Maireana excavata | Bottle Fissure weed | |
| Maireana pentagona | Slender Fissure-weed | |
| Minuria leptophylla | Minnie Daisy | |
| Plantago cunninghamii | Sago weed | |
| Rhodanthe corymbiflora | Grey Sunray | |
| Rhodanthe floribunda | Common White Sunray | |
| Rhodanthe pygmaea | Pygmy Sunray | |
| Sclerolaena brachyptera | Short-winged Copperburr | |
| Sida corrugata | Corrugated Sida | |
| Tetragonia tetragonioides | New Zealand Spinach | |
| Triptilodiscus pygmaeus | Common Sunray | |
| Vittadinia cuneata | Fuzzweed | |
| Wahlenbergia gracilis s.s. | Australian Bluebell | |
| Wahlenbergia stricta | Tall Bluebell | |