General Native Vegetation Profile:
Merriwagga
Sandplains and Low Rises | Sandplains and Minor Dunefields | Sandplains, Swales and Dune Crests |
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 | McKinley Rd, Gunbar, Kidman Way between Merriwagga and Goolgowi. | |
TREES >8M | Acacia homalophylla | Yarran |
Callitris glaucophylla | White Cypress Pine | |
Casuarina pauper | Belah | |
Geijera parviflora | Wilga | |
Hakea tephrosperma | Hooked Needlewood | |
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia oswaldii | Miljee |
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens | Rosewood | |
Apophyllum anomalum | Warrior Bush | |
Eremophila longifolia | Emubush | |
Myoporum montanum | Western Boobialla | |
Pittosporum phylliraeoides | Butterbush | |
Santalum acuminatum | Quandong | |
Senna artemisioides nothosubsp. coriacea | Broad leaf Desert Cassia | |
LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Atriplex stipitata | Bitter Saltbush |
Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Saltbush | |
Maireana pyramidata | Black Bluebush | |
Rhagodia spinescens | Thorny Saltbush | |
GROUND COVERS | Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush |
Rytidosperma caespitosa | White top | |
Xerochrysum bracteatum | Golden Everlasting | |
Chrysocephalum apiculatum | Yellow Buttons | |
Chrysocephalum semipapposum | Clustered Everlasting | |
Dianella porracea | Smooth Flax-lily | |
Dissocarpus paradoxus | Cannon-ball | |
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
Rhodanthe corymbiflora | Grey Sunray | |
Swainsona formosa | Sturts Desert Pea | |
Roepera glauca | Pale Twinleaf |
LANDFORM | Sandplains and Minor Dunefields | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Callitris Mixed Woodland (Sandplains and minor dunefields). | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Woodlands to tall woodland dominated by White Cypress Pine with emergent eucalypts and Belah on sandplains and minor dunefields. Alluvial, red loams. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Kidman Way roadside south of the Lachlan River, Hillston – Merriwagga Rd, Monia Gap Rd approx. 8 km east of Hillston. | |
TREES >8M | Brachychiton populneus subsp. trilobus | Kurrajong |
Callitris glaucophylla | White Cypress Pine | |
Casuarina cristata | Belah | |
C. pauper | Black Oak | |
Eucalyptus intertexta | Red Box | |
E. populnea subsp. bimbil | Bimble Box | |
Geijera parviflora | Wilga | |
Hakea tephrosperma | Hooked Needlewood | |
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia calamifolia | Wallowa |
A. deanei subsp. paucijuga | Green Wattle | |
A. hakeoides | Western Black Wattle | |
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens | Rosewood | |
Apophyllum anomalum | Warrior Bush | |
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima | Narrow leaf Hopbush | |
Eremophila longifolia | Emubush | |
Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla | Narrow leaf Desert Cassia | |
LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Sclerolaena patenticuspis | Spear fruit Copperburr |
GROUND COVERS | Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush |
Rytidosperma caespitosa | White top | |
Xerochrysum bracteatum | Golden Everlasting | |
X. viscosum | Sticky Everlasting | |
Chrysocephalum semipapposum | Clustered Everlasting | |
Anthrosachne scaber | Common Wheatgrass | |
Rhodanthe corymbiflora | Grey Sunray | |
R. polygalifolia | Brilliant Sunray |
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. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Pulletop Nature Reserve, western end of Andersons Rd, Loughnan Nature Reserve south of Hillston. | |
TREES >8M | Brachychiton populneus subsp. trilobus | Kurrajong |
Callitris glaucophylla | White Cypress Pine | |
Eucalyptus intertexta | Red Box | |
Geijera parviflora | Wilga | |
Hakea tephrosperma | Hooked Needlewood | |
Myoporum platycarpum | Sugarwood | |
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia brachybotrya | Grey Wattle |
A. buxifolia | Box-leaf Wattle | |
A. colletioides | Spine Bush | |
A. deanei subsp. paucijuga | Green Wattle | |
A. hakeoides | Western Black Wattle | |
A. montana | Mallee Wattle | |
A. oswaldii | Miljee | |
A. rigens | Needle Wattle | |
Beyeria lechenaultii | Felted Wallaby-bush | |
Bossiaea walkeri | Cactus Pea | |
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima | Narrow leaf Hopbush | |
Eucalyptus dumosa | Congoo Mallee | |
E. socialis | Pointed Mallee | |
E. viridis | Green Mallee | |
Melaleuca uncinata | Broombush | |
Myoporum montanum | Western Boobialla | |
Pimelea microcephala | Shrubby Rice-flower | |
Pittosporum phylliraeoides | Butterbush | |
Prostanthera nivea | Snowy Mintbush | |
Santalum acuminatum | Quandong | |
Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia | Fine leaf Desert Cassia | |
S. a. subsp. petiolaris | Phyllodinous Desert Cassia | |
S. a. subsp. zygophylla | Narrow leaf Desert Cassia | |
LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Acacia lineata | Streaked Wattle |
Chenopodium desertorum | Desert Goosefoot | |
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata | Wedge leaf Hopbush | |
Eremophila glabra | Tar Bush | |
Olearia pimeleoides | Showy Daisy-bush | |
Sclerolaena diacantha | Grey Copperburr | |
GROUND COVERS | Ajuga australis | Australian Bugle |
Rytidosperma caespitosa | White top | |
Austrostipa elegantissima | Feather Speargrass | |
A. scabra subsp. scabra | Rough Speargrass | |
Billardiera scandens | Common Apple-berry | |
Cassytha melantha | Mallee Strangle vine | |
Chrysocephalum apiculatum | Yellow Buttons | |
Clematis microphylla | Small-leaved Clematis | |
Dianella porracea | Smooth Flax-lily | |
D. revoluta | Spreading Flax-lily | |
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
Goodenia willisiana | Sandhill Goodenia | |
Halgania cyanea | Mallee Blue flower | |
Hyalosperma semisterile | Orange Sunray | |
Jasminum didymum subsp. lineare | Native Jasmine | |
Minuria leptophylla | Minnie Daisy | |
Parsonsia eucalyptophylla | Gargaloo | |
Ptilotus erubescens | Hairy tails | |
P. spathulatus | Pussy tails | |
Scaevola humilis | Sandplain Fan flower | |
Solanum coactiliferum | Felted Nightshade | |
Stackhousia monogyna | Creamy Candles | |
Triodia scariosa | Porcupine Grass | |
Vittadinia pterochaeta | Rough Fuzzweed | |
Waitzia acuminata | Orange Immortelle |