General Native Vegetation Profile:
Cocoparra (northern)
Rivers, Floodplains and Levees | Creeklines and Secondary Floodplains | Valleys and Floodplains |
LANDFORM | Rivers, Floodplains and Levees | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Riverine Forest. | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | River Red Gum forest or woodland with understorey of herbs, sedges and grasses; includes weir pools and billabongs. Alluvial, heavy, grey, brown or red clay soils. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Lachlan River. | |
TREES >8M | Acacia stenophylla | River Cooba |
Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana | River Oak | |
Eucalyptus camaldulensis | River Red Gum | |
Eucalyptus largiflorens | Black Box | |
Eucalyptus melliodora | Yellow Box | |
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia oswaldii | Miljee |
Acacia pendula | Boree | |
Acacia salicina | Cooba | |
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens | Rosewood | |
Atriplex nummularia | Old man Saltbush | |
Chenopodium nitrariaceum | Nitre Goosefoot | |
Exocarpos sparteus | Slender Cherry | |
Duma florulenta | Lignum | |
Pittosporum angustifolium | Butterbush | |
LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Saltbush |
Rhagodia spinescens | Thorny Saltbush | |
GROUND COVERS | Lachnogrostis filiformis | Blown Grass |
Alternanthera denticulata s.s. | Lesser Joyweed | |
Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush | |
Azolla filiculoides | Red Azolla | |
Calostemma purpureum | Wilcannia Lily | |
Carex appressa | Tall Sedge | |
Centipeda cunninghamii | Common Sneezeweed | |
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
Marsilea drummondii | Common Nardoo | |
Mentha australis | River Mint | |
Myriophyllum papillosum | Water-milfoil | |
Paspalidium jubiflorum | Warrego Summer-grass | |
Phragmites australis | Common Reed | |
Poa fordeana | Sweet Swamp grass | |
Lobelia concolor | Poison Pratia | |
Teucrium racemosum | Grey Germander | |
Triglochin procerum spp. agg. | Water-ribbons | |
Vallisneria australis. | Eel-weed |
LANDFORM | Creeklines and Secondary Floodplains | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Black Box Woodland. | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Black Box woodland with often sparse understorey of grasses or shrubs. Alluvial, heavy brown or grey clays, self-mulching or compact. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Lachlan Valley west of Lake Cargellico. | |
TREES >8M | Acacia stenophylla | River Cooba |
Casuarina cristata | Belah | |
Eucalyptus largiflorens | Black Box | |
Exocarpos cupressiformis | Native Cherry | |
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia oswaldii | Miljee |
Acacia pendula | Boree | |
Acacia salicina | Cooba | |
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens | Rosewood | |
Atriplex nummularia | Old man Saltbush | |
Chenopodium nitrariaceum | Nitre Goosefoot | |
Duma florulenta | Lignum | |
LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Atriplex leptocarpa | Slender-fruited Saltbush |
Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Saltbush | |
Maireana brevifolia | Yanga Bush | |
Rhagodia spinescens | Thorny Saltbush | |
GROUND COVERS | Aristida behriana | Brush Wiregrass |
Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush | |
Rytidosperma caespitosa | White top | |
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata | Rough Speargrass | |
Chloris truncata | Windmill Grass | |
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
Enteropogon acicularis | Curly Windmill Grass | |
Marsilea drummondii | Common Nardoo | |
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus | Common Sunray |
LANDFORM | Valleys and Floodplains | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Bimble Box Woodland. | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Open Bimble Box woodland on floodplains and wide valleys with grassy understorey. Alluvial, red loams. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Euabolong – Hillston Rd, approximately 7.1km west of the Kidman Way, Naradhan – Rankin Springs Rd. | |
TREES >8M | Casuarina pauper | Belah |
Eremophila mitchellii | Budda | |
Eucalyptus populnea subsp. bimbil | Bimble Box | |
Geijera parviflora | Wilga | |
Hakea tephrosperma | Hooked Needlewood | |
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia salicina | Cooba |
Eremophila longifolia | Emubush | |
LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Atriplex pseudocampanulata | Mealy Saltbush |
Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Saltbush | |
Sclerolaena lanicuspis | Woolly Copperburr | |
GROUND COVERS | Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush |
Rytidosperma caespitosa | White top | |
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata | Rough Speargrass | |
Xerochrysum bracteatum | Golden Everlasting | |
Chrysocephalum semipapposum | Clustered Everlasting | |
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
Enteropogon acicularis | Curly Windmill Grass | |
Maireana humillima | Dwarf Bluebush | |
Sida cunninghamii | Ridge Sida |