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:

Four corners (southern)

Rivers, Floodplains and Levees Shallow Depressions Creeklines and Secondary 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.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Billabong Creek, Sheep Wash Creek.
TREES >8M Acacia stenophylla River Cooba
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle
A. pendula Boree
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-myrtle
Exocarpos strictus Dwarf Cherry
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Dillwynia cinerascens Grey Parrot-pea
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
GROUND COVERS Alternanthera denticulata s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Amphibromus nervosus Veined Swamp Wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Azolla filiculoides Red Azolla
Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis Swamp Daisy
Calotis hispidula Bogan Flea
Carex appressa Tall Sedge
C. tereticaulis Rush Sedge
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Crinum flaccidum Darling Lily
Dianella porracea var. longifolia Smooth Flax-lily
Dichondra repens Kidneyweed
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Geranium solanderi Australian Cranesbill
Goodenia heteromera Spreading Goodenia
Isolepis victoriensis Victorian Club sedge
Juncus ingens Giant Rush
Lachnogrostis filiformis Blown Grass
Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Myosurus minimus var. australis Mouse tail
Myriophyllum papillosum Water-milfoil
Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood sorrel
Paspalidium jubiflorum Warrego Summer-grass
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa fordeana Sweet Swamp grass
Pycnosorus globosus Drumsticks
Ranunculus pumilio Ferny Buttercup
Scleranthus minusculus Cushion Knawel
Triglochin procerum spp. agg. Water-ribbons
Vallisneria australis Eel-weed
Wahlenbergia fluminalis River Bluebell

 

LANDFORM Shallow Depressions
VEGETATION TYPE Lignum – Goosefoot / Canegrass Swamp.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Open scrub to tussock grassland in depressions and low lying areas subject to intermittent flooding.
Alluvial, heavy, grey cracking clays, sometimes slightly saline.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Oolambeyan National Park.
TREES >8M Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Atriplex nummularia Old man Saltbush
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Duma florulenta Lignum
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa Native Liquorice
Maireana decalvans Black Cottonbush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Sclerolaena divaricata Pale Poverty-bush
S. muricata Five spined Bassia
GROUND COVERS Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Boerhavia dominii Tar Vine
Calocephalus sonderi Pale Beauty-heads
Chamaesyce drummondii Flat Spurge
Dysphania melanocarpa Black Crumbweed
Cressa australis Rosinweed
Dissocarpus biflorus var. biflorus Twin-horned Copperburr
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-rush
E. pallens Pale Spike-rush
E. plana Ribbed Spike-rush
Geranium solanderi Australian Cranesbill
Juncus aridicola Tussock Rush
J. flavidus Yellow Rush
Maireana ciliata Hairy Fissure weed
M. enchylaenoides Wingless Fissure-weed
Poa fordeana Sweet Swamp grass
Sclerolaena brachyptera Short-winged Copperburr
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida
S. fibulifera Pin Sida
Solanum esuriale Quena
Vittadinia cuneata Fuzzweed

 

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.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Oolambeyan National Park, Coleambally Creek (outfall drain), Booroorban State Forest.
TREES >8M Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box
Geijera parviflora Wilga
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia oswaldii Miljee
A. pendula Boree
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens Rosewood
Atriplex nummularia Old man Saltbush
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Eremophila deserti Ellangowan Poison-bush
Exocarpos aphyllus Leafless Cherry
Duma florulenta Lignum
Pittosporum angustifolium Butterbush
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Maireana aphylla Cottonbush
M. decalvans Black Cottonbush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Sclerolaena diacantha Grey Copperburr
S. divaricata Pale Poverty-bush
S. muricata Five spined Bassia
S. stelligera Star Copperburr
GROUND COVERS Lachnogrostis filiformis Blown Grass
Amaranthus macrocarpus Dwarf Amaranth
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Calocephalus sonderi Pale Beauty-heads
Calostemma purpureum Wilcannia Lily
Calotis cuneata Mountain Burr daisy
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Maireana ciliata Hairy Fissure weed
M. pentagona Slender Fissure-weed
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Minuria integerrima Smooth Minuria
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
Sclerolaena brachyptera Short-winged Copperburr
Senecio cunninghamii Bushy Groundsel
S. quadridentatus Cotton Fireweed
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida
S. fibulifera Pin Sida
Sporobolus caroli Fairy Grass
Roepera glauca Pale Twinleaf