General Native Vegetation Profile:
Murrakool
Creeklines and Secondary Floodplains | Sandplains and Low Rises | Sandplains, Swales and Dune Crests |
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 | Chilvers Lane near Moulamein, Murrabit Rd between Murra Lane and Cobramunga Rd, Coonamit Travelling Stock Reserve. | |
TREES >8M | Acacia homalophylla | Yarran |
Eucalyptus camaldulensis | River Red Gum | |
E. largiflorens | Black Box | |
E. microcarpa | Grey Box | |
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia oswaldii | Miljee |
A. victoriae | Prickly Wattle | |
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens | Rosewood | |
Atriplex nummularia | Old man Saltbush | |
Chenopodium nitrariaceum | Nitre Goosefoot | |
Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. pruinosa | Yellow Gum | |
Exocarpos aphyllus | Leafless Cherry | |
Hakea leucoptera | Needlewood | |
Melaleuca lanceolata | Moonah | |
Duma florulenta | Lignum | |
Pittosporum phylliraeoides | Butterbush | |
LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Saltbush |
Eremophila divaricata | Spreading Emubush | |
E. maculata | Spotted Fuchsia | |
Maireana brevifolia | Yanga Bush | |
Nicotiana glauca | Tobacco Bush | |
Nitraria billardierei | Dillon Bush | |
Rhagodia spinescens | Thorny Saltbush | |
GROUND COVERS | Amphibromus nervosus | Veined Swamp Wallaby-grass |
Austrostipa aristiglumis | Plains Grass | |
Boerhavia dominii | Tar Vine | |
Calostemma purpureum | Wilcannia Lily | |
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
Eragrostis australasica | Canegrass | |
Eryngium ovinum | Blue Devil | |
Lobelia concolor | Poison Pratia | |
Maireana enchylaenoides | Wingless Fissure-weed | |
Marsilea drummondii | Common Nardoo | |
Phragmites australis | Common Reed | |
Poa fordeana | Sweet Swamp grass | |
Stemodia florulenta | Blue Rod | |
Typha orientalis | Cumbungi |
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 | Browns Rd near Tooleybuc. | |
TREES >8M | Callitris glaucophylla | White Cypress Pine |
Casuarina pauper | Black Oak | |
Geijera parviflora | Wilga | |
Hakea tephrosperma | Hooked Needlewood | |
Myoporum platycarpum | Sugarwood | |
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia colletioides | Spine Bush |
A. melvillei | Myall | |
A. oswaldii | Miljee | |
A. rigens | Needle Wattle | |
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens | Rosewood | |
Chenopodium nitrariaceum | Nitre Goosefoot | |
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima | Narrow leaf Hopbush | |
Eremophila longifolia | Emubush | |
E. sturtii | Turpentine | |
Exocarpos aphyllus | Leafless Cherry | |
Pittosporum phylliraeoides | Butterbush | |
Santalum acuminatum | Quandong | |
Senna artemisioides subsp. coriacea | Broad leaf Desert Cassia | |
S. a. subsp. filifolia | Fine leaf Desert Cassia | |
S. a. subsp. petiolaris | Phyllodinous Desert Cassia | |
S. a. subsp. zygophylla | Narrow leaf Desert Cassia | |
Templetonia egena | Desert Broombush | |
LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Atriplex lindleyi subsp. conduplicata | Baldoo |
A. eardleyae | Small Saltbush | |
A. leptocarpa | Slender-fruited Saltbush | |
A. lindleyi | Eastern Flat-top Saltbush | |
A. vesicaria | Bladder Saltbush | |
Chenopodium curvispicatum | Cottony Saltbush | |
C. desertorum | Desert Goosefoot | |
Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Saltbush | |
Eremophila glabra | Tar Bush | |
Lycium australe | Australian Boxthorn | |
Maireana appressa | Grey Bluebush | |
M. brevifolia | Yanga Bush | |
M. decalvans | Black Cottonbush | |
M. pentatropis | Erect Mallee Bluebush | |
M. pyramidata | Black Bluebush | |
M. radiata | Grey Bluebush | |
M. triptera | Three winged Bluebush | |
M. turbinata | Satiny Bluebush | |
Nitraria billardierei | Dillon Bush | |
Olearia magniflora | Splendid Daisy-bush | |
O. muelleri | Mueller Daisy-bush | |
O. pimeleoides | Showy Daisy-bush | |
Osteocarpum acropterum var. deminutum | Water Weed | |
Rhagodia spinescens | Thorny Saltbush | |
Scleroblitum atriplicinum | Purple Goosefoot | |
Sclerolaena diacantha | Grey Copperburr | |
S. divaricata | Pale Poverty-bush | |
S. obliquicuspis | Limestone Copperburr | |
S. tricuspis | Streaked Poverty-bush | |
Zygophyllum eremaeum | Climbing Twinleaf | |
GROUND COVERS | Actinobole uliginosum | Flannel Cudweed |
Lachnogrostis filiformis | Blown Grass | |
Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush | |
Rytidosperma caespitosa | White top | |
Austrostipa elegantissima | Feather Speargrass | |
A. nitida | Balcarra Speargrass | |
A. nodosa | Knotty Speargrass | |
Brachyscome lineariloba | Hard head Daisy | |
Xerochrysum bracteatum | Golden Everlasting | |
Calandrinia eremaea | Small Purslane | |
Calocephalus sonderi | Pale Beauty-heads | |
Calotis hispidula | Bogan Flea | |
Convolvulus erubescens | Australian Bindweed | |
Dissocarpus paradoxus | Cannon-ball | |
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
Enteropogon acicularis | Curly Windmill Grass | |
Geococcus pusillus | Earth Cress | |
Goodenia pinnatifida | Scrambled Eggs | |
G. pusilliflora | Small-flowered Goodenia | |
Leucochrysum molle | Hoary Sunray | |
Maireana ciliata | Hairy Fissure weed | |
M. sclerolaenoides | Woolly fruit Copperburr | |
Minuria cunninghamii | Bush Minuria | |
Omphalolappula concava | Burr Stickseed | |
Ptilotus spathulatus | Pussy tails | |
Rhodanthe corymbiflora | Grey Sunray | |
R. floribunda | Common White Sunray | |
R. polygalifolia | Brilliant Sunray | |
R. stuartiana | Clay Sunray | |
Roepera apiculata | Gall Weed | |
R. aurantiaca subsp. aurantiaca | Shrubby Twinleaf | |
Sclerolaena brachyptera | Short-winged Copperburr | |
Senecio glossanthus | Slender Groundsel | |
Sida corrugata | Corrugated Sida | |
Tetragonia tetragonioides | New Zealand Spinach | |
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus | Common Sunray | |
Vittadinia condyloides | Club hair New Holland Daisy | |
Zygophyllum ammophilum | Sand Twinleaf | |
Z. iodocarpum | Violet Twinleaf |
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 | Browns Rd near Tooleybuc. | |
TREES >8M | Allocasuarina luehmannii | Bulloak |
Callitris glaucophylla | White Cypress Pine | |
Geijera parviflora | Wilga | |
Hakea tephrosperma | Hooked Needlewood | |
Myoporum platycarpum | Sugarwood | |
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia colletioides | Spine Bush |
A. hakeoides | Western Black Wattle | |
A. ligulata | Sandhill Wattle | |
A. microcarpa | Manna Wattle | |
A. montana | Mallee Wattle | |
A. oswaldii | Miljee | |
A. wilhelmiana | Wilhelms Wattle | |
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens | Rosewood | |
Atriplex nummularia | Old man Saltbush | |
Bossiaea walkeri | Cactus Pea | |
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima | Narrow leaf Hopbush | |
Eucalyptus calycogona | Gooseberry Mallee | |
E. costata | Lerp Mallee | |
E. dumosa | Congoo Mallee | |
E. gracilis | Yorrell | |
E. oleosa | Red Mallee | |
E. socialis | Pointed Mallee | |
Exocarpos aphyllus | Leafless Cherry | |
Hakea leucoptera | Needlewood | |
Melaleuca lanceolata | Moonah | |
Pimelea microcephala | Shrubby Rice-flower | |
Pittosporum phylliraeoides | Butterbush | |
Santalum acuminatum | Quandong | |
S. murrayanum | Bitter Quandong | |
Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia | Fine leaf Desert Cassia | |
S. a. subsp. petiolaris | Phyllodinous Desert Cassia | |
S. a. subsp. zygophylla | Narrow leaf Desert Cassia | |
Templetonia egena | Desert Broombush | |
LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Acacia acanthoclada | Harrow Wattle |
A. sclerophylla | Hard-leaf Wattle | |
Atriplex acutibractea subsp. acutibractea | Pointed Saltbush | |
A. eardleyae | Small Saltbush | |
A. lindleyi | Eastern Flat-top Saltbush | |
A. stipitata | Bitter Saltbush | |
A. vesicaria | Bladder Saltbush | |
Beyeria opaca | Smooth Wallaby bush | |
Chenopodium curvispicatum | Cottony Saltbush | |
C. desertorum | Desert Goosefoot | |
Daviesia arenaria | Sandhill Bitter-pea | |
Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Saltbush | |
Eremophila glabra | Tar Bush | |
Eutaxia microphylla s.s. | Mallee Bush-pea | |
Grevillea huegelii | Comb-spider Grevillea | |
Maireana brevifolia | Yanga Bush | |
M. erioclada | Rosy Bluebush | |
M. georgei | Satiny Bluebush | |
M. pentatropis | Erect Mallee Bluebush | |
M. pyramidata | Black Bluebush | |
M. radiata | Grey Bluebush | |
M. sedifolia | Pearl Bluebush | |
M. triptera | Three winged Bluebush | |
Nicotiana glauca | Tobacco Bush | |
Nitraria billardierei | Dillon Bush | |
Olearia pimeleoides | Showy Daisy-bush | |
Rhagodia spinescens | Thorny Saltbush | |
Sclerolaena bicornis var. bicornis | Goathead Burr | |
S. diacantha | Grey Copperburr | |
S. obliquicuspis | Limestone Copperburr | |
Templetonia sulcata | Flat Mallee pea | |
Westringia rigida | Stiff Western Rosemary | |
Zygophyllum eremaeum | Climbing Twinleaf | |
GROUND COVERS | Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush |
Rytidosperma setacea | Small flowered Wallaby Grass | |
Austrostipa elegantissima | Feather Speargrass | |
A. nitida | Balcarra Speargrass | |
Brachyscome lineariloba | Hard head Daisy | |
Calandrinia eremaea | Small Purslane | |
Calotis hispidula | Bogan Flea | |
Cassytha melantha | Mallee Strangle vine | |
Dianella revoluta | Spreading Flax-lily | |
Dissocarpus paradoxus | Cannon-ball | |
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
Helichrysum leucopsideum | Satin Everlasting | |
Isoetopsis graminifolia | Grass Cushion | |
Jasminum didymum subsp. lineare | Native Jasmine | |
Lepidium leptopetalum | Shrubby Peppercress | |
Lomandra leucocephala | Woolly-head Mat-rush | |
Maireana sclerolaenoides | Woolly fruit Copperburr | |
Marsdenia australis | Doubah | |
Omphalolappula concava | Burr Stickseed | |
Podolepis jaceoides | Showy Copper wire Daisy | |
Ptilotus nobilis | Regal Foxtail | |
P. seminudus | Rabbit tails | |
P. spathulatus | Pussy tails | |
Rhodanthe stuartiana | Clay Sunray | |
Senecio glossanthus | Slender Groundsel | |
Tetragonia tetragonioides | New Zealand Spinach | |
Triodia scariosa | Porcupine Grass | |
Wahlenbergia fluminalis | River Bluebell | |
Roepera apiculata | Gall Weed | |
R. aurantiaca subsp. aurantiaca | Shrubby Twinleaf | |
R. glauca | Pale Twinleaf | |
Zygophyllum iodocarpum | Violet Twinleaf |