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:

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.
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.
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.
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