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:

Wakool

Rivers, Floodplains and Levees Creeklines and Secondary Floodplains Plains
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 Werai State Forest, Stevens Weir State Forest, Benjee State Forest.
TREES >8M Acacia stenophylla River Cooba
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia salicina Cooba
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Exocarpos strictus Dwarf Cherry
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
LOW SHRUBS <2m
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GROUND COVERS Lachnogrostis filiformis Blown Grass
Alternanthera denticulata s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Amphibromus nervosus Veined Swamp Wallaby-grass
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Rytidosperma duttoniana Brown back Wallaby Grass
Azolla filiculoides Red Azolla
Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis Swamp Daisy
Xerochrysum bracteatum Golden Everlasting
Carex appressa Tall Sedge
Carex inversa Knob Sedge
Carex tereticaulis Rush Sedge
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Chamaesyce drummondii Flat Spurge
Cotula australis Common Cotula
Crinum flaccidum Darling Lily
Arthropodium fimbriatum Nodding Chocolate-lily
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-rush
Glinus lotoides Hairy Carpet-weed
Lipocarpha microcephala Button Rush
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Myriophyllum papillosum Water-milfoil
Paspalidium jubiflorum Warrego Summer-grass
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa fordeana Sweet Swamp grass
Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia
Triglochin procerum spp. agg. Water-ribbons

Vallisneria australis.

Eel-weed
Wahlenbergia fluminalis River Bluebell

 

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 Werai State Forest, Cobb Highway Travelling Stock Reserve north of Deniliquin, Cockran Creek near Rangemore Rd, Forest Creek on the Conargo Rd.
TREES >8M Acacia homalophylla Yarran
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box
Eucalyptus microcarpa Grey Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia salicina Cooba
Atriplex nummularia Old man Saltbush
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Exocarpos aphyllus Leafless Cherry
Melaleuca lanceolata Moonah
Duma florulenta Lignum
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Eremophila debilis Winter Apple
Eremophila maculata Spotted Fuchsia
Maireana brevifolia Yanga Bush
Nitraria billardierei Dillon Bush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Sclerolaena muricata Five spined Bassia
GROUND COVERS Lachnogrostis filiformis Blown Grass
Alternanthera denticulata s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Amphibromus nervosus Veined Swamp Wallaby-grass
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa aristiglumis Plains Grass
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Boerhavia dominii Tar Vine
Bulbine bulbosa Native Leek
Calocephalus sonderi Pale Beauty-heads
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Dianella revoluta s.s. Spreading Flax-lily
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Eryngium ovinum Blue Devil
Goodenia glauca Pale Goodenia
Maireana enchylaenoides Wingless Fissure-weed
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Minuria integerrima Smooth Minuria
Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood sorrel
Poa fordeana Sweet Swamp grass
Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida
Stemodia florulenta Blue Rod

 

LANDFORM Plains
VEGETATION TYPE Grey Box Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Open grassy woodland with Grey Box and Buloke.
Alluvial, variety of soils – clays, loams, sands and silts.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Cockran Creek near Rangemeore Rd, Moulamein Rd west of Pretty Pines, Cobb Highway Travelling Stock Reserve north of Deniliquin.
TREES >8M Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Brachychiton populneus subsp. populneus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Callitris gracilis Murray Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
Eucalyptus microcarpa Grey Box
Myoporum platycarpum Sugarwood
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle
Acacia brachybotrya Grey Wattle
Acacia hakeoides Western Black Wattle
Acacia montana Mallee Wattle
Acacia oswaldii Miljee
Acacia pycnantha Golden Wattle
Acacia rigens Needle Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Native Blackthorn
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
Exocarpos aphyllus Leafless Cherry
Melaleuca lanceolata Moonah
Duma florulenta Lignum
Myoporum montanum Western Boobialla
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
Senna artemisioides nothosubsp. coriacea Broad leaf Desert Cassia
Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia Fine leaf Desert Cassia
Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla Narrow leaf Desert Cassia
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited Saltbush
Dillwynia cinerascens Grey Parrot-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge leaf Hopbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Maireana microphylla Eastern Cottonbush
Pultenaea largiflorens Twiggy Bush-pea
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Sclerolaena muricata Five spined Bassia
GROUND COVERS Alternanthera denticulata s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Arthropodium minus Small Vanilla-lily
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Rytidosperma setacea Small flowered Wallaby Grass
Austrostipa aristiglumis Plains Grass
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Calocephalus citreus Lemon Beauty-heads
Calotis hispidula Bogan Flea
Carex inversa Knob Sedge
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Cotula australis Common Cotula
Crassula colorata Dense Stonecrop
Crassula decumbens var. decumbens Spreading Crassula
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Anthrosachne scaber Common Wheatgrass
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Homopholis proluta Rigid Panic
Myriocephalus rhizocephalus Woolly-heads
Plantago turrifera Small Sago weed
Ptilotus spathulatus Pussy tails
Pycnosorus globosus Drumsticks
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
Rumex tenax Dock
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida
Swainsona murrayana Slender Darling Pea
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus Common Sunray
Wahlenbergia fluminalis River Bluebell
Wahlenbergia gracilis s.s. Australian Bluebell
Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica Early Nancy