General Native Vegetation Profile:
Tuppal
Rivers, Floodplains and Levees | Shallow Wetland | Deep Wetland |
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 | Millewa State Forest, Tuppal State Forest, Gulpha State Forest, Moira State Forest. | |
TREES >8M | Acacia implexa | Hickory Wattle |
Allocasuarina luehmannii | Bulloak | |
Callitris glaucophylla | White Cypress Pine | |
Eucalyptus camaldulensis | River Red Gum | |
Eucalyptus melliodora | Yellow Box | |
Eucalyptus microcarpa | Grey Box | |
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia acinacea | Gold-dust Wattle |
Acacia pycnantha | Golden Wattle | |
Exocarpos strictus | Dwarf Cherry | |
LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Cassinia sifton | Dolly Bush |
Dillwynia cinerascens | Grey Parrot-pea | |
Eutaxia microphylla s.s. | Mallee Bush-pea | |
GROUND COVERS | Lachnogrostis filiformis | Blown Grass |
Alternanthera denticulata s.s. | Lesser Joyweed | |
Rytidosperma caespitosa | White top | |
Rytidosperma duttoniana | Brown back Wallaby Grass | |
Azolla filiculoides | Red Azolla | |
Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis | Swamp Daisy | |
Calotis hispidula | Bogan Flea | |
Carex appressa | Tall Sedge | |
Carex tereticaulis | Rush Sedge | |
Centipeda cunninghamii | Common Sneezeweed | |
Crinum flaccidum | Darling Lily | |
Dianella porracea | Smooth Flax-lily | |
Dichondra repens | Kidneyweed | |
Eleocharis acuta | Common Spike-rush | |
Geranium solanderi | Australian Cranesbill | |
Goodenia heteromera | Spreading Goodenia | |
Isolepis victoriensis | Victorian Club sedge | |
Juncus ingens | Giant Rush | |
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 | |
Lobelia concolor | Poison Pratia | |
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 Wetland | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Shallow Wetland. | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Seasonal or intermittent wetland, meadow, marsh, lake or lagoon with fringing River Red Gum and/or Grey Box. Alluvial, heavy grey clays. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Reed beds north, Duck Lagoon. | |
TREES >8M | Eucalyptus camaldulensis | River Red Gum |
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Duma florulenta | Lignum |
GROUND COVERS | Alisma plantago-aquatica | Water Plantain |
Alternanthera denticulata s.s. | Lesser Joyweed | |
Amphibromus macrorhinus | Long-nosed Swamp Wallaby-grass | |
Amphibromus nervosus | Veined Swamp Wallaby-grass | |
Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis | Swamp Daisy | |
Carex tereticaulis | Rush Sedge | |
Centipeda cunninghamii | Common Sneezeweed | |
Elatine gratioloides | Waterwort | |
Eleocharis acuta | Common Spike-rush | |
Eragrostis australasica | Canegrass | |
Juncus ingens | Giant Rush | |
Juncus usitatus | Common Rush | |
Lythrum hyssopifolia | Hyssop Loosestrife | |
Marsilea drummondii | Common Nardoo | |
Myriophyllum crispatum | Common Water-milfoil | |
Nymphoides crenata | Wavy Marshwort | |
Paspalidium jubiflorum | Warrego Summer-grass | |
Persicaria hydropiper | Waterpepper | |
Persicaria prostrata | Creeping Knotweed | |
Typha domingensis | Cumbungi | |
Typha orientalis | Cumbungi | |
Wahlenbergia fluminalis | River Bluebell |
LANDFORM | Deep Wetland | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Deep Wetland. | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Semi-permanent wetland, billabong, lake or old creek bed often with fringing River Red Gum. Alluvial, heavy grey clays. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Moira Lake. | |
TREES >8M | Eucalyptus camaldulensis | River Red Gum |
GROUND COVERS | Centipeda cunninghamii | Common Sneezeweed |
Cyperus gymnocaulos | Spiny Sedge | |
Eleocharis sphacelata | Tall Spike-rush | |
Eragrostis australasica | Canegrass | |
Juncus flavidus | Yellow Rush | |
Juncus ingens | Giant Rush | |
Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis | Water Primrose | |
Marsilea drummondii | Common Nardoo | |
Myriophyllum papillosum | Water-milfoil | |
Nymphoides crenata | Wavy Marshwort | |
Ottelia ovalifolia | Swamp Lily | |
Paspalidium jubiflorum | Warrego Summer-grass | |
Persicaria decipiens | Slender Knotweed | |
Phragmites australis | Common Reed | |
Potamogeton crispus | Curly Pondweed | |
Lobelia concolor | Poison Pratia | |
Pseudoraphis spinescens | Spiny Mud-grass | |
Senecio cunninghamii | Bushy Groundsel | |
Triglochin procerum spp. agg. | Water-ribbons | |
Typha domingensis | Cumbungi | |
Typha orientalis | Cumbungi | |
Vallisneria australis. | Eel-weed |