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.

Vegetation Profile:

Ardenside - Welaregang

River and low country Low hills and mid slopes Upper slopes & high hills
LANDFORM River and low country
VEGETATION TYPE River Red Gum woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS

Alluvium – sand, silt, gravel & clay.

Light alluvial soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Murray River
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
A. melanoxylon Blackwood
Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box
E. camaldulensis River Red Gum
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla Hairy Bursaria
Callistemon sieberi River Bottlebrush

 

 
GROUND COVERS Blechnum spp. Water Fern
* Carex spp. Sedge
* Juncus spp. Rush
Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
Poa labillardieri Tussock Grass
* Phragmites australis Common Reed
* Typha spp. Cumbungi

* key species for creekline revegetation in hill country

 

LANDFORM Low hills and mid slopes
VEGETATION TYPE

Blakely’s Red Gum woodland (N-NW aspect)

& Red Stringybark dry sclerophyll forest (S-SE aspect)
GEOLOGY & SOILS

Granite, granodiorite & tonalite.

Sandy granite soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Welaregang
TREES >8M * Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
A. implexa Hickory Wattle
A. melanoxylon Blackwood
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
+ Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
* E. bridgesiana Apple Box
E. goniocalyx Long-leaf Box
E. macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
E. nortonii Silver Bundy
E. polyanthemos Red Box
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry/Cherry Ballart

* key species or creekside revegetation in hill country

+ mainly N-NW aspect
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia rubida Red-stemmed Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
* Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla Hairy Bursaria
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-myrtle
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common Cassinia
C. longifolia Shiny Cassinia
Correa reflexa var. reflexa Common Correa
Daviesia latifolia Hop Bitter-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop-bush
Grevillea lanigera Woolly Wattle
* Melicytes dentatus Tree Violet
Indigofera australis Austral Indigo
Kunzea parvifolia Violet Kunzea
Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree (soaks)
* L. grandifolium Mountain Tea-tree
Persoonia rigida Hairy Geebung
Platylobium formosum Handsome Flat-pea
Pultenaea procumbens Heathy Bush-pea

* key species for creekside revegetation in hill country
GROUND COVERS Blechnum spp. Water Fern
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Brachyloma daphnoides Daphne Heath
Xerochrysum viscosum Sticky Everlasting
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Geranium spp. Cranesbill
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Hibbertia obtusifolia Grey Guinea-flower
Joycea pallida Red-anther Wallaby Grass
Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat-rush
Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
# Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
# Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa spp. Tussock Grass
Rubus parvifolius Native Raspberry
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Xanthorrhoea spp. Grass Tree

* key species for creekside revegetation in hill country

# in & around springs

 

LANDFORM Upper slopes & high hills
VEGETATION TYPE Dry sclerophyll forest – Peppermint; Red Stringybark
GEOLOGY & SOILS Granite, granodiorite & tonalite. Sandy granite soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Mount Welaregang
TREES >8M * Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
* A. melanoxylon Blackwood
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
* Eucalyptus bicostata Eurabbie
* E. bridgesiana Apple Box
E. dives Broad-leaved Peppermint
E. goniocalyx Long-leaf Box
E. macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
E. mannifera Brittle Gum
E. nortonii Silver Bundy
E. pauciflora White Sallee/ Snow Gum
E. polyanthemos Red Box
E. robertsonii Robertson’s Peppermint
E. stellulata Black Sallee
E. viminalis Manna Gum
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry

* key species for creek revegetation
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia rubida Red-stemmed Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
* Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla Hairy Bursaria
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-myrtle
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common Cassinia
C. longifolia Shiny Cassinia
Correa reflexa var. reflexa Common Correa
Daviesia latifolia Hop Bitter-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop-bush
Grevillea lanigera Woolly Wattle
* Melicytes dentatus Tree Violet
Indigofera australis Austral Indigo
Kunzea parvifolia Violet Kunzea
Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree (soaks)
* L. grandifolium Mountain Tea-tree
Persoonia rigida Hairy Geebung
Platylobium formosum Handsome Flat-pea
Pultenaea procumbens Heathy Bush-pea

* key species for creekside revegetation in hill country
GROUND COVERS Blechnum spp. Water Fern
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Brachyloma daphnoides Daphne Heath
Xerochrysum viscosum Sticky Everlasting
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Geranium spp. Cranesbill
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Hibbertia obtusifolia Grey Guinea-flower
Joycea pallida Red-anther Wallaby Grass
Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat-rush
Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
# Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
# Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa spp. Tussock Grass
Rubus parvifolius Native Raspberry
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Xanthorrhoea spp. Grass Tree

* key species for creekside revegetation in hill country

# in & around springs