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:

Billabong Creek

River, Creeklines and Low country Low hills and mid slopes Steep hills and rocky outcrops
LANDFORM River, Creeklines and Low country
VEGETATION TYPE River Red Gum Forest
GEOLOGY & SOILS Riverine deposits of clay, silt, sand & gravel.
Brown & Grey Alluvial Soils
LOCATION EXAMPLE Murrumbidgee River flood plain & Billabung Creek
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
Casuarina cuninghamiana River She Oak
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Callistemon sieberi River Bottlebrush
Eremophila deserti Turkey Bush
GROUND COVERS Geranium solanderi Australian Cranesbill
Lomandra spp. Mat Rushes
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Typha orientalis Cumbungi
Wahlenbergia stricta Tall Bluebell

 

LANDFORM Low hills and mid slopes
VEGETATION TYPE White, Yellow & Grey Box Woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Granite, shale, quartzite, slate & sedimentary deposits
Red & Yellow Podsolic Soil
Red Earth Soils
LOCATION EXAMPLE Eurongilly /Illabo
Old Sydney Road, – Junee
TREES >8M Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle
A. leucoclada Northen Silver Wattle
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. blakelyi Blakley’s Red Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia buxifolia Box-leaf Wattle
A. decora Western Golden Wattle
A. lanigera Woolly Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Dillwynia juniperina Prickly Parrot Pea
Dodonea cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop-bush
Eutaxia microphylla Mallee Bush Pea
Maireana microphylla Eastern Cotton Bush
Senna artemisiodes Silver Cassia/Punty Bush
GROUND COVERS Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grasses
Austrostipa spp. Spear Grasses
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Poa spp. Tussock Grasses
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass

 

LANDFORM Steep hills and rocky outcrops
VEGETATION TYPE Tumbledown Gum & Black Cypress Pine Woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Granite, sedimentary, conglomerate & volcanic rocks
Shallow skeletal gravelly loam soils
LOCATION EXAMPLE Bethungra & Cooba Mountains
Ulandra Nature Reserve
TREES >8M Acacia doratoxylon Currawang
Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping She Oak
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
C. glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. dealbata Tumbledown Gum
E. dwyeri Dwyer’s Red Gum
E. goniocalyx Long-leaf Box
E. macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. polyanthemos Red Box
E. sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark
Exocarpus cupressiformis Native Cherry
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia decora Western Golden Wattle
A. buxifolia Box-leaf Wattle
A. implexa Hickory Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Callistemon sieberi River Bottlebrush
Cassinia acueata Sifton Bush
Dodonea spp Hop-bushes
Indigofera australis Austral Indigo
Kunzea parvifolia Violet Kunzea
Maireana microphylla Eastern Cotton Bush
GROUND COVERS Aristida ramosa Three Awn Spear Grass
Austrostipa spp Spear Grasses
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Isotoma axillaris Rock Isotome
Lomandra effusa Scented Mat-rush
Lomandra multiflora Many-flowered Mat-Rush
Microseris lanceolata Yam Daisy
Panicum effusum Hairy Panic
Poa sieberiana Snow Grass