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:

Boorowa River

Creeks, Rivers and Low Country Mid Slopes Upper Slopes
LANDFORM Creeks, Rivers and Low Country
VEGETATION TYPE River Red Gum Woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Riverine deposits of clay, silt, sand and gravel
LOCATION EXAMPLE ???
TREES >8M Casuarina cunninghamiana  River She-Oak
Eucalyptus bridgesiana  Apple Box
Eucalyptus camaldulensis  River Red Gum
Eucalyptus goniocalyx Long-leaved Box
Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia dealbata  Silver wattle
Acacia melanoxylon Black Wood
Callistemon sieberi  River bottlebrush
Leptospermum continentale  Prickly Tea-tree
Leptospermum obovatum River Tea Tree
GROUND COVERS Rytidosperma auriculatum Common Wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma setacea Bristly Wallaby Grass
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Lomandra multiflora Many-flowered Mat-rush
Lomandra spp. Mat-rush (Lomandra species)

 

LANDFORM Mid Slopes
VEGETATION TYPE Blakely’s Red Gum – Yellow Box grassy tall woodland & White Box grassy woodlands
GEOLOGY & SOILS Chromosols – fertile deep, loam or clay soils derived from a range of substrates including fine-grained sedimentary and metamorphic rocks but also volcanics and fine-grained granite.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Broken Dam Rd, Bundarbo St, Barwang Rd, Goorama Rd & Hartfield Rd
TREES >8M Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Eucalyptus albens White Box
Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box
Eucalyptus goniocalyx Long-leaved Box
Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box
Eucalyptus microcarpa Western Grey Box
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia buxifolia Box-leaf wattle
Acacia dealbata Silver wattle
Acacia doratoxylon Currawang
Acacia genistifolia Early wattle
Acacia implexa Hickory/Lightwood
Acacia lanigera Woolly wattle
Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood
Acacia paradoxa Kangaroo thorn
Acacia falciformis Mountain hickory
Acacia rubida Red-leaved Wattle
Acacia verniciflua Varnish wattle
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow leaf hop bush
GROUND COVERS Arthropodium minus Small Vanilla Lily
Rytidosperma auriculatum Lobed Wallaby Grass
Rytidosperma caespitosa White Top
Rytidosperma racemosa var. racemosa Wallaby Grass
Rytidosperma sp. Wallaby Grass
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine Lily
Dianella revoluta var. revoluta Spreading Flax Lily
Arthropodium fimbriatus Nodding Chocolate Lily
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Glycine tabacina Variable Glycine
Lomandra filiformis subsp. coriacea Wiry Mat-rush
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Vittadinia cuneata Fuzzy New Holland Daisy
Wahlenbergia sp. Bluebell

 

LANDFORM Upper Slopes
VEGETATION TYPE Dry Shrubby Box – Ironbark Forest
GEOLOGY & SOILS Shallow to moderately deep with a loamy to sandy texture, on granite, sandstone, or metasedimentary rocks
LOCATION EXAMPLE ???
TREES >8M Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping Sheoak
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris endlicheri Black cypress pine
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus goniocalyx Long-leaf Box
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
Eucalyptus polyanthemos Red Box
Eucalyptus sideroxylon Ironbark
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia buxifolia Box-leaf wattle
Acacia dealbata Silver wattle
Acacia doratoxylon Currawang
Acacia genistifolia Early wattle
Acacia implexa Hickory/Lightwood
Acacia lanigera Woolly wattle
Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood
Acacia paradoxa Kangaroo thorn
Acacia falciformis Mountain hickory
Acacia rubida Red-leaved Wattle
Acacia verniciflua Varnish wattle
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow leaf hop bush
GROUND COVERS Arthropodium minus Small Vanilla Lily
Rytidosperma auriculata Lobed Wallaby Grass
Rytidosperma caespitosa White Top
Rytidosperma racemosa var. racemosa Wallaby Grass
??? Rytidosperma sp. Wallaby Grass
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine Lily
Dianella revoluta var. revoluta Spreading Flax Lily
Arthropodium fimbriatus Nodding Chocolate Lily
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Glycine tabacina Variable Glycine
Lomandra filiformis subsp. coriacea Wiry Mat-rush
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Vittadinia cuneata Fuzzy New Holland Daisy
Wahlenbergia sp. Bluebell