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:

Brookong

Plains Low rises Higher rocky outcrop
LANDFORM Plains
VEGETATION TYPE Grey box woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Unconsolidated riverine deposits of clay, sand, silt & gravel. Grey & brown clays & red-brown earths.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Urana Road
TREES >8M Acacia pendula Boree / Myall
Allocasuarina luehmanni Bulloak
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
+ Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey box
+ creeklines
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia decora Western Silver Wattle
A. hakeoides Hakea Wattle
A. montana Mallee Wattle
A. oswaldii Miljee
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop-bush
Eremophila longifolia Long-leaf Emu-bush
Sclerolaena muricata var. semiglabra Black Roly-poly
Senna artemisioides Silver Cassia
GROUND COVERS Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Austrostipa spp. Spear Grass
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
+ Juncus spp. Rush
Maireana microphylla Eastern Cottonbush
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass

 + damp areas

 

LANDFORM Low rises
VEGETATION TYPE Grey box woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Residual & colluvial deposits derived from underlying meta-sediments. Grey and brown clays & red-brown earths.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Brookong State Forest & Lockhart
TREES >8M Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle
Acacia pendula Myall / Boree
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
Hakea tephrosperma Hooked Needlewood
Pittosporum angustifolium Butterbush
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle
A. brachybotrya Grey Wattle
A. deanei subsp. paucijuga Deane’s Wattle
A. decora Western Silver Wattle
A. difformis Drooping Wattle
A. hakeoides Hakea Wattle
A. montana Hakea Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common Cassinia
C. sifton Dolly Bush
C. longifolia Shiny Cassinia
Daviesia latifolia Hop Bitter-pea
D. ulicifolia Gorse Bitter-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop-bush
Eutaxia microphylla Mallee Bush-pea
Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla Silver Cassia
GROUND COVERS Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Austrostipa spp. Spear Grass
Calotis spp. Burr-daisy
Cheilanthes sieberi Rock Fern
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Chrysocephalum apiculatum Yellow Buttons
Convolvulus erubescens Pink Bindweed
Rytidosperma eriantha Hill Wallaby Grass
Dillwynia sericea Showy Parrot-pea
Einadia nutans Climbing Saltbush
Glycine tabacina Variable Glycine
Lomandra spp. Mat-rush
Maireana microphylla Eastern Cottonbush
Pimelea curviflora Curved Rice-flower
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Wahlenbergia spp. Bluebell

 

LANDFORM Higher rocky outcrop
VEGETATION TYPE Blakely’s Red Gum / Yellow & Grey box woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Conglomerate, sandstone, quartzite, reddish shale & siltstone.
Red & yellow podzolic (duplex) & lithosols (earthy loams).
LOCATION EXAMPLE Galore Hill
TREES >8M Acacia doratoxylon Currawang
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
A. verticillata Drooping Sheoak
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
C. glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry
Geijera parvifolia Wilga
Pittosporum angustifolium Butterbush
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia deanei subsp. paucijuga Deane’s Wattle
A. decora Western Silver Wattle
A. montana Mallee Wattle
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-myrtle
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop-bush
Philotheca myoporoides Long-leaf Wax-flower
Grevillea floribunda Seven Dwarfs Grevillea
Hakea leucoptera Silver Needlewood
Indigofera adesmiifolia Tick / Leafless Indigo
Indigofera australis Austral Indigo
Pultenaea foliolosa Bush-pea
P. largiflorens Twiggy Bush-pea
Santalum acuminatum Quandong
Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla Silver Cassia
GROUND COVERS Austrostipa scabra Rough Spear Grass
Xerochrysum viscosum Sticky Everlasting
Carex inversa Knob Sedge
Chielanthes spp. Rock Fern
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
D. revoluta Spreading Flax-lily
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Glycine canescens  Twining Glycine
Glycine clandestina Silky Glycine
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Lomandra spp. Mat-rush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Parsonia eucalyptophylla Gargaloo
Poa sieberiana Fine-leaf Tussock Grass
Stypandra glauca Nodding Blue-lily