Carabost

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:

High hills

Lower rolling hills

Shaley ridge

LANDFORM	High hills
VEGETATION TYPE	Dry sclerophyll forest – mixed species
GEOLOGY & SOILS	Quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist
LOCATION EXAMPLE	SW of catchment: Carabost State Forest
TREES >8M	+ Acacia dealbata	Silver Wattle
	+ A. melanoxylon	Blackwood
	Eucalyptus blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
	E. bicostata	Eurabbie
	+ E. camphora	Mountain Swamp Gum
	E. dives	Broad-leaved Peppermint
	E. dealbata	Tumbledown Gum
	+ E. bridgesiana	Apple Box
	E. goniocalyx	Long-leaf Box
	E. macrorhyncha	Red Stringybark
	E. pauciflora	White Sallee/Snow Gum
	E. robertsonii	Robertson’s Peppermint
	E. rubida	Candlebark
	+ for revegetating drainage lines
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m	Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla	Hairy Bursaria
	Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata	Common Cassinia
	C. sifton	Dolly Bush
	Daviesia latifolia	Hop Bitter-pea
	D. leptophylla	Slender Bitter-pea
	Grevillea polybractea	Crimson Grevillea
	Kunzea ericoides	Burgan
	K. parvifolia	Violet Kunzea
	+ Leptospermum continentale	Prickly Tea-tree
	+ soaks/poorly drained sites
GROUND COVERS	Billardiera scandens	Common Apple-berry
	+ Carex spp.	Sedge
	Hardenbergia violacea	Purple Coral Pea/ Sarsaparilla
	+ Juncus spp.	Rush
	Microlaena stipoides	Weeping Grass
	Poa spp.	Tussock Grass
	Rubus parvifolius	Native Bramble
	Themeda triandra	Kangaroo Grass
	+ Soaks/drainage lines/poorly drained sites

LANDFORM	Lower rolling hills
VEGETATION TYPE	Yellow Box & Blakely’s Red Gum dry forest
GEOLOGY & SOILS	Quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist.
LOCATION EXAMPLE	???
TREES >8M	+ Acacia dealbata	Silver Wattle
	+ A. melanoxylon	Blackwood
	Eucalyptus blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
	+ E. bridgesiana	Apple Box
	E. goniocalyx	Long-leaf Box
	+ E. camphora	Mountain Swamp Gum
	E. macrorhyncha	Red Stringybark
	E. polyanthemos	Red Box
	+ for revegetating drainage lines
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m	Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla	Hairy Bursaria
	Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata	Common Cassinia
	C. sifton	Dolly Bush
	Daviesia latifolia	Hop Bitter-pea
	D. leptophylla	Slender Bitter-pea
	Grevillea polybractea	Crimson Grevillea
	Kunzea ericoides	Burgan
	K. parvifolia	Violet Kunzea
	+ Leptospermum continentale	Prickly Tea-tree
	+ soaks/poorly drained sites
GROUND COVERS	Billardiera scandens	Common Apple-berry
	+ Carex spp.	Sedge
	Hardenbergia violacea	Purple Coral Pea/ Sarsaparilla
	+ Juncus spp.	Rush
	Microlaena stipoides	Weeping Grass
	Poa spp.	Tussock Grass
	Rubus parvifolius	Native Bramble
	Themeda triandra	Kangaroo Grass
	+ Soaks/drainage lines/poorly drained sites

LANDFORM	Shaley ridge
VEGETATION TYPE	Red Stringybark/Scribbly Gum or Snap Gum forest
GEOLOGY & SOILS	Quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist.
LOCATION EXAMPLE	Eastern edge of catchment
TREES >8M	+ Acacia dealbata*	Silver Wattle
	A. implexa	Hickory Wattle/Lightwood
	Eucalyptus blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
	E. dealbata	Tumbledown Gum
	E. goniocalyx	Long-leaf Box
	E. macrorhyncha	Red Stringybark
	E. polyanthemos	Red Box
	E. rossii	Scribbly Gum/Snap Gum
	Exocarpos cupressiformis	Native Cherry/Cherry Ballart
	+ for revegetating drainage lines * particularly on lower easterly aspects
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m	Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla	Hairy Bursaria
	Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata	Common Cassinia
	C. sifton	Dolly Bush
	Daviesia latifolia	Hop Bitter-pea
	D. leptophylla	Slender Bitter-pea
	Grevillea polybractea	Crimson Grevillea
	Kunzea ericoides	Burgan
	K. parvifolia	Violet Kunzea
	+ Leptospermum continentale	Prickly Tea-tree
	+ soaks/poorly drained sites
GROUND COVERS	Billardiera scandens	Common Apple-berry
	+ Carex spp.	Sedge
	Hardenbergia violacea	Purple Coral Pea/ Sarsaparilla
	+ Juncus spp.	Rush
	Microlaena stipoides	Weeping Grass
	Poa spp.	Tussock Grass
	Rubus parvifolius	Native Bramble
	Themeda triandra	Kangaroo Grass
	+ Soaks/drainage lines/poorly drained sites