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:

Carrathool

Rivers, Floodplains and Levees Shallow Depressions Creeklines and Secondary Floodplains
LANDFORM Rivers, Floodplains and Levees
VEGETATION TYPE Riverine Forest.
GEOLOGY & SOILS River Red Gum forest or woodland with understorey of herbs, sedges and grasses; includes weir pools and billabongs.
Alluvial, heavy grey, brown or red clay soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Benerembah State Forest, Cuba State Forest.
TREES >8M Acacia stenophylla River Cooba
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Casuarina cristata Belah
C. cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana River Oak
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
E. largiflorens Black Box
E. melliodora Yellow Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia oswaldii Miljee
Acacia pendula Boree
Acacia salicina Cooba
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens Rosewood
Atriplex nummularia Old man Saltbush
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Exocarpos sparteus Slender Cherry
Duma florulenta Lignum
Pittosporum angustifolium Butterbush
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
GROUND COVERS Lachnogrostis filiformis Blown Grass
Alternanthera denticulata Lesser Joyweed
Amphibromus nervosus Veined Swamp Wallaby-grass
Arthropodium minus Small Vanilla-lily
Asperula conferta Common Woodruff
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Azolla filiculoides Red Azolla
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis Swamp Daisy
Bulbine bulbosa Native Leek
Calostemma purpureum Wilcannia Lily
Calotis scapigera Tufted Burr-daisy
Carex appressa Tall Sedge
Carex tereticaulis Rush Sedge
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Chamaesyce drummondii Flat Spurge
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Dichondra repens Kidneyweed
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Anthrosachne scaber Common Wheatgrass
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Goodenia glauca Pale Goodenia
Haloragis glauca Grey Raspwort
Lipocarpha microcephala Button Rush
Lomandra effusa Scented Mat-rush
Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Mentha australis River Mint
Microlaena stipoides Meadow Rice-grass
Myriophyllum papillosum Water-milfoil
Paspalidium jubiflorum Warrego Summer-grass
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa fordeana Sweet Swamp grass
Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia
Pycnosorus globosus Drumsticks
P. pleiocephalus Soft Billy buttons
Ranunculus lappaceus Common Buttercup
R. pumilio Ferny Buttercup
Teucrium racemosum Grey Germander
Tricoryne elatior Yellow Rush-lily
Triglochin procerum spp. agg. Water-ribbons
Vallisneria australis Eel-weed
Viola betonicifolia Showy Violet
Wahlenbergia fluminalis River Bluebell

 

LANDFORM Shallow Depressions
VEGETATION TYPE Lignum – Goosefoot / Canegrass Swamp.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Open scrub to tussock grassland in depressions and low lying areas subject to intermittent flooding.
Alluvial, heavy grey, cracking clays, sometimes slightly saline.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Wetlands south of Lake Urana.
TREES >8M Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Atriplex nummularia Old man Saltbush
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Duma florulenta Lignum
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa Native Liquorice
Maireana decalvans Black Cottonbush
M. microphylla Eastern Cottonbush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Sclerolaena muricata Five spined Bassia
GROUND COVERS Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
A. suberecta Lagoon Saltbush
Boerhavia dominii Tar Vine
Calocephalus sonderi Pale Beauty-heads
Chamaesyce drummondii Flat Spurge
Dysphania melanocarpa Black Crumbweed
Cressa australis Rosinweed
Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum Round-leaf Pigface
Dissocarpus biflorus var. biflorus Twin-horned Copperburr
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-rush
E. pallens Pale Spike-rush
E. plana Ribbed Spike-rush
Eragrostis australasica Canegrass
Geranium solanderi Australian Cranesbill
Juncus aridicola Tussock Rush
J. flavidus Yellow Rush
J. radula Hoary Rush
Limosella australis Australian Mudwort
Maireana ciliata Hairy Fissure weed
M. enchylaenoides Wingless Fissure-weed
M. drummondii Common Nardoo
Pycnosorus globosus Drumsticks
Sclerolaena brachyptera Short-winged Copperburr
Senecio cunninghamii Bushy Groundsel
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida
S. fibulifera Pin Sida
Solanum esuriale Quena
Vittadinia cuneata Fuzzweed

 

LANDFORM Creeklines and Secondary Floodplains
VEGETATION TYPE Black Box Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Black Box woodland with often sparse understorey of grasses or shrubs.
Alluvial, heavy brown or grey clays, self-mulching or compact.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Westons Travelling Stock Reserve, Amsbury Common, Whitton Common.
TREES >8M Acacia stenophylla River Cooba
Casuarina cristata Belah
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
E. largiflorens Black Box
E. melliodora Yellow Box
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry
Geijera parviflora Wilga
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia oswaldii Miljee
A. pendula Boree
A. salicina Cooba
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens Rosewood
Atriplex nummularia Old man Saltbush
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Duma florulenta Lignum
Pittosporum angustifolium Butterbush
Senna artemisioides subsp. circinnata Spring pod Cassia
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Maireana brevifolia Yanga Bush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Sclerolaena muricata Five spined Bassia
GROUND COVERS Alternanthera denticulata Lesser Joyweed
Amphibromus nervosus Veined Swamp Wallaby-grass
Aristida behriana Brush Wiregrass
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Boerhavia dominii Tar Vine
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Bulbine bulbosa Native Leek
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Convolvulus erubescens Australian Bindweed
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood sorrel
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
Sporobolus caroli Fairy Grass
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus Common Sunray