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 (southern)

Level to Depressed Plains Plains Gilgai Plains
LANDFORM Level to Depressed Plains
VEGETATION TYPE Boree Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Low woodland to low open woodland dominated by Boree with a mainly herbaceous understorey.
Alluvial, grey and brown clays, or sometimes on red-brown earths.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Gum Creek.
TREES >8M Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box
Eucalyptus populnea subsp. bimbil Bimble 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
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
Pittosporum angustifolium Butterbush
Senna artemisioides subsp. circinnata Spring pod Cassia
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited Saltbush
Atriplex vesicaria Bladder Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Lycium australe Australian Boxthorn
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
GROUND COVERS Aristida behriana Brush Wiregrass
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Chamaesyce drummondii Flat Spurge
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Chrysocephalum semipapposum Clustered Everlasting
Convolvulus erubescens Australian Bindweed
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Homopholis proluta Rigid Panic
Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium Peppercress
Maireana excavata Bottle Fissure weed
Maireana pentagona Slender Fissure-weed
Ptilotus erubescens Hairy tails
Ptilotus exaltatus var. exaltatus Showy Foxtail
Thysanotus baueri Mallee Fringe lily
Vittadinia cuneata Fuzzweed

 

LANDFORM Plains
VEGETATION TYPE Native Grassland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Treeless grassland on plains with seasonally variable composition of herbs, grasses and low shrubs.
Alluvial, mainly red-brown clays and grey-brown cracking clays.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Carrathool Rd, 23.5 km south of Tabbita Lane.
TREES >8M ??? ???
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia pendula Boree
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Duma florulenta Lignum
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited Saltbush
Maireana aphylla Cottonbush
Maireana decalvans Black Cottonbush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Sclerolaena muricata Five spined Bassia
Sclerolaena stelligera Star Copperburr
GROUND COVERS Actinobole uliginosum Flannel Cudweed
Alternanthera denticulata s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Arthropodium minus Small Vanilla-lily
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Rytidosperma eriantha Hill Wallaby Grass
Austrostipa aristiglumis Plains Grass
Austrostipa nodosa Knotty Speargrass
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Brachyscome muelleroides Mueller Daisy
Bulbine bulbosa Native Leek
Calocephalus sonderi Pale Beauty-heads
Calotis scabiosifolia Rough Burr-daisy
Chamaesyce drummondii Flat Spurge
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Chrysocephalum apiculatum s.s. Yellow Buttons
Convolvulus erubescens Australian Bindweed
Cotula australis Common Cotula
Daucus glochidiatus Australian Carrot
Arthropodium fimbriatum Nodding Chocolate-lily
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Goodenia fascicularis Silky Goodenia
Goodenia pusilliflora Small-flowered Goodenia
Homopholis proluta Rigid Panic
Hyalosperma glutinosum Golden Sunray
Leiocarpa leptolepis Stalked Plover-daisy
Leptorhynchos panaetioides Woolly Buttons
Maireana enchylaenoides Wingless Fissure-weed
Maireana excavata Bottle Fissure weed
Maireana pentagona Slender Fissure-weed
Myriocephalus rhizocephalus Woolly-heads
Ptilotus exaltatus var. exaltatus Showy Foxtail
Ptilotus macrocephalus Square headed Foxtail
Pycnosorus globosus Drumsticks
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida
Sida fibulifera Pin Sida
Solanum esuriale Quena
Sporobolus caroli Fairy Grass
Swainsona murrayana Slender Darling Pea
Swainsona plagiotropis Red Darling Pea
Swainsona procumbens Broughton Pea
Swainsona swainsonioides Downy Darling Pea
Teucrium racemosum Grey Germander
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus Common Sunray
Wahlenbergia luteola Yellowish Bluebell

 

LANDFORM Gilgai Plains
VEGETATION TYPE Gilgai Wetland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Treeless grassland on seasonally wet plains with mainly herbaceous understorey.
Alluvial, heavy grey, cracking clays.
LOCATION EXAMPLE No example known, see Coleambally sub-region.
TREES >8M ??? ???
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia pendula Boree
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 ??? ???
GROUND COVERS Lachnogrostis filiformis Blown Grass
Alternanthera denticulata s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Rytidosperma duttoniana Brown back Wallaby Grass
Austrostipa aristiglumis Plains Grass
Bulbine semibarbata Leek Lily
Calostemma purpureum Wilcannia Lily
Calotis scabiosifolia Rough Burr-daisy
Centrolepis glabra Smooth Centrolepis
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Convolvulus erubescens Australian Bindweed
Crassula decumbens var. decumbens Spreading Crassula
Eclipta platyglossa Yellow Twin heads
Eleocharis pallens Pale Spike-rush
Eragrostis australasica Canegrass
Eryngium paludosum Eryngo
Goodenia pusilliflora Small-flowered Goodenia
Homopholis proluta Rigid Panic
Isoetopsis graminifolia Grass Cushion
Isolepis hookeriana Grassy Club sedge
Isolepis victoriensis Victorian Club sedge
Juncus radula Hoary Rush
Lepidium monoplocoides Winged Peppercress
Leptorhynchos orientale (ex L. scaber) Annual Buttons
Maireana pentagona Slender Fissure-weed
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Myosurus minimus var. australis Mouse tail
Myriocephalus rhizocephalus Woolly-heads
Myriophyllum crispatum Common Water-milfoil
Ptilotus exaltatus var. exaltatus Showy Foxtail
Pycnosorus globosus Drumsticks
Ranunculus pentandrus var. platycarpus Smooth Buttercup
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
Rumex tenax Dock
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida
Stylidium despectum Dwarf Triggerplant
Swainsona procumbens Broughton Pea
Teucrium racemosum Grey Germander
Utricularia dichotoma Purple Bladderwort
Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica Early Nancy