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:

Cocoparra

Plains Lower Slopes and Hills Rocky Outcrops
LANDFORM Plains
VEGETATION TYPE Grey Box Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Open grassy woodland with Grey Box and Buloke.
Alluvial, variety of soils – clays, loams, sands and silts.
LOCATION EXAMPLE No intact examples known.
TREES >8M Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Brachychiton populneus subsp. trilobus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box
Eucalyptus microcarpa Grey Box
Hakea tephrosperma Hooked Needlewood
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia brachybotrya Grey Wattle
Acacia hakeoides Western Black Wattle
Acacia oswaldii Miljee
Acacia pendula Boree
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Native Blackthorn
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
Myoporum montanum Western Boobialla
Pittosporum angustifolium Butterbush
Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia Fine leaf Desert Cassia
Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla Narrow leaf Desert Cassia
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Chenopodium desertorum Desert Goosefoot
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge leaf Hopbush
Maireana microphylla Eastern Cottonbush
GROUND COVERS Alternanthera denticulata s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa blackii Crested Speargrass
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Calostemma purpureum Wilcannia Lily
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Anthrosachne scaber Common Wheatgrass
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Maireana humillima Dwarf Bluebush
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida
Sida fibulifera Pin Sida

 

LANDFORM Lower Slopes and Hills
VEGETATION TYPE Box – Callitris Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Woodland to open forest on low hills and slopes with Bimble Box and other eucalypts and a predominantly herbaceous understorey.
Alluvial: loamy red earths.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Erigolia Rd, Lake Cargellico Rd 6 km north of Rankin Springs.
TREES >8M Acacia homalophylla Yarran
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Brachychiton populneus subsp. trilobus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eremophila mitchellii Budda
Eucalyptus dwyeri Dwyers Mallee Gum
Eucalyptus intertexta Red Box
Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box
Eucalyptus microcarpa Grey Box
Eucalyptus populnea subsp. bimbil Bimble Box
Geijera parviflora Wilga
Hakea tephrosperma Hooked Needlewood
Myoporum platycarpum Sugarwood
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia calamifolia Wallowa
Acacia deanei subsp. paucijuga Green Wattle
Acacia decora Western Golden Wattle
Acacia hakeoides Western Black Wattle
Acacia oswaldii Miljee
Acacia pendula Boree
Acacia salicina Cooba
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens Rosewood
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Native Blackthorn
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. spatulata Spoon leaf Hopbush
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
Leptospermum divaricatum Hill Tea-tree
Pittosporum angustifolium Butterbush
Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla Narrow leaf Desert Cassia
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge leaf Hopbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Eutaxia microphylla s.s. Mallee Bush-pea
Maireana microphylla Eastern Cottonbush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Olearia pimeleoides Showy Daisy-bush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Senna artemisioides nothosubsp. artemisioides Silver Cassia
GROUND COVERS Aristida behriana Brush Wiregrass
Arthropodium milleflorum Pale Vanilla-lily
Asperula cunninghamii Twining Woodruff
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Xerochrysum bracteatum Golden Everlasting
Xerochrysum viscosum Sticky Everlasting
Bulbine bulbosa Native Leek
Calotis cuneifolia Purple Burr-daisy
Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi Mulga Fern
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Chrysocephalum apiculatum s.s. Yellow Buttons
Chrysocephalum semipapposum Clustered Everlasting
Convolvulus erubescens Australian Bindweed
Cymbonotus preissianus Australian Bears ears
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Dichondra repens Kidneyweed
Einadia hastata Saloop
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Anthrosachne scaber Common Wheatgrass
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Eragrostis elongata Clustered Lovegrass
Jasminum didymum subsp. lineare Native Jasmine
Lomandra leucocephala Woolly-head Mat-rush
Lomandra multiflora Many-flowered Mat-rush
Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood sorrel
Parsonia eucalyptophylla Gargaloo
Poa sieberiana var. sieberiana Fine leaf Tussock Grass
Poranthera microphylla Small Poranthera
Pterostylis mutica Midget Greenhood
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida
Sida cunninghamii Ridge Sida
Thyridolepis mitchelliana Mulga Grass

 

LANDFORM Rocky Outcrops
VEGETATION TYPE Rocky Outcrop Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Low open woodland with exposed rock and sparse groundcover.
Sandstone – conglomerate, sands and loams with a gravelly surface.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Summit of Mt Bingar in Cocoparra National Park, Sims Gap, Lachlan Range and McPhersons Range.
TREES >8M Acacia doratoxylon Currawang
Acacia homalophylla Yarran
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping She-oak
Brachychiton populneus subsp. populneus Kurrajong
Brachychiton populneus subsp. trilobus Kurrajong
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Casuarina pauper Belah
Eucalyptus dwyeri Dwyers Mallee Gum
Eucalyptus intertexta Red Box
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
Eucalyptus populnea subsp. bimbil Bimble Box
Eucalyptus sideroxylon s.s. Mugga Ironbark
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia calamifolia Wallowa
Acacia deanei subsp. paucijuga Green Wattle
Acacia decora Western Golden Wattle
Acacia melvillei Myall
Acacia montana Mallee Wattle
Acacia oswaldii Miljee
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens Rosewood
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-myrtle
Dodonaea lobulata Lobed-leaf Hopbush
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow leaf Hopbush
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. spatulata Spoon leaf Hopbush
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
Exocarpos sparteus Slender Cherry
Hakea leucoptera Needlewood
Leptospermum divaricatum Hill Tea-tree
Melaleuca erubescens Pink Honey-myrtle
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Acacia paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
Cassinia laevis Cough-bush
Correa glabra Rock Correa
Goodenia ovata Hop Goodenia
Grevillea floribunda Rusty Spider-flower
Hibbertia incana Guinea flower
Hibbertia obtusifolia Hoary Guinea-flower
Indigofera australis Hill Indigo
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Phyllanthus hirtellus Thyme Spurge
Platysace heterophylla Slender Platysace
GROUND COVERS Aristida behriana Brush Wiregrass
Arthropodium minus Small Vanilla-lily
Astroloma humifusum Native Cranberry
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Xerochrysum bracteatum Golden Everlasting
Xerochrysum viscosum Sticky Everlasting
Bulbine semibarbata Leek Lily
Cassytha melantha Mallee Strangle vine
Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia Rock Fern
Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi Mulga Fern
Chrysocephalum apiculatum s.s. Yellow Buttons
Chrysocephalum semipapposum Clustered Everlasting
Convolvulus erubescens Australian Bindweed
Daucus glochidiatus Australian Carrot
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Dianella revoluta s.s. Spreading Flax-lily
Arthropodium strictus Chocolate-lily
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Gonocarpus elatus Hill Raspwort
Hybanthus monopetalus Slender Violet
Lomandra patens Irongrass
Pandorea pandorana Inland Wonga Vine
Pleurosorus rutifolius Blanket Fern
Stypandra glauca Nodding Blue-lily
Thyridolepis mitchelliana Mulga Grass
Thysanotus patersonii Twining Fringe lily