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 (northern)

Rivers, Floodplains and Levees Creeklines and Secondary Floodplains Valleys and 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 Lachlan River.
TREES >8M Acacia stenophylla River Cooba
Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana River Oak
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box
Eucalyptus 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 s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Azolla filiculoides Red Azolla
Calostemma purpureum Wilcannia Lily
Carex appressa Tall Sedge
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Mentha australis River Mint
Myriophyllum papillosum Water-milfoil
Paspalidium jubiflorum Warrego Summer-grass
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa fordeana Sweet Swamp grass
 Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia
Teucrium racemosum Grey Germander
Triglochin procerum spp. agg. Water-ribbons
Vallisneria australis. Eel-weed

 

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 Lachlan Valley west of Lake Cargellico.
TREES >8M Acacia stenophylla River Cooba
Casuarina cristata Belah
Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry
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
Duma florulenta Lignum
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Maireana brevifolia Yanga Bush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
GROUND COVERS Aristida behriana Brush Wiregrass
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus Common Sunray

 

LANDFORM Valleys and Floodplains
VEGETATION TYPE Bimble Box Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Open Bimble Box woodland on floodplains and wide valleys with grassy understorey.
Alluvial, red loams.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Euabolong – Hillston Rd, approximately 7.1km west of the Kidman Way, Naradhan – Rankin Springs Rd.
TREES >8M Casuarina pauper Belah
Eremophila mitchellii Budda
Eucalyptus populnea subsp. bimbil Bimble Box
Geijera parviflora Wilga
Hakea tephrosperma Hooked Needlewood
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia salicina Cooba
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Atriplex pseudocampanulata Mealy Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Sclerolaena lanicuspis Woolly Copperburr
GROUND COVERS Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Xerochrysum bracteatum Golden Everlasting
Chrysocephalum semipapposum Clustered Everlasting
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Maireana humillima Dwarf Bluebush
Sida cunninghamii Ridge Sida