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:

East Mirrool Creek

River, Creeklines and Low country Saline Discharge Sites Riparian/Periodically water-logged
LANDFORM River, Creeklines and Low country
VEGETATION TYPE Dry Heathland Low Open Woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Quartzite, shale, slate, phyllite, Red brown and red earths, crest soils shallow with broken shale and siltstone
LOCATION EXAMPLE Big Bush and Pucawan
TREES >8M Allocasuarina diminuta subsp. diminuta Broombush Sheoak
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus blakelyi  Blakely’s Red Gum
E. dealbata Tumbledown Gum
E. goniocalyx Long leafed Box
E. macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
E. microcarpa Western Grey Box
E. polybractea Blue Mallee
E. rossi Inland Scribbly Gum
E. sideroxlyn Mugga Ironbark
E. viridis  Green Mallee
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle
A. baileyana Cootamundra Wattle
A. hakeoides Western Black Wattle
A. implexa Hickory Wattle
A. lineata Streaked Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
Cassinia sifton Sifton Bush
C. uncata Sticky Cassinia
Dodonaea heteromorpha Hop Bush
D. viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hopbush
Hibbertia linearis Guinea flower
Osothamnus obcordatus Grey Everlasting
Pultenaea largiflorens Twiggy Bush Pea
GROUND COVERS Austrostipa scabra Rough Speargrass
Xerochrysum bracteatum Golden Everlasting
Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine Lily
Cheilanthes sieberi Rock Fern
Dianella revoluta var. revoluta Blue Flax lily
Goodenia hederacea Ivy Goodenia
Lepidosperma laterale Variable Sword Sedge
Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat-rush
Poa sieberiana Snowgrass
Rytidosperma eriantha Hill Wallaby Grass
R. setacea Small flowered Wallaby Grass
Stypandra glauca Nodding Blue Lily
Xerochrysum viscosum Sticky Everlasting

 

LANDFORM Saline Discharge Sites
VEGETATION TYPE Mugga Ironbark, Western Grey Box Woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Sandstones,shale, siltstome, slate and conglomerate
LOCATION EXAMPLE Ingalbah
TREES >8M Allocasuarina diminuta subsp. diminuta Broombush Sheoak
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
C. glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Casuarina cristata Belah
Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum
E. dwyeri Dwyer’s Mallee Gum
E. rossii Inland Scribbly Gum
Melaleuca erubescens Pink Honey Myrtle
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold Dust Wattle
A. baileyana  Cootamundra Wattle
A. brachybotrya Grey Mulga
A. deanei subsp. paucijuga Green Wattle
A. implexa Hickory Wattle
A. lineata Streaked Wattle
A. paradoxa  Kangaroo Thorn
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Brachyloma daphnoides Daphne Heath
Calytrix tetragona Fringe Myrtle
Cassinia laevis Cough Bush
C. sifton Sifton Bush
C. uncata Sticky Cassinia
Daviesia mimosoides subsp. mimosoides Leafy Bitter Pea
Dillwynia sericea Showy Parrot Pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop Bush
Hibbertia riparia Erect Guinea Flower
Indigofera australis Hill Indigo
Leucopogon attenuatus Beard Heath
Lissanthe strigosa Peach Heath
Olearia lepidophylla Club-Moss Daisy Bush
Ozothamnus obcordatus Grey Everlasting
Platysace lanceolata Lance-leaf Platysace
Pultenaea largiflorens Twiggy Bush Pea
Santalum acuminatum  Seet Quandong
GROUND COVERS Aristida behriana  Brush Wiregrass
Astroloma humifusum Native Cranberry
Austrostipa densiflora Foxtail Speargrass
A. scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Xerochrysum bracteatum Golden Everlasting
Bulbine bulbinosa Bulbine Lily
Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting
C. semipapposum Clustered Everlasting
Gonocarpus elatus Hill Raspwort
Goodenia hederaceae Ivy Goodenia
Poa sieberiana Snowgrass
Rytidosperma caespitosa  White-top
R. eriantha Wallaby Grass

 

LANDFORM Riparian/Periodically water-logged
VEGETATION TYPE Currawang, Dwyer’s Mallee Gum Low Woodland icluding Mallee
GEOLOGY & SOILS Red earth soils on lower slopes, run-on areas and flats on peneplain and plain landforms
LOCATION EXAMPLE Buddigower Nature Reserve
TREES >8M Brachychiton populneus subsp. bimbil Kurrajong
Callitris endlicherii Black Cypress Pine
Allocasuarina luehmanni Bulloak
Eucalyptus behriana Bull Mallee
E. dealbata Tumbledown Gum
E. dumosa White Mallee
E. dwyeri Dwyers Mallee Gum
E. leptophylla  Narrow leaf Mallee
E. microcarpa Grey Box
E. oleosa Red Mallee
E. polybractea Blue Mallee
E. sideroxlyn Ironbark
E. socialis Red Mallee
E. viridis Green Mallee
E. melliodora Yellow Box
Santalum acuminatum  Quandong
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia aspera Rough Wattle
A. bailyeana Cootamundra Wattle
A. brachybotrya Grey Mulga
A. buxifolia Box leaf Wattle
A. cardiophylla Wyalong Wattle
A. deanei Dean’s Wattle
A. difformis Drooping Wattle
A. doratoxlyn Currawang
A. hakeoides Hakea Wattle
A. homalophylla Yarran
A. lineata Streaked Wattle
A. montana Mallee Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. rigens Nealie
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria / Native Boxthorn
Cassinia laevis Coughbush
Chenopodium desertorium  Desert Goosefoot
Dampiera lanceolata Grooved Dampiera
Daviesia ulicifolia Gorse Bitter Pea
Dillwynia sericea Egg and bacon Pea
Dodonaea boronifolia Fern leaf Hopbush
D. viscosa subsp. cuneata Cut leaf Hopbush
D. viscosa subsp. spathulata Sticky Hop Bush
Eremophila deserti Turkey Bush
Hakea leucoptera Silver Needle Woood
Hakea tephrosperma Hooked Needlewood
Indigofera australis Australian Indigo
Maireana microphylla Small-leaf Bluebush
Melaleuca erubescens  Pink Honey myrtle
M. lanceolata Moonah
M. uncinata Broombush
Myoporum montanum Waterbush
Olearia floribunda Heath Daisybush
Olearia ramulosa  Twiggy Daisy Bush
Ozothamnus obcordatum Grey Everlasting
Pittosporum phyllirioide Butterbush
Prostanthera nivea Snowy Mint Bush
Pultanaea largiflorens Gorse Bitter Pea
Santalum lanceolatum Quandong
Senna artemisoides Silver Cassia
S. artemisoides subsp. zygophylla Punty Bush
Westringia eremicola Slender Westringia
GROUND COVERS Aristida behriana Bunch wiregrass
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Austrostipa densiflora Foxtail Speargrass
A. elegantissima Feather Speargrass
A. scabr subsp. scabra Spear Grass
A. scabra Rough Speargrass
A. scabra subsp. falcata Slender Speargrass
Brachyscome multifida Cut leaf Daisy
Carex inversa Knob Sedge
Centipedia cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting
C. semipapposum Clustered Everlasting
Dianella porracea Spreading Flax Lily
D. revoluta Blue FLax Lily
Einadia nutans Climbing Saltbush
Eleocharis plana  Ribbed Spike Rush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Isolepis congrua Slender Club-sedge
Juncus filicaulis Thread Rush
J. aridicola Tussock Rush
J. capitatus Capitate Rush
J. remotiflorus Diffuse Rush
J. usitatus Common Rush
Leptodisperma laterale Variable Sword Sedge
Lomandra filiformis subsp. filiformis Wattle Mat-rush
L. multiflora subsp. multiflora Many flowered Mat rush
Maireana microphylla Small leaf Bluebush
Poa siberiana  Snowgrass
Rytodisperma caespitosum Wallaby Grass
R. erianthum Hill Wallaby Grass
R. setaceum Small flowered Wallaby Grass
Xerochrysum viscosum Sticky Everlasting