General Native Vegetation Profile:
Four Mile
| Flats | Lower slopes | Hills |
| LANDFORM | Flats | |
| VEGETATION TYPE | Red Gum & Yellow Box woodland | |
| GEOLOGY & SOILS |
Alluvium – sand, silt, gravel & clay. Sandy alluvials. |
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| LOCATION EXAMPLE | Lower reaches of Four Mile Creek | |
| TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
| Eucalyptus blakelyi | Blakely’s Red Gum | |
| E. bridgesiana | Apple Box | |
| E. camaldulensis | River Red Gum | |
| E. melliodora | Yellow Box | |
| SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Acacia paradoxa | Kangaroo Thorn |
| # A. rubida | Red-stemmed Wattle | |
| # Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa | Sweet Bursaria | |
| # * Kunzea ericoides | Burgan | |
| + Leptospermum continentale | Prickly Tea-tree | |
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+ soaks/poorly drained sites # not noted in area but suggested for re-planting * particularly creekbanks |
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| GROUND COVERS | + Carex spp. | Sedge |
| Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
| + Juncus spp. | Rush | |
| Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
| + Phragmites australis | Common Reed | |
| Poa spp. | Tussock Grass | |
| Austrostipa spp. | Spear Grass | |
| Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
| + Typha spp. | Cumbungi | |
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+ creeks/soaks/drainage lines |
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| LANDFORM | Lower slopes | |
| VEGETATION TYPE | Yellow Box woodland | |
| GEOLOGY & SOILS |
Quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Red & yellow earths. |
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| LOCATION EXAMPLE | ‘Yammacoona’ vicinity | |
| TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
| A. implexa | Hickory Wattle/Lightwood | |
| Brachychiton populneus | Kurrajong | |
| Eucalyptus albens | White Box | |
| E. blakelyi | Blakely’s Red Gum | |
| E. bridgesiana | Apple Box | |
| E. goniocalyx | Long-leaf Box | |
| E. macrorhyncha | Red Stringybark | |
| E. melliodora | Yellow Box | |
| E. polyanthemos | Red Box | |
| SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | # Acacia lanigera | Woolly Wattle |
| A. paradoxa | Kangaroo Thorn | |
| # A. rubida | Red-stemmed Wattle | |
| Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa | Sweet Bursaria | |
| Grevillea floribunda | Seven Dwarfs Grevillea | |
| # Kunzea ericoides | Burgan | |
| + Leptospermum continentale | Prickly Tea-tree (soaks) | |
| # Pultenaea foliolosa | Bush-pea | |
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# not noted in area but suggested for re-planting |
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| GROUND COVERS | Austrostipa spp. | Spear grass |
| Bothriochloa macra | Red-leg Grass | |
| + Carex spp. | Sedge | |
| Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
| Dianella revoluta | Spreading Flax-lily | |
| + Juncus spp. | Rush | |
| Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
| + Phragmites australis | Common Reed | |
| Poa spp. | Tussock Grass | |
| Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
| + Typha spp. | Cumbungi | |
| Xanthorrhoea spp. |
Grass Tree | |
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+ creeks/soaks/drainage lines |
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| LANDFORM | Hills | |
| VEGETATION TYPE | Dry sclerophyll forest – Red Box & Red Stringybark | |
| GEOLOGY & SOILS |
Quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Red & yellow earths. |
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| LOCATION EXAMPLE | ‘Manoora’ vicinity | |
| TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
| A. implexa | Hickory Wattle/Lightwood | |
| Allocasuarina verticillata | Drooping Sheoak | |
| Brachychiton populneus | Kurrajong | |
| Callitris glaucophylla | White Cypress Pine | |
| Eucalyptus albens | White Box | |
| E. blakelyi | Blakely’s Red Gum | |
| *+ E. dives | Broad-leaved Peppermint | |
| E. goniocalyx | Long-leaf Box | |
| # E. macrorhyncha | Red Stringybark | |
| * E. mannifera | Brittle Gum | |
| E. melliodora | Yellow Box | |
| E. nortonii | Silver Bundy | |
| # E. polyanthemos | Red Box | |
| E. rossii | Scribbly Gum/Snap | |
| Exocarpos cupressiformis |
Native Cherry | |
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* upper reaches + mainly S & SE aspects # mainly N & NW aspect |
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| SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Acacia decora | Western Golden Wattle |
| A. gunnii | Ploughshare Wattle | |
| A. lanigera | Woolly Wattle | |
| A. paradoxa | Kangaroo Thorn | |
| Calytrix tetragona | Common Fringe-myrtle | |
| Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata | Common Cassinia Indigo | |
| C. longifolia | Shiny Cassinia | |
| Daviesia latifolia | Hop Bitter-pea Kunzea | |
| D. leptophylla | Slender Bitter-pea | |
| Dillwyina phylicoides spp. complex | Parrot-pea | |
| Grevillea polybractea | Crimson Grevillea | |
| Melicytes dentatus | Tree Violet | |
| Indigofera australis | Austral | |
| Kunzea parvifolia | Violet | |
| Pultenaea foliolosa | Bush-pea | |
| GROUND COVERS | Bothriochloa macra | Red-leg Grass |
| Brachyloma daphnoides | Daphne Heath | |
| Heath Bracteantha spp. | Everlasting Daisy | |
| Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
| Dianella revoluta | Spreading Flax-lily | |
| Glycine clandestina | Twining Glycine | |
| Hardenbergia violacea | Purple Coral Pea | |
| Hibbertia obtusifolia | Grey Guinea-flower | |
| H. sericea | Silky Guinea-flower | |
| Joycea pallida | Red-anther Wallaby Grass | |
| Lissanthe strigosa | Peach Heath | |
| Lomandra spp. | Mat-rush | |
| Melichrus urceolatus | Urn Heath | |
| Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
| Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
| Stypandra glauca | Nodding Blue-lily | |