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 | |
+ 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 | |
+ creeks/soaks/drainage lines |
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 | |
# 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 | |
+ creeks/soaks/drainage lines |
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 | |
* 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 |