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:

Hatfield (southern)

Rivers, Floodplains and Levees Creeklines and Secondary Floodplains Shallow Depressions
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 Redbank Weir.
TREES >8M Acacia stenophylla River Cooba
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia salicina Cooba
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Duma florulenta Lignum
GROUND COVERS Lachnogrostis filiformis Blown Grass
Alternanthera denticulata s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Amphibromus nervosus Veined Swamp Wallaby-grass
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Azolla filiculoides Red Azolla
Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis Swamp Daisy
Calostemma purpureum Wilcannia Lily
Cardamine paucijuga Annual Bitter cress
Carex appressa Tall Sedge
Carex tereticaulis Rush Sedge
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Damasonium minus Starfruit
Eclipta platyglossa Yellow Twin heads
Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-rush
Eleocharis pusilla Small Spike-rush
Eleocharis sphacelata Tall Spike-rush
Eragrostis australasica Canegrass
Glinus lotoides Hairy Carpet-weed
Juncus flavidus Yellow Rush
Lavatera plebeia Australian Hollyhock
Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis Water Primrose
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Mentha australis River Mint
Mimulus gracilis Slender Monkey flower
Myriophyllum crispatum Common Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum papillosum Water-milfoil
Nymphoides crenata Wavy Marshwort
Paspalidium jubiflorum Warrego Summer-grass
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa fordeana Sweet Swamp grass
 Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia
Ranunculus lappaceus Common Buttercup
Ranunculus pumilio Ferny Buttercup
Senecio cunninghamii Bushy Groundsel
Triglochin procerum spp. agg. Water-ribbons
Typha domingensis Cumbungi
Typha orientalis Cumbungi
Vallisneria australis. Eel-weed
Wahlenbergia fluminalis River Bluebell
Wahlenbergia gracilenta s.s. Annual Bluebell

 

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 Redbank Weir Road, Box Creek.
TREES >8M Acacia stenophylla River Cooba
Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia oswaldii Miljee
Acacia salicina Cooba
Acacia victoriae Prickly Wattle
Atriplex nummularia Old man Saltbush
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Melaleuca lanceolata Moonah
Duma florulenta Lignum
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Atriplex lindleyi Eastern Flat-top Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Maireana pyramidata Black Bluebush
Nitraria billardierei Dillon Bush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
GROUND COVERS Alternanthera denticulata s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Atriplex suberecta Lagoon Saltbush
Austrostipa nitida Balcarra Speargrass
Calandrinia eremaea Small Purslane
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Crassula colorata Dense Stonecrop
Dissocarpus paradoxus Cannon-ball
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Haloragis aspera Rough Raspwort
Mimulus gracilis Slender Monkey flower
 Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia
Stemodia florulenta Blue Rod
Tetragonia tetragonioides New Zealand Spinach
Vittadinia cervicularis Annual New Holland Daisy

 

LANDFORM Shallow Depressions
VEGETATION TYPE Lignum – Goosefoot / Canegrass Swamp.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Open scrub to tussock grassland in depressions and low lying areas subject to intermittent flooding.
Alluvial, heavy grey, cracking clays, sometimes slightly saline.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Tyson Lake, Box Creek.
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Duma florulenta Lignum
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Abutilon halophilum Plains Lantern bush
Atriplex lindleyi Eastern Flat-top Saltbush
Nitraria billardierei Dillon Bush
Sclerolaena muricata Five spined Bassia
Sclerolaena tricuspis Streaked Poverty-bush
GROUND COVERS Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Atriplex suberecta Lagoon Saltbush
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-rush
Eleocharis pallens Pale Spike-rush
Eragrostis australasica Canegrass
Juncus flavidus Yellow Rush
Juncus radula Hoary Rush
Lavatera plebeia Australian Hollyhock
Limosella australis Australian Mudwort
Lythrum hyssopifolia Hyssop Loosestrife
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Myriocephalus rhizocephalus Woolly-heads
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Rumex crystallinus Shiny Dock
Senecio cunninghamii Bushy Groundsel