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

Level to Depressed Plains Undulating Plains, Low Rises and Levees Sandplains and Low Rises
LANDFORM Level to Depressed Plains
VEGETATION TYPE Bladder Saltbush Chenopod Shrubland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Low shrubland to low open shrubland dominated by Bladder Saltbush and other chenopods.
Alluvial, grey, self-mulching and cracking clays to red duplex soils with grey and brown clays, sometimes saline.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Oxley exclusion plot, Freshwater Rd, 16km north of Oxley (dieback affected).
TREES >8M Acacia homalophylla Yarran
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Atriplex nummularia Old man Saltbush
Eremophila sturtii Turpentine
LOW SHRUBS <2m

Atriplex lindleyi Eastern Flat-top Saltbush
Atriplex stipitata Bitter Saltbush
Atriplex vesicaria Bladder Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Frankenia connata Clustered Sea-heath
Maireana decalvans Black Cottonbush
Maireana pyramidata Black Bluebush
Maireana turbinata Satiny Bluebush
Malacocera tricornis Soft-horns
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Sclerolaena tricuspis Streaked Poverty-bush
Tecticornia tenuis Slender Glasswort
GROUND COVERS Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Calocephalus sonderi Pale Beauty-heads
Calotis cuneifolia Purple Burr-daisy
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Convolvulus erubescens Australian Bindweed
Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum Round-leaf Pigface
Dissocarpus paradoxus Cannon-ball
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Eragrostis australasica Canegrass
Hyalosperma glutinosum Golden Sunray
Leiocarpa tomentosa Woolly Plover daisy
Minuria cunninghamii Bush Minuria
Myriocephalus rhizocephalus Woolly-heads
Plantago drummondii Dark Sago weed
Podolepis muelleri Small Copper wire Daisy
Pycnosorus chrysanthes Golden Billy-buttons
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
Sclerolaena brachyptera Short-winged Copperburr
Senecio glossanthus Slender Groundsel
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus Common Sunray
Velleia paradoxa Spur Velleia

 

LANDFORM Undulating Plains, Low Rises and Levees
VEGETATION TYPE Black / Pearl Bluebush Chenopod Shrubland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Low shrubland to low open shrubland dominated by Pearl Bluebush and/or Black Bluebush.
Aeolian, deep calcareous sands and loams, red-brown duplex sandy soils with clay subsoil.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Freshwater Rd north of Oxley, Clare – Oxley Rd.
TREES >8M Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Hakea tephrosperma Hooked Needlewood
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia melvillei Myall
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens Rosewood
Atriplex nummularia Old man Saltbush
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Atriplex lindleyi subsp. conduplicata Baldoo
Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited Saltbush
Atriplex lindleyi Eastern Flat-top Saltbush
Atriplex pseudocampanulata Mealy Saltbush
Atriplex vesicaria Bladder Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Maireana appressa Grey Bluebush
Maireana decalvans Black Cottonbush
Maireana pyramidata Black Bluebush
Maireana sedifolia Pearl Bluebush
Malacocera tricornis Soft-horns
Nitraria billardierei Dillon Bush
Osteocarpum acropterum var. deminutum Water Weed
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Sclerolaena divaricata Pale Poverty-bush
Sclerolaena intricata Tangled Poverty-bush
Sclerolaena muricata Five spined Bassia
Sclerolaena tricuspis Streaked Poverty-bush
Tecticornia tenuis Slender Glasswort
GROUND COVERS Lachnogrostis filiformis Blown Grass
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa nitida Balcarra Speargrass
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Calandrinia eremaea Small Purslane
Calocephalus sonderi Pale Beauty-heads
Dysphania pumilio Small Crumbweed
Crassula colorata Dense Stonecrop
Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum Round-leaf Pigface
Dissocarpus biflorus var. biflorus Twin-horned Copperburr
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Eragrostis dielsii Mulka
Homopholis proluta Rigid Panic
Lepidium monoplocoides Winged Peppercress
Minuria cunninghamii Bush Minuria
Panicum decompositum Native Millet
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
Sclerolaena brachyptera Short-winged Copperburr
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida
Solanum esuriale Quena

 

LANDFORM Sandplains and Low Rises
VEGETATION TYPE Belah – Rosewood Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Low woodland to low open woodland dominated by Belah and Rosewood, with and open shrubby understorey on sandplains and lunettes.
Alluvial or aeolian, red or brown calcareous loams or loamy sands.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Clare – Oxley Rd, Balranald – Ivanhoe Rd south of Hatfield.
TREES >8M Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Casuarina pauper Belah
Geijera parviflora Wilga
Myoporum platycarpum Sugarwood
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia colletioides Spine Bush
Acacia melvillei Myall
Acacia oswaldii Miljee
Acacia rigens Needle Wattle
Acacia victoriae Prickly Wattle
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens Rosewood
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow leaf Hopbush
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
Eremophila sturtii Turpentine
Exocarpos aphyllus Leafless Cherry
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
Santalum acuminatum Quandong
Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia Fine leaf Desert Cassia
Senna artemisioides subsp. petiolaris Phyllodinous Desert Cassia
Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla Narrow leaf Desert Cassia
Templetonia egena Desert Broombush
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Atriplex lindleyi subsp. conduplicata Baldoo
Atriplex eardleyae Small Saltbush
Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited Saltbush
Atriplex lindleyi Eastern Flat-top Saltbush
Atriplex vesicaria Bladder Saltbush
Chenopodium curvispicatum Cottony Saltbush
Chenopodium desertorum Desert Goosefoot
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Eremophila glabra Tar Bush
Lycium australe Australian Boxthorn
Maireana appressa Grey Bluebush
Maireana brevifolia Yanga Bush
Maireana decalvans Black Cottonbush
Maireana pentatropis Erect Mallee Bluebush
Maireana pyramidata Black Bluebush
Maireana radiata Grey Bluebush
Maireana triptera Three winged Bluebush
Maireana turbinata Satiny Bluebush
Nitraria billardierei Dillon Bush
Olearia magniflora Splendid Daisy-bush
Olearia muelleri Mueller Daisy-bush
Olearia pimeleoides Showy Daisy-bush
Osteocarpum acropterum var. deminutum Water Weed
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Scleroblitum atriplicinum Purple Goosefoot
Sclerolaena diacantha Grey Copperburr
Sclerolaena divaricata Pale Poverty-bush
Sclerolaena obliquicuspis Limestone Copperburr
Sclerolaena tricuspis Streaked Poverty-bush
Zygophyllum eremaeum Climbing Twinleaf
GROUND COVERS Actinobole uliginosum Flannel Cudweed
Lachnogrostis filiformis Blown Grass
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa elegantissima Feather Speargrass
Austrostipa nitida Balcarra Speargrass
Austrostipa nodosa Knotty Speargrass
Brachyscome lineariloba Hard head Daisy
Xerochrysum bracteatum Golden Everlasting
Calandrinia eremaea Small Purslane
Calocephalus sonderi Pale Beauty-heads
Calotis hispidula Bogan Flea
Convolvulus erubescens Australian Bindweed
Dissocarpus paradoxus Cannon-ball
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Geococcus pusillus Earth Cress
Goodenia pinnatifida Scrambled Eggs
Goodenia pusilliflora Small-flowered Goodenia
Lavatera plebeia Australian Hollyhock
Leucochrysum molle Hoary Sunray
Maireana ciliata Hairy Fissure weed
Maireana sclerolaenoides Woolly fruit Copperburr
Minuria cunninghamii Bush Minuria
Omphalolappula concava Burr Stickseed
Ptilotus spathulatus Pussy tails
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
Rhodanthe floribunda Common White Sunray
Rhodanthe polygalifolia Brilliant Sunray
Rhodanthe stuartiana Clay Sunray
Sclerolaena brachyptera Short-winged Copperburr
Senecio glossanthus Slender Groundsel
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida
Tetragonia tetragonioides New Zealand Spinach
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus Common Sunray
Vittadinia condyloides Club hair New Holland Daisy
Zygophyllum ammophilum Sand Twinleaf
Roepera apiculata Gall Weed
Roepera aurantiaca subsp aurantiaca Shrubby Twinleaf
Zygophyllum iodocarpum Violet Twinleaf