General Native Vegetation Profile:
Hillston
| 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. |
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| LOCATION EXAMPLE | Lachlan River at end of Cemetery Track, 7km east of Booligal, Moon Moon State Forest. | |
| TREES >8M | Acacia stenophylla | River Cooba |
| Eucalyptus camaldulensis | River Red Gum | |
| Eucalyptus largiflorens | Black Box | |
| SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Acacia oswaldii | Miljee |
| Acacia pendula | Boree | |
| Acacia salicina | Cooba | |
| Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens | Rosewood | |
| Atriplex nummularia | Old man Saltbush | |
| Chenopodium nitrariaceum | Nitre Goosefoot | |
| Eremophila longifolia | Emubush | |
| Exocarpos sparteus | Slender Cherry | |
| Duma florulenta | Lignum | |
| Pittosporum phylliraeoides | Butterbush | |
| LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Saltbush |
| Rhagodia spinescens | Thorny Saltbush | |
| GROUND COVERS | Lachnogrostis filiformis | Blown Grass |
| Alternanthera denticulata s.s. | Lesser Joyweed | |
| Amphibromus nervosus | Veined Swamp Wallaby-grass | |
| Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush | |
| Rytidosperma caespitosa | White top | |
| Rytidosperma duttoniana | Brown back Wallaby Grass | |
| Azolla filiculoides | Red Azolla | |
| Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis | Swamp Daisy | |
| Calostemma purpureum | Wilcannia Lily | |
| Carex appressa | Tall Sedge | |
| Centipeda cunninghamii | Common Sneezeweed | |
| Crinum flaccidum | Darling Lily | |
| Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
| Marsilea drummondii | Common Nardoo | |
| Mentha australis | River Mint | |
| Myriophyllum papillosum | Water-milfoil | |
| Paspalidium jubiflorum | Warrego Summer-grass | |
| Phragmites australis | Common Reed | |
| Poa fordeana | Sweet Swamp grass | |
| Lobelia concolor | Poison Pratia | |
| Solanum esuriale | Quena | |
| Teucrium racemosum | Grey Germander | |
| Triglochin procerum spp. agg. | Water-ribbons | |
| Vallisneria australis. | Eel-weed | |
| 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. |
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| LOCATION EXAMPLE | Willandra Creek in Willandra National Park, Box Creek crossing on Merungle Rd. | |
| TREES >8M | Acacia stenophylla | River Cooba |
| Eucalyptus largiflorens | Black Box | |
| SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Chenopodium nitrariaceum | Nitre Goosefoot |
| Duma florulenta | Lignum | |
| Pittosporum phylliraeoides | Butterbush | |
| Templetonia egena | Desert Broombush | |
| LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Atriplex eardleyae | Small Saltbush |
| Atriplex leptocarpa | Slender-fruited Saltbush | |
| Chenopodium desertorum | Desert Goosefoot | |
| Rhagodia spinescens | Thorny Saltbush | |
| Scleroblitum atriplicinum | Purple Goosefoot | |
| Sclerolaena intricata | Tangled Poverty-bush | |
| GROUND COVERS | Lachnogrostis filiformis | Blown Grass |
| Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush | |
| Calotis scapigera | Tufted Burr-daisy | |
| Convolvulus erubescens | Australian Bindweed | |
| Einadia nutans subsp. nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
| Eragrostis australasica | Canegrass | |
| Eragrostis parviflora | Weeping Lovegrass | |
| Erodium crinitum | Blue Crowfoot | |
| Haloragis aspera | Rough Raspwort | |
| Haloragis heterophylla | Variable Raspwort | |
| Lavatera plebeia | Australian Hollyhock | |
| Limosella australis | Australian Mudwort | |
| Mentha australis | River Mint | |
| Mimulus prostratus | Small Monkey flower | |
| Paspalidium jubiflorum | Warrego Summer-grass | |
| Poa fordeana | Sweet Swamp grass | |
| Ranunculus pumilio | Ferny Buttercup | |
| Senecio glossanthus | Slender Groundsel | |
| Senecio gregorii | Fleshy Groundsel | |
| 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. |
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| LOCATION EXAMPLE | Cobb Highway at Moolbong Creek crossing, Mossgiel Trunk Rd at Umbrella Creek and Once-A-While Creek crossings. | |
| SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m | Atriplex nummularia | Old man Saltbush |
| Chenopodium nitrariaceum | Nitre Goosefoot | |
| Duma florulenta | Lignum | |
| LOW SHRUBS <2m |
Abutilon halophilum | Plains Lantern bush |
| Atriplex lindleyi | Eastern Flat-top Saltbush | |
| Sclerolaena muricata | Five spined Bassia | |
| Sclerolaena tricuspis | Streaked Poverty-bush | |
| GROUND COVERS | Lachnogrostis filiformis | Blown Grass |
| Amaranthus macrocarpus | Dwarf Amaranth | |
| Atriplex semibaccata | Creeping Saltbush | |
| Atriplex suberecta | Lagoon Saltbush | |
| Rytidosperma caespitosa | White top | |
| Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata | Rough Speargrass | |
| Eleocharis acuta | Common Spike-rush | |
| Eleocharis pallens | Pale Spike-rush | |
| Eleocharis plana | Ribbed Spike-rush | |
| Eragrostis australasica | Canegrass | |
| Juncus flavidus | Yellow Rush | |
| Lavatera plebeia | Australian Hollyhock | |
| Limosella australis | Australian Mudwort | |
| Lythrum hyssopifolia | Hyssop Loosestrife | |
| Marsilea drummondii | Common Nardoo | |
| Rumex crystallinus | Shiny Dock | |
| Senecio cunninghamii | Bushy Groundsel | |
| Typha domingensis | Cumbungi | |
| Typha orientalis | Cumbungi | |