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 |