General Native Vegetation Profile:
Jingellic
Lower country | Hill country below approx. 500 m elevation | Hills above approx. 500 m elevation |
LANDFORM | Lower country | |
VEGETATION TYPE | River Red Gum woodland (Murray River) | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Mainly alluvium – sand, silt, gravel & clay. Light alluvial soils. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Jingellic village | |
TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
A. melanoxylon | Blackwood | |
Eucalyptus bridgesiana | Apple Box | |
E. camaldulensis | River Red Gum | |
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla | Hairy Bursaria |
+ Callistemon sieberi | River Bottlebrush | |
Melicytes dentatus | Tree Violet | |
+ major creeks & rivers |
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GROUND COVERS | + Carex spp. | Sedge |
+ Cyperus lucidus | Sedge | |
+ Juncus spp. | Rush | |
Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
+ Phragmites australis | Common Reed | |
Poa labillardieri | Tussock Grass | |
+ Typha spp. | Cumbungi | |
+ creeks/soaks |
LANDFORM | Hill country below approx. 500 m elevation | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Dry sclerophyll forest – Red Stringybark & Red Box | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Mainly quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Sandy yellow earths. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Around Carboona road intersection | |
TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
A. implexa | Hickory Wattle/Lightwood | |
A. melanoxylon | Blackwood | |
Brachychiton populneus | Kurrajong | |
* Eucalyptus blakelyi | Blakely’s Red Gum | |
* E. dealbata | Tumbledown Gum | |
E. goniocalyx | Long-leaf Box | |
E. macrorhyncha | Red Stringybark | |
E. polyanthemos | Red Box | |
* mainly south of Carboona road intersection, along creeks | ||
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Acacia rubida | Red-stemmed Wattle |
Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla | Hairy Bursaria | |
Calytrix tetragona | Common Fringe-myrtle | |
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata | Common Cassinia | |
C. longifolia | Shiny Cassinia | |
Daviesa latifolia | Hop Bitter-pea | |
D. leptophylla | Slender Bitter-pea | |
Kunzea ericoides | Burgan | |
K. parvifolia | Violet Kunzea | |
GROUND COVERS | + Adiantum aethiopicum | Common Maidenhair |
* Astroloma humifusum | Native Cranberry | |
Arthropodium spp. | Vanilla Lily | |
Austrostipa spp. | Spear Grass | |
+ Blechnum spp. | Water Fern | |
Bothriochloa macra | Red-leg Grass | |
Brunonia australis | Blue Pincushion | |
Bulbine bulbosa | Bulbine Lily | |
Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
Dianella revoluta | Spreading Flax-lily | |
Glycine clandestina | Twining Glycine | |
Hardenbergia violace | Purple Coral Pea/Sarsaparilla | |
Hibbertia obtusifolia | Grey Guinea-flower | |
Hovea heterophylla | Common Hovea | |
Joycea pallida | Red-anther Wallaby Grass | |
Lomandra spp. | Mat-rush | |
* Melichrus urceolatus | Urn Heath | |
Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
Pimelea linifolia | Slender Rice-flower | |
Poa spp. | Tussock Grass | |
Rubus parvifolius | Native Raspberry | |
Spyridium parvifolium | Dusty Miller | |
Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
+ mainly creeks * mainly quartzite (not granite) |
LANDFORM | Hills above approx. 500 m elevation | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Dry sclerophyll forest | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Mainly granite, gneissic granite & gneiss. Sandy granite soils. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Black Ridge | |
TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
A. melanoxylon | Blackwood | |
Eucalyptus bicostata | Eurabbie | |
+ E. camphora | Mountian Swamp Gum | |
E. goniocalyx | Long-leaf Box | |
E. macrorhyncha | Red Stringybark | |
E. mannifera | Brittle Gum | |
E. pauciflora | White Sallee/Snow Gum | |
*E. polyanthemos | Red Box | |
E. robertsonii | Robertson’s Peppermint | |
E. viminalis | Manna Gum | |
*mainly north aspect + soaks/poorly drained sites |
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SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Acacia rubida | Red-stemmed Wattle |
Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla | Hairy Bursaria | |
Calytrix tetragona | Common Fringe-myrtle | |
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata | Common Cassinia | |
C. longifolia | Shiny Cassinia | |
Daviesa latifolia | Hop Bitter-pea | |
D. leptophylla | Slender Bitter-pea | |
Kunzea ericoides | Burgan | |
K. parvifolia | Violet Kunzea | |
GROUND COVERS | + Adiantum aethiopicum | Common Maidenhair |
* Astroloma humifusum | Native Cranberry | |
Arthropodium spp. | Vanilla Lily | |
Austrostipa spp. | Spear Grass | |
+ Blechnum spp. | Water Fern | |
Bothriochloa macra | Red-leg Grass | |
Brunonia australis | Blue Pincushion | |
Bulbine bulbosa | Bulbine Lily | |
Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
Dianella revoluta | Spreading Flax-lily | |
Glycine clandestina | Twining Glycine | |
Hardenbergia violace | Purple Coral Pea/Sarsaparilla | |
Hibbertia obtusifolia | Grey Guinea-flower | |
Hovea heterophylla | Common Hovea | |
Joycea pallida | Red-anther Wallaby Grass | |
Lomandra spp. | Mat-rush | |
* Melichrus urceolatus | Urn Heath | |
Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
Pimelea linifolia | Slender Rice-flower | |
Poa spp. | Tussock Grass | |
Rubus parvifolius | Native Raspberry | |
Spyridium parvifolium | Dusty Miller | |
Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
+ mainly creeks * mainly quartzite (not granite) |