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:

Lowbidgee

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
Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana River Oak
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box
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
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
Carex inversa Knob Sedge
Carex tereticaulis Rush Sedge
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Chamaesyce drummondii Flat Spurge
Cotula australis Common Cotula
Crinum flaccidum Darling Lily
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-rush
Glinus lotoides Hairy Carpet-weed
Juncus aridicola Tussock Rush
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Myriophyllum papillosum Water-milfoil
Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood sorrel
Paspalidium jubiflorum Warrego Summer-grass
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa fordeana Sweet Swamp grass
 Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia
Sida trichopoda High Sida
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.
LOCATION EXAMPLE McFarlands State Forest, Quandong State Forest, Goonawarra Nature Reserve, Yanga Nature Reserve.
TREES >8M Acacia stenophylla River Cooba
Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia salicina Cooba
Acacia victoriae Prickly Wattle
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Melaleuca lanceolata Moonah
Duma florulenta Lignum
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Maireana pyramidata Black Bluebush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
GROUND COVERS Alternanthera denticulata s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Calandrinia eremaea Small Purslane
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Crassula colorata Dense Stonecrop
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Haloragis aspera Rough Raspwort
Mimulus gracilis Slender Monkey flower
 Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia
Solanum esuriale Quena
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 Murrumbidgee River floodplain, Maude Rd south of Maude, Warwaegae Rd, Cobb Highway at One Tree.
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