General Native Vegetation Profile:
Lower Tooma - Greg Greg
| River and low country | Low hills and mid slopes | Upper slopes & high hills |
| LANDFORM | River and low country | |
| VEGETATION TYPE | River Red Gum woodland | |
| GEOLOGY & SOILS | Alluvium – sand, silt, gravel & clay Light alluvial soils | |
| LOCATION EXAMPLE | Murray River and lower Tooma River | |
| TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
| A. melanoxylon | Blackwood | |
| Eucalyptus bridgesiana | Apple Box | |
| E. camaldulensis | River Red Gum | |
| SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Callistemon sieberi | River Bottlebrush |
| Melicytes dentatus | Tree Violet | |
| Kunzea ericoides | Burgan | |
| Leptospermum brevipes | Slender Tea-tree | |
| L. grandifolium | Mountain Tea-tree | |
| L. obovatum | River Tea-tree | |
| Pomaderris aspera | Hazel Pomaderris | |
| GROUND COVERS | Carex spp. | Sedge |
| Juncus spp. | Rush | |
| Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
| Phragmites australis | Common Reed | |
| Poa labillardieri | Tussock Grass | |
| Typha spp. | Cumbungi | |
| LANDFORM | Low hills and mid slopes | |
| VEGETATION TYPE | Blakely’s Red Gum woodland (N-NW aspects), Box woodland & Stringybark/Broad-leaved Peppermint forest (S-SE aspect). | |
| GEOLOGY & SOILS | Granite & gneissic granite. Sandy granite soils. | |
| LOCATION EXAMPLE | Warbrook | |
| TREES >8M | * Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
| A. implexa | Hickory Wattle/Lightwood | |
| * A. melanoxylon | Blackwood | |
| Bracychiton populneus | Kurrajong | |
| + Eucalyptus blakelyi | Blakely’s Red Gum | |
| E. bridgesiana | Apple Box | |
| E. dives | Broad-leaved Peppermint | |
| E. goniocalyx | Long-leaf Box | |
| E. macrorhyncha | Red Stringybark | |
| E. nortonii | Silver Bundy | |
| Exocarpos cupressiformis | Native Cherry | |
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* Key species for creekline revegetation in hill country + Mainly N-NW aspects |
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| SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Acacia rubida | Red-stemmed Wattle |
| * Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla | Hairy Bursaria | |
| Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata | Common Cassinia | |
| C. longifolia | Shiny Cassinia | |
| Correa reflexa var. reflexa | Common Correa | |
| Daviesia latifolia | Hop Bitter-pea | |
| Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima | Narrow-leaf Hop-bush | |
| * Melicytes dentatus | Tree Violet | |
| Kunzea parvifolia | Violet Kunzea | |
| +Leptospermum continentale | Prickly Tea-tree | |
| *L. grandifolium | Mountain Tea-tree | |
| Persoonia rigida | Hairy Geebung | |
| Platylobium formosum | Handsome Flat-pea | |
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Key species for creekline revegetation in hill country + Poorly drained sites/soaks |
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| GROUND COVERS | Bothriochloa macra | Red-leg Grass |
| * Carex spp. | Sedge | |
| Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
| Dianella porracea | Smooth Flax-lily | |
| Glycine clandestina | Twining Glycine | |
| Hardenbergia violacea | Purple Coral Pea | |
| Joycea pallida | Red-anther Wallaby Grass | |
| * Juncus spp. | Rush | |
| Lomandra spp. | Mat-rush | |
| Melichrus urceolatus | Urn Heath | |
| * Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
| Poa spp. | Tussock Grass | |
| Rubus parvifolius | Native Raspberry | |
| Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
| Xanthorrhoea spp. | Grass Tree | |
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* Key species for creeklines in hill country |
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| LANDFORM | Upper slopes and high hills | |
| VEGETATION TYPE | Dry sclerophyll forest | |
| GEOLOGY & SOILS | Granite & gneissic granite. Sandy granite soils. | |
| LOCATION EXAMPLE | Welumba Hill | |
| TREES >8M | * Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
| * A. melanoxylon | Blackwood | |
| Brachychiton populneus | Kurrajong | |
| Callitris endlicheri | Black Cypress Pine | |
| * E. bicostata | Eurabbie | |
| * E. bridgesiana | Apple Box | |
| # E. dives | Broad-leaved Peppermint | |
| E. goniocalyx | Long-leaf Box | |
| E. macrorhyncha | Red Stringybark | |
| E. nortonii | Silver Bundy | |
| # E. pauciflora | White Sallee/Snow Gum | |
| E. radiata/E. robertsonii | -Narrow-leaf/ Robertson’s Peppermint | |
| Exocarpos cupressiformis | Native Cherry | |
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* key speices for creekline revegetation in hill country # Mainly S-SE aspects |
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| SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Acacia rubida | Red-stemmed Wattle |
| * Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla | Hairy Bursaria | |
| Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata | Common Cassinia | |
| C. longifolia | Shiny Cassinia | |
| Correa reflexa var. reflexa | Common Correa | |
| Daviesia latifolia | Hop Bitter-pea | |
| Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima | Narrow-leaf Hop-bush | |
| * Melicytes dentatus | Tree Violet | |
| Kunzea parvifolia | Violet Kunzea | |
| +Leptospermum continentale | Prickly Tea-tree | |
| *L. grandifolium | Mountain Tea-tree | |
| Persoonia rigida | Hairy Geebung | |
| Platylobium formosum | Handsome Flat-pea | |
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Key species for creekline revegetation in hill country + Poorly drained sites/soaks |
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| GROUND COVERS | Bothriochloa macra | Red-leg Grass |
| * Carex spp. | Sedge | |
| Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
| Dianella porracea | Smooth Flax-lily | |
| Glycine clandestina | Twining Glycine | |
| Hardenbergia violacea | Purple Coral Pea | |
| Joycea pallida | Red-anther Wallaby Grass | |
| * Juncus spp. | Rush | |
| Lomandra spp. | Mat-rush | |
| Melichrus urceolatus | Urn Heath | |
| * Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
| Poa spp. | Tussock Grass | |
| Rubus parvifolius | Native Raspberry | |
| Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
| Xanthorrhoea spp. | Grass Tree | |
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* Key species for creeklines in hill country |
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