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:

Merriwagga

Sandplains and Low Rises Sandplains and Minor Dunefields Sandplains, Swales and Dune Crests
LANDFORM Sandplains and Low Rises
VEGETATION TYPE Belah – Rosewood Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Low woodland to low open woodland dominated by Belah and Rosewood, with and open shrubby understorey on sandplains and lunettes.
Alluvial or aeolian, red or brown calcareous loams or loamy sands.
LOCATION EXAMPLE McKinley Rd, Gunbar, Kidman Way between Merriwagga and Goolgowi.
TREES >8M Acacia homalophylla Yarran
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Casuarina pauper Belah
Geijera parviflora Wilga
Hakea tephrosperma Hooked Needlewood
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia oswaldii Miljee
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens Rosewood
Apophyllum anomalum Warrior Bush
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
Myoporum montanum Western Boobialla
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
Santalum acuminatum Quandong
Senna artemisioides nothosubsp. coriacea Broad leaf Desert Cassia
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Atriplex stipitata Bitter Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Maireana pyramidata Black Bluebush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
GROUND COVERS Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Xerochrysum bracteatum Golden Everlasting
Chrysocephalum apiculatum Yellow Buttons
Chrysocephalum semipapposum Clustered Everlasting
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Dissocarpus paradoxus Cannon-ball
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
Swainsona formosa Sturts Desert Pea
Roepera glauca Pale Twinleaf

 

LANDFORM Sandplains and Minor Dunefields
VEGETATION TYPE Callitris Mixed Woodland (Sandplains and minor dunefields).
GEOLOGY & SOILS Woodlands to tall woodland dominated by White Cypress Pine with emergent eucalypts and Belah on sandplains and minor dunefields.
Alluvial, red loams.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Kidman Way roadside south of the Lachlan River, Hillston – Merriwagga Rd, Monia Gap Rd approx. 8 km east of Hillston.
TREES >8M Brachychiton populneus subsp. trilobus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Casuarina cristata Belah
C. pauper Black Oak
Eucalyptus intertexta Red Box
E. populnea subsp. bimbil Bimble Box
Geijera parviflora Wilga
Hakea tephrosperma Hooked Needlewood
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia calamifolia Wallowa
A. deanei subsp. paucijuga Green Wattle
A. hakeoides Western Black Wattle
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens Rosewood
Apophyllum anomalum Warrior Bush
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow leaf Hopbush
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla Narrow leaf Desert Cassia
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Sclerolaena patenticuspis Spear fruit Copperburr
GROUND COVERS Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Xerochrysum bracteatum Golden Everlasting
X. viscosum Sticky Everlasting
Chrysocephalum semipapposum Clustered Everlasting
Anthrosachne scaber Common Wheatgrass
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
R. polygalifolia Brilliant Sunray

 

LANDFORM Sandplains, Swales and Dune Crests
VEGETATION TYPE Mallee Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Tall shrubland to low woodland dominated by multi-stemmed mallee eucalypts.
Aeolian, sandy red loams.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Pulletop Nature Reserve, western end of Andersons Rd, Loughnan Nature Reserve south of Hillston.
TREES >8M Brachychiton populneus subsp. trilobus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus intertexta Red Box
Geijera parviflora Wilga
Hakea tephrosperma Hooked Needlewood
Myoporum platycarpum Sugarwood
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia brachybotrya Grey Wattle
A. buxifolia Box-leaf Wattle
A. colletioides Spine Bush
A. deanei subsp. paucijuga Green Wattle
A. hakeoides Western Black Wattle
A. montana Mallee Wattle
A. oswaldii Miljee
A. rigens Needle Wattle
Beyeria lechenaultii Felted Wallaby-bush
Bossiaea walkeri Cactus Pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow leaf Hopbush
Eucalyptus dumosa Congoo Mallee
E. socialis Pointed Mallee
E. viridis Green Mallee
Melaleuca uncinata Broombush
Myoporum montanum Western Boobialla
Pimelea microcephala Shrubby Rice-flower
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
Prostanthera nivea Snowy Mintbush
Santalum acuminatum Quandong
Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia Fine leaf Desert Cassia
S. a. subsp. petiolaris Phyllodinous Desert Cassia
S. a. subsp. zygophylla Narrow leaf Desert Cassia
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Acacia lineata Streaked Wattle
Chenopodium desertorum Desert Goosefoot
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge leaf Hopbush
Eremophila glabra Tar Bush
Olearia pimeleoides Showy Daisy-bush
Sclerolaena diacantha Grey Copperburr
GROUND COVERS Ajuga australis Australian Bugle
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa elegantissima Feather Speargrass
A. scabra subsp. scabra Rough Speargrass
Billardiera scandens Common Apple-berry
Cassytha melantha Mallee Strangle vine
Chrysocephalum apiculatum Yellow Buttons
Clematis microphylla Small-leaved Clematis
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
D. revoluta Spreading Flax-lily
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Goodenia willisiana Sandhill Goodenia
Halgania cyanea Mallee Blue flower
Hyalosperma semisterile Orange Sunray
Jasminum didymum subsp. lineare Native Jasmine
Minuria leptophylla Minnie Daisy
Parsonsia eucalyptophylla Gargaloo
Ptilotus erubescens Hairy tails
P. spathulatus Pussy tails
Scaevola humilis Sandplain Fan flower
Solanum coactiliferum Felted Nightshade
Stackhousia monogyna Creamy Candles
Triodia scariosa Porcupine Grass
Vittadinia pterochaeta Rough Fuzzweed
Waitzia acuminata Orange Immortelle