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:

Mountain Tunnel

Low country Low hills Hill country approx. > 500 m elevation
LANDFORM Low country
VEGETATION TYPE Yellow Box woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Mainly alluvium – sand, silt, gravel & clay. Sandy yellow earths.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Woomargama village vicinity
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. bridgesiana Apple Box
E. camaldulensis River Red Gum
E. mannifera Brittle Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. rubida Candlebark
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m # Acacia paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. rubida Red-stemmed Wattle
# Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
+ Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree

# not noted in area but suggested for replanting

+ soaks/poorly drained sites
GROUND COVERS Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
+ Carex spp. Sedge
+ Cyperus lucidus Sedge
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
+ Juncus spp. Rush
Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
+ Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa spp. Tussock Grass
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
+ Typha spp. Cumbungi

+ creeklines/ soaks/poorly drained sites

 

LANDFORM Low hills
VEGETATION TYPE Dry sclerophyll forest: Long-leaf Box/Silver Bundy & Red Stringybark; & Blakely’s Red Gum & Red Stringybark
GEOLOGY & SOILS Granite, gneissic granite & gneiss; & quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Sandy yellow earths.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Woomargama State Forest (lower reaches)
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
A. implexa Hickory Wattle/Lightwood
Allocasuarina verticillate Drooping Sheoak
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. goniocalyx Long-leaf Box
E. macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
E. mannifera Brittle Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. nortonii Silver Bundy
E. polyanthemos Red Box
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia deanei subsp. deanei Deane’s Wattle
A. deanei subsp. paucijuga Green Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. rubida Red-stemmed Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-myrtle
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common Cassinia
C. longifolia Shiny Cassinia
Daviesia latifolia Hop Bitter-pea
D. leptophylla Slender Bitter-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow-leaf Hop-bush
D. viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop-bush
Kunzea ericoides Burgan
+ Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree
Persoonia rigida Hairy Geebung
Platylobium formosum Handsome Flat-pea
Pultenaea cunninghamii Grey Bush-pea
P. foliolosa Bush-pea
P. procumbens Heathy Bush-pea

+ soaks/poorly drained sites
GROUND COVERS + Adiantum aethiopicum Common Maidenhair
Astroloma humifusum Native Cranberry
Austrostipa spp. Spear Grass
+ Blechnum nudum Water Fern
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Brachyloma daphnoides Daphne Heath
Bracteantha spp. Everlasting Daisy
Brunonia australis Blue Pincushion
Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine Lily
Chrysocephalum apiculatum Yellow Buttons
Clematis aristate Old Man’s Beard
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Arthropodium strictus Chocolate Lily
Dillwynia sericea Showy Parrot-pea
Glycine clandestine Twining Glycine
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Hibbertia obtusifolia Grey Guinea-flower
Joycea pallida Red-anther Wallaby Grass
Leucopogon virgatus Common Beard-heath
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Pimelea spp. Rice-flower
Poa sieberiana Tussock Grass
Stypandra glauca Nodding Blue-lily
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Xanthorrhoea spp. Grass-tree

+ mainly creeklines

 

LANDFORM Hill country approx. > 500 m elevation
VEGETATION TYPE Moist open forest
GEOLOGY & SOILS

Mainly quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Shallow red & yellow loams.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Woomargama State Forest (upper reaches)
TREES >8M

Acacia dealbata

Silver Wattle

A. implexa

Hickory Wattle/Lightwood

A. melanoxylon

Blackwood

Brachychiton populneus

Kurrajong

Callitris endlicheri

Black Cypress Pine

Eucalyptus bicostata

Eurabbie

+ E. camphora

Mountain Swamp Gum

E. dives

Broad-leaved Peppermint

E. goniocalyx

Long-leaf Box

E. macrorhyncha

Red Stringybark

E. mannifera

Brittle Gum

E. nortonii

Silver Bundy

E. polyanthemos

Red Box

E. robertsonii

Robertson’s Peppermint

E. rubida

Candlebark

E. viminalis

Manna Gum

Exocarpos cupressiformis

Native Cherry

+ creeklines/soaks

* mainly S & SE aspect
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia deanei subsp. deanei Deane’s Wattle
A. deanei subsp. paucijuga Green Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. rubida Red-stemmed Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-myrtle
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common Cassinia
C. longifolia Shiny Cassinia
Daviesia latifolia Hop Bitter-pea
D. leptophylla Slender Bitter-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow-leaf Hop-bush
D. viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop-bush
Kunzea ericoides Burgan
+ Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree
Persoonia rigida Hairy Geebung
Platylobium formosum Handsome Flat-pea
Pultenaea cunninghamii Grey Bush-pea
P. foliolosa Bush-pea

+ soaks/poorly drained sites
GROUND COVERS + Adiantum aethiopicum Common Maidenhair
Astroloma humifusum Native Cranberry
Austrostipa spp. Spear Grass
+ Blechnum nudum Water Fern
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Brachyloma daphnoides Daphne Heath
Bracteantha spp. Everlasting Daisy
Brunonia australis Blue Pincushion
Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine Lily
Chrysocephalum apiculatum Yellow Buttons
Clematis aristate Old Man’s Beard
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Arthropodium strictus Chocolate Lily
Dillwynia sericea Showy Parrot-pea
Glycine clandestine Twining Glycine
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Hibbertia obtusifolia Grey Guinea-flower
Joycea pallida Red-anther Wallaby Grass
Leucopogon virgatus Common Beard-heath
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Pimelea spp. Rice-flower
Poa sieberiana Tussock Grass
Stypandra glauca Nodding Blue-lily
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Xanthorrhoea spp. Grass-tree

+ mainly creeklines