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:

Murrakool

Rivers, Floodplains and Levees Shallow Depressions Creeklines and Secondary Floodplains
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 Campbells Island State Forest, Murray River frontage.
TREES >8M Acacia stenophylla River Cooba
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
E. largiflorens Black Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia salicina Cooba
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Exocarpos strictus Dwarf Cherry
Duma florulenta Lignum
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
GROUND COVERS Lachnogrostis filiformis Blown Grass
Alternanthera denticulata Lesser Joyweed
Amphibromus nervosus Veined Swamp Wallaby-grass
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
R. duttoniana Brown back Wallaby Grass
Azolla filiculoides Red Azolla
Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis Swamp Daisy
Xerochrysum bracteatum Golden Everlasting
Calotis scapigera Tufted Burr-daisy
Carex appressa Tall Sedge
C. inversa Knob Sedge
C. tereticaulis Rush Sedge
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Chamaesyce drummondii Flat Spurge
Cotula australis Common Cotula
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-rush
Glinus lotoides Hairy Carpet-weed
Juncus ingens Giant Rush
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Myriophyllum crispatum Common Water-milfoil
M. papillosum Water-milfoil
Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood sorrel
Paspalidium jubiflorum Warrego Summer-grass
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Plantago cunninghamii Sago weed
Poa fordeana Sweet Swamp grass
Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia
Ranunculus pumilio Ferny Buttercup
Triglochin procerum spp. agg. Water-ribbons
Vallisneria australis Eel-weed
Wahlenbergia fluminalis River Bluebell

 

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 Wilsons Lake between Swan Hill and Toomah.
TREES >8M Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Atriplex nummularia Old man Saltbush
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Duma florulenta Lignum
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Sclerolaena divaricata Pale Poverty-bush
S. muricata Five spined Bassia
GROUND COVERS Amaranthus macrocarpus Dwarf Amaranth
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
A. suberecta Lagoon Saltbush
Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum Round-leaf Pigface
Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-rush
E. pallens Pale Spike-rush
E. plana Ribbed Spike-rush
Eragrostis australasica Canegrass
Juncus aridicola Tussock Rush
J. flavidus Yellow Rush
J. radula Hoary Rush
Limosella australis Australian Mudwort
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Senecio cunninghamii Bushy Groundsel
Typha domingensis Cumbungi
T. orientalis Cumbungi

 

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 Chilvers Lane near Moulamein, Murrabit Rd between Murra Lane and Cobramunga Rd, Coonamit Travelling Stock Reserve.
TREES >8M Acacia homalophylla Yarran
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
E. largiflorens Black Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia oswaldii Miljee
A. victoriae Prickly Wattle
Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens Rosewood
Atriplex nummularia Old man Saltbush
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. pruinosa Yellow Gum
Exocarpos aphyllus Leafless Cherry
Hakea leucoptera Needlewood
Melaleuca lanceolata Moonah
Duma florulenta Lignum
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Eremophila divaricata Spreading Emubush
E. maculata Spotted Fuchsia
Maireana brevifolia Yanga Bush
Nicotiana glauca Tobacco Bush
Nitraria billardierei Dillon Bush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
GROUND COVERS Amphibromus nervosus Veined Swamp Wallaby-grass
Austrostipa aristiglumis Plains Grass
Boerhavia dominii Tar Vine
Calostemma purpureum Wilcannia Lily
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Eragrostis australasica Canegrass
Eryngium ovinum Blue Devil
Maireana enchylaenoides Wingless Fissure-weed
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa fordeana Sweet Swamp grass
Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia
Stemodia florulenta Blue Rod
Typha orientalis Cumbungi