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 (eastern)

Rivers, Floodplains and Levees Creeklines and Secondary Floodplains Plains
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
Myriophyllum 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 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

 

LANDFORM Plains
VEGETATION TYPE Grey Box Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Open grassy woodland with Grey Box and Buloke.
Alluvial, variety of soils – clays, loams, sands and silts.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Cockran Creek area along Rangemore Rd.
TREES >8M Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
C. gracilis Murray Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus microcarpa Grey Box
Myoporum platycarpum Sugarwood
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle
A. brachybotrya Grey Wattle
A. hakeoides Western Black Wattle
A. montana Mallee Wattle
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Native Blackthorn
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
Myoporum montanum Western Boobialla
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
Senna artemisioides nothosubsp. coriacea Broad leaf Desert Cassia
S. a. subsp. filifolia Fine leaf Desert Cassia
S. a. subsp. zygophylla Narrow leaf Desert Cassia
LOW SHRUBS <2m
 Dillwynia cinerascens Grey Parrot-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge leaf Hopbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Pultenaea largiflorens Twiggy Bush-pea
GROUND COVERS Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
R. setacea Small flowered Wallaby Grass
Austrostipa aristiglumis Plains Grass
Calocephalus citreus Lemon Beauty-heads
Chloris truncata Windmill Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Anthrosachne scaber Common Wheatgrass
Homopholis proluta Rigid Panic
Pycnosorus globosus Drumsticks