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:

Narraburra Creek

River, Creeklines and Low country Low hills and mid slopes Hillslopes and Crests
LANDFORM River, Creeklines and Low country
VEGETATION TYPE River Red Gum herbaceous-grassy very tall open forest
GEOLOGY & SOILS silty-sandy loam-clay soils on levees or other raised landform elements adjacent to rivers and wetlands
LOCATION EXAMPLE Grogan Rd
TREES >8M Casuarina cunninghamiana  River She-Oak
Eucalyptus camaldulensis  River Red Gum
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
A. implexa Hickory Wattle
A. melanoxylon  Blackwood
Callistemon paludosus   River Bottlebrush
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow-leaf Hop Bush
D. v. subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop Bush
D. v. subsp. purpurea Purple Hop Bush
Exocarpos strictus Dwarf Cherry
Kunzea ericoides Burgan
Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree
GROUND COVERS

Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
Carex appressa Tall Sedge
C. inversa Knob Sedge
C. tereticaulis Slender Sedge
Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-rush
E. pusilla Small Spike-rush
Rytidosperma racemosa var. racemosa Drooping Wallaby Grass

 

LANDFORM Low hills and mid slopes
VEGETATION TYPE Western Grey Box tall grassy woodland + White Box – White Cypress Pine – Western Grey Box shrub/grass/forb woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS  Red or brown earths or grey clay soils (that may be gilgaied) on undulating alluvial plains in the predominantly winter rainfall
LOCATION EXAMPLE Doolans Rd
TREES >8M Acacia brachybotrya Grey Mulga
A. buxifolia subsp. buxifolia Box-leaf Wattle
Allocasuarina luehmannii Buloke
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
C. glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
Santalum acuminatum Quandong
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle
A. decora Western Silver Wattle
A. hakeoides Hakea Wattle
A. homalophylla Yarran
A. oswaldii Lancewood Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
A. verniciflua Varnish Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Dogwood
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Sticky Hop-bush
D. v. subsp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop Bush
Exocarpos aphyllus Leafless Ballart
Pittosporum angustifolium Weeping Pittosporum
Senna form taxon ‘artemisioides’ Silver Cassia form
GROUND COVERS Atriplex semibaccata Berry Saltbush
A. setacea Bristly Wallaby Grass
Carex inversa Wiry Flat-sedge
Dianella porracea Pale Flax Lily
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Nodding Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Lomandra filiformis subsp. coriacea Wattle Mat-rush
Poa sieberiana Grey Tussock Grass
Rytidosperma caespitosa Plains Wallaby Grass
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Vittadinia gracilis Woolly New Holland Daisy
Wahlenbergia gracilis Tufted Bluebell

 

LANDFORM Hillslopes and Crests
VEGETATION TYPE Mugga Ironbark – Western Grey Box – cypress pine tall woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Red-brown clay or clay-loam soil derived from sedimentary or metamorphic rocks . Small remnants occur in state forests and nature reserves
LOCATION EXAMPLE Boginderra Hills Nature Reserve
TREES >8M Acacia doratoxylon Spearwood
Allocasuarina luehmannii Buloke
Brachychiton populneus subsp. populneus Kurrajong
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
C. glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common Cassinia
C. laevis Smooth Cassinia
Eucalyptus dwyeri Dwyer’s Red Gum
E. microcarpa Grey Box
E. polyanthemos subsp. polyanthemos Red Box
E. sideroxylon Ironbark
E. viridis Green Mallee
Santalum acuminatum Quandong
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia Box-leaf Wattle
A. deanei subsp. deanei Deane’s Wattle
A. difformis Wiry Wattle
A. genistifolia Early Wattle
A. hakeoides Hakea Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
Bertya cunninghamii Silver Bertya
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-myrtle
Cassinia uncata Needle Bush
Dodonaea heteromorpha Large-leaf Hop-bush
D. viscosa subsp. cuneata Sticky Hop-bush
D. v. subsp. spatulata Hop Bush
Exocarpos cupressiformis Cherry Ballart
GROUND COVERS Calotis cuneifolia Burr Daisy
Chrysocephalum semipapposum Clustered Everlasting
Dianella revoluta var. revoluta Black-anther Flax-lily
Einadia hastata Berry Saltbush
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Nodding Saltbush
Lissanthe strigosa subsp. strigosa Peach Heath
Lomandra filiformis subsp. filiformis Wattle Mat-rush
Melaleuca lanceolata subsp. lanceolata Moonah
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Ozothamnus diosmifolius Sago Flower
Poa sieberiana var. hirtella Grey Tussock-grass
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grasses
Stypandra glauca Twining Bluebell
Xerochrysum bracteatum Golden Everlasting
X. viscosum Sticky Everlasting