Oberne - Tarcutta - Revegetation Guide

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:

Oberne - Tarcutta

Creekline & flats

Mid slopes

Upper slopes

LANDFORM	Creekline & flats
VEGETATION TYPE	River Red Gum woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS	Alluvium. Yellow solonetzic (mottled-yellow duplex) soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE	Tarcutta & Umbango Creek junction ‘Coolangatta’
TREES >8M	Acacia dealbata	Silver Wattle
	Eucalyptus blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
	E. bridgesiana	Apple Box
	+ E. camaldulensis	River Red Gum
	+ creekline only
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m	# Acacia genistifolia	Spreading/Early Wattle
	# A. paradoxa	Kangaroo Thorn
	# Daviesia leptophylla	Slender Bitter-pea
	# not noted in area but suggested for re-planting (but not in creekline)
GROUND COVERS	# Carex spp.	Sedge
	# Juncus spp.	Rush
	Phragmites australis	Common Reed
	#Typha spp.	Cumbungi
	# not noted in area but suggested for re-planting

LANDFORM	Mid slopes
VEGETATION TYPE	Blakely’s Red Gum/Yellow box woodland (lower) & Red Stringybark woodland (higher)
GEOLOGY & SOILS	Quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Red & yellow podzolic (duplex) soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE	Tarcutta South & Oberne area
TREES >8M	Acacia dealbata	Silver Wattle
	A. implexa	Hickory Wattle/Lightwood
	Brachychiton populneus	Kurrajong
	Eucalyptus albens	White Box
	* E. blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
	E.macrorhyncha	Red Stringybark
	E. melliodora	Yellow Box
	E. polyanthemos	Red Box
	E. sideroxylon	Red/Mugga Ironbark
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m	Acacia genistifolia	Spreading/Early Wattle
	A. paradoxa	Kangaroo Thorn
	Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla	Hairy Bursaria
	Cassinia sifton	Dolly Bush
	Daviesia leptophylla	Slender Bitter-pea
	+ Leptospermum continentale	Prickly Tea-tree
	+ soaks/poorly drained sites
GROUND COVERS	Bulbine bulbosa	Bulbine Lily
	Dianella revoluta	Spreading Flax-lily
	Anthrosachne scaber	Common Wheat-grass
	Glycine clandestina	Twining Glycine
	Lomandra multiflora	Many-flowered Mat-rush
	+ Phragmites australis	Common Reed
	Stypandra glauca	Nodding Blue-lily
	Themeda triandra	Kangaroo Grass
	Wahlenbergia stricta	Tall Bluebell
	+ drainage lines/damp areas

LANDFORM	Upper slopes
VEGETATION TYPE	Red Stringybark to montane woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS	Granite & gneissic granite. Red & yellow podzolic (duplex) soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE	Westbrook area
TREES >8M	Acacia dealbata	Silver Wattle
	A. implexa	Hickory Wattle/Lightwood
	A. melanoxylon	Blackwood
	Brachychiton populneus	Kurrajong
	E. robertsonii	Robertson’s Peppermint
	Eucalyptus blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
	E. bridgesiana	Apple Box
	E. dives	Broad-leaved Peppermint
	E. goniocalyx	Long-leaf Box
	E. macrorhyncha	Red Stringybark
	E. polyanthemos	Red Box
	E. rubida	Candlebark
	E. sideroxylon	Red/Mugga Ironbark
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m	Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla	Hairy Bursaria
	Daviesia latifolia	Hop Bitter-pea
	Leptospermum obovatum	River Tea-tree
	Pultenaea foliolosa	Bush-pea
GROUND COVERS	Bulbine bulbosa	Bulbine Lily
	Burchardia umbellate	Milkmaids
	Arthropodium strictus	Chocolate Lily
	Dillwynia sericea	Showy Parrot-pea
	Glycine clandestine	Twining Glycine
	Hibbertia obtusifolia	Grey Guinea-flower
	Lomandra multiflora	Many-flowered Mat-rush
	Stypandra glauca	Nodding Blue-lily
	Themeda triandra	Kangaroo Grass