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

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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