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:

O’Briens South & McCleods

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Creeklines and flats Mid slopes Upper slopes & rocky ridgelines
LANDFORM Creeklines and flats
VEGETATION TYPE Blakely’s Red Gum & Yellow Box woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Alluvium. Yellow solonetzic (mottled-yellow duplex).
LOCATION EXAMPLE McClouds & O’Briens Creeks
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
A. implexa Hickory Wattle
Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. bridgesiana Apple Box
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. polyanthemos Red Box
E. sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia genistifolia Spreading Wattle
A. lanigera Woolly Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
+ Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree
Pultenaea foliolosa Bush-pea

+ soaks/poorly drained sites
GROUND COVERS + Carex appressa Tall Sedge
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
+ Juncus spp. Rush
Lissanthe strigosa Peach Heath
Lomandra spp. Mat Rush
+ Typha spp. Cumbungi

+ drainage lines/damp areas

 

LANDFORM Mid slopes
VEGETATION TYPE Blakely’s Red Gum & Yellow Box woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Granite. Quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Red podzolic (duplex) soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE O’Briens Creek Road & Maxwell
TREES >8M Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
C. glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. goniocalyx Long-leaf Box
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. polyanthemos Red Box
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia genistifolia Spreading/Early Wattle
# A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-myrtle
Daviesia leptophylla Slender Bitter-pea
#Dillwynia phylicoides spp. complex Small-leaf Parrot-pea
Pultenaea foliolosa Bush-pea

# not noted in area but suggested for re-planting
GROUND COVERS Brachyloma daphnoides Daphne Heath
Dianella revoluta Spreading Flax-lily
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Hibbertia obtusifolia Grey Guinea-flower
Stypandra glauca Nodding Blue-lily
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass

 

LANDFORM Upper slopes & rocky ridgelines
VEGETATION TYPE Mixed woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS Quartzite, slate, phyllite, greywacke, hornfels & schist. Red podzolic (duplex) soils & lithosols (siliceous loams).
LOCATION EXAMPLE Livingstone State Forest
TREES >8M Acacia doratoxylon Currawang
A. implexa Hickory Wattle
Allocasuarina verticillate Drooping Sheoak
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens White Box
E. blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. goniocalyx Long-leaf Box
E. macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
E. rossii Scribbly Gum/Snap Gum
E. polyanthemos Red Box
E.sideroxylon Red/Mugga Ironbark
Exocarpos cuppressiformis Native Cherry
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia buxifolia Box-leaf Wattle
A. genistifolia Spreading/Early Wattle
A. gunnii Ploughshare Wattle
A. paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Hairy Bursaria
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe Myrtle
Daviesia latifolia Hop Bitter-pea
D. leptophylla Slender Bitter-pea
Dillwynia juniperina Prickly Parrot-pea
D. phylicoides Small-leaf Parrot-pea
Grevillea floribunda Seven Dwarfs Grevillea
G. lanigera Woolly Grevillea
Indigofera australis Austral Indigo
Leptospermum multicaule Silver Tea-tree
Persoonia rigida Hairy Geebung
Pultenaea foliolosa Bush Pea
GROUND COVERS Brachyloma daphnoides Daphne Heath
Xerochrysum viscosum Sticky Everlasting
Brunonia australis Blue Pincushion
Cheiranthera linearis Finger Flower
Chrysocephalum semipapposum Clustered Everlasting
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dillwynia sericea Showy Parrot-pea
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Hibbertia obtusifolia Grey Guinea-flower
Hovea heterophylla Common Hovea
Isotoma axillaris Rock Isotome
Leucopogon spp. Beard Heath
Lomandra spp. Mat-rush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Pimelea linifolia Rice-flower
Stackhousia monogyna Creamy Candles
Stypandra glauca Nodding Blue Lily