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:

Ournie

River & plain Lower slopes Upper slopes & steep hills
LANDFORM River & plain
VEGETATION TYPE River Red Gum woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS

Alluvium – sand, silt gravel & clay.

Light alluvial soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE

Alluvium – sand, silt gravel & clay.

Light alluvial soils.
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
A. melanoxylon Blackwood
Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box
E. camaldulensis River Red Gum
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Callistemon sieberi ???
Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla ???
Melicytes dentatus ???
GROUND COVERS + Carex spp. Sedge
+ Juncus spp. Rush
Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
+ Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa labillardieri Tussock Grass
+ Typha spp. Cumbungi

+ creeks/soaks/poorly drained sites

 

LANDFORM Lower slopes
VEGETATION TYPE Red Box & Blakely’s Red Gum woodland
GEOLOGY & SOILS

Granite, gneissic granite & gneiss.

Sandy yellow earths.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Southern stretch of Tumbarumba road
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
A. implexa Hickory Wattle/Lightwood
A. melanoxylon Blackwood
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. bridgesiana Apple Box
E. goniocalyx Long-leaf Box
E. nortonii Silver Bundy
E. macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. polyanthemos Red Box
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia rubida Red-stemmed Wattle
A. siculiformis Dagger Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla Hairy Bursaria
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-myrtle
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common Cassinia
C. longifolia Shiny Cassinia
+ Callistemon pityoide Alpine Bottlebrush
Correa reflexa var. reflexa Common Correa
Daviesia latifolia Hop Bitter-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow-leaf Hop-bush
# Melicytes dentatus Tree Violet
Indigofera australis Austral Indigo
Kunzea ericoides Burgan
K. parvifolia Violet Kunzea
* Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree
Pultenaea procumbens Heathy Bush-pea

+ creek banks in hills

# particularly south aspect

* soaks/poorly drained sites
GROUND COVERS Austrostipa spp. Spear Grass
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
+ Blechnum spp. Water Fern
Brachyloma daphnoides Daphne Heath
+ Carex spp. Sedge
Convulvulus spp. Convulvulus/Bindweed
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
D. revoluta Spreading Flax-lily
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Hibbertia obtusifolia Grey Guinea-flower
Joycea pallida Red-anther Wallaby Grass
+ Juncus spp. Rush
Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat-rush
L. longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
+ Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa spp. Tussock Grass
Rubus parvifolius Native Raspberry
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
+ Typha spp. Cumbungi
Xanthorrhoea spp. Grass Tree

+ creeks/soaks

 

LANDFORM Upper slopes & steep hills
VEGETATION TYPE Sclerophyll forest: Red Stringybark with Silver Bundy (N-NW aspect); Broad-leaved Peppermint (S-SE aspect).
GEOLOGY & SOILS

Granite, gneissic granite & gneiss.

Sandy yellow earths.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Oak Hill
TREES >8M Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle
A. implexa Hickory Wattle/Lightwood
+ A. melanoxylon Blackwood
Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong
Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. bicostata Eurabbie
* E. dives Broad-leaved Peppermint
+ E. camphora Mountain Swamp Gum
# E. goniocalyx Long-leaf Box
# E. macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
E. mannifera Brittle Gum
# E. nortonii Silver Bundy
# E. polyanthemos Red Box
E. robertsonii Robertson’s Peppermint
Exocarpos cupressiformis
 Native Cherry

+ mainly creeks

* mainly S aspect

# mainly N & NW aspect
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m Acacia rubida Red-stemmed Wattle
A. siculiformis Dagger Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla Hairy Bursaria
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-myrtle
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common Cassinia
C. longifolia Shiny Cassinia
+ Callistemon pityoide Alpine Bottlebrush
Correa reflexa var. reflexa Common Correa
Daviesia latifolia Hop Bitter-pea
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow-leaf Hop-bush
# Melicytes dentatus Tree Violet
Indigofera australis Austral Indigo
Kunzea ericoides Burgan
K. parvifolia Violet Kunzea
* Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree
Pultenaea procumbens Heathy Bush-pea

+ creek banks in hills

# particularly south aspect

* soaks/poorly drained sites
GROUND COVERS Austrostipa spp. Spear Grass
Bothriochloa macra Red-leg Grass
+ Blechnum spp. Water Fern
Brachyloma daphnoides Daphne Heath
+ Carex spp. Sedge
Convulvulus spp. Convulvulus/Bindweed
Rytidosperma spp. Wallaby Grass
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
D. revoluta Spreading Flax-lily
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea
Hibbertia obtusifolia Grey Guinea-flower
Joycea pallida Red-anther Wallaby Grass
+ Juncus spp. Rush
Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat-rush
L. longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass
+ Phragmites australis Common Reed
Poa spp. Tussock Grass
Rubus parvifolius Native Raspberry
Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
+ Typha spp. Cumbungi
Xanthorrhoea spp. Grass Tree

+ creeks/soaks