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:

Savernake

Rivers, Floodplains and Levees Plains Lunettes and Sand Ridges
LANDFORM Rivers, Floodplains and Levees
VEGETATION TYPE Riverine Forest.
GEOLOGY & SOILS River Red Gum forest or woodland with understorey of herbs, sedges and grasses; includes weir pools and billabongs.
Alluvial, heavy grey, brown or red clay soils.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Murray River frontage, Cottadidda State Forest, Mulwala State Forest, Boomanoomana State Forest.
TREES >8M Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
Exocarpos strictus Dwarf Cherry
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Cassinia sifton Dolly Bush
Dillwynia cinerascens Grey Parrot-pea
Eutaxia microphylla s.s. Mallee Bush-pea
GROUND COVERS Lachnogrostis filiformis Blown Grass
Alternanthera denticulata Lesser Joyweed
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
R. duttoniana Brown back Wallaby Grass
Azolla filiculoides Red Azolla
Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis Swamp Daisy
Calotis hispidula Bogan Flea
Carex appressa Tall Sedge
C. tereticaulis Rush Sedge
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Crinum flaccidum Darling Lily
Dianella porracea Smooth Flax-lily
Dichondra repens Kidneyweed
Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-rush
Geranium solanderi Australian Cranesbill
Goodenia heteromera Spreading Goodenia
Isolepis victoriensis Victorian Club sedge
Juncus ingens Giant Rush
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Myosurus minimus var. australis Mouse tail
Myriophyllum papillosum Water-milfoil
Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood sorrel
Paspalidium jubiflorum Warrego Summer-grass
Poa fordeana Sweet Swamp grass
Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia
Pycnosorus globosus Drumsticks
Ranunculus pumilio Ferny Buttercup
Scleranthus minusculus Cushion Knawel
Triglochin procerum spp. agg. Water-ribbons
Vallisneria australis Eel-weed
Wahlenbergia fluminalis River Bluebell

 

LANDFORM Plains
VEGETATION TYPE Grey Box Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Open grassy woodland with Grey Box and Buloke.
Alluvial, variety of soils – clays, loams, sands and silts.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Savernake area, Fergusons Tank Travelling Stock Reserve, Wangamong Travelling Stock Reserve.
TREES >8M Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle
A. brachybotrya Grey Wattle
A. hakeoides Western Black Wattle
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Native Blackthorn
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. spatulata Spoon leaf Hopbush
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
Myoporum montanum Western Boobialla
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
Santalum acuminatum Quandong
Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia Fine leaf Desert Cassia
S. a. subsp. zygophylla Narrow leaf Desert Cassia
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge leaf Hopbush
Maireana microphylla Eastern Cottonbush
Sclerolaena muricata Five spined Bassia
GROUND COVERS Lachnogrostis filiformis Blown Grass
Alternanthera denticulata Lesser Joyweed
Arthropodium minus Small Vanilla-lily
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Carex inversa Knob Sedge
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Anthrosachne scaber Common Wheatgrass
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Leptorhynchos elongatus Lanky Buttons
L. panaetioides Woolly Buttons
Pycnosorus globosus Drumsticks
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida

 

LANDFORM Lunettes and Sand Ridges
VEGETATION TYPE Callitris Mixed Woodland (Prior Streams / Lunettes).
GEOLOGY & SOILS Low woodland to woodland of prior streams, source bordering dunes or lunettes dominated by White Cypress Pine and shrubs scattered over a grassy understorey.
Aeolian: well drained sandy-loams and loams.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Wahgunyah State Forest.
TREES >8M Acacia homalophylla Yarran
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Banksia marginata Honeysuckle
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum
E. melliodora Yellow Box
E. microcarpa Grey Box
Hakea tephrosperma Hooked Needlewood
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle
A. brachybotrya Grey Wattle
A. pycnantha Golden Wattle
Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-myrtle
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima Narrow leaf Hopbush
Hakea leucoptera Needlewood
Pittosporum phylliraeoides Butterbush
Santalum acuminatum Quandong
Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia Fine leaf Desert Cassia
S. a. subsp. petiolaris Phyllodinous Desert Cassia
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Acacia lineata Streaked Wattle
Chenopodium desertorum Desert Goosefoot
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata Wedge leaf Hopbush
Lissanthe strigosa Peach Heath
Pimelea linifolia Slender Rice-flower
P. stricta Gaunt Rice flower
GROUND COVERS Actinobole uliginosum Flannel Cudweed
Aristida behriana Brush Wiregrass
A. jerichoensis No. 9 Wiregrass
Arthropodium minus Small Vanilla-lily
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa densiflora Foxtail Speargrass
A. scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Chamaesyce drummondii Flat Spurge
Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia Rock Fern
Chrysocephalum apiculatum Yellow Buttons
Cynodon dactylon Couch Grass
Arthropodium fimbriatum Nodding Chocolate-lily
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Anthrosachne scaber Common Wheatgrass
Enneapogon avenaceus Common Bottlewashers
E. nigricans Pappus Grass
E. acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
E. ramosus Curly Windmill Grass
Eragrostis lacunaria Purple Lovegrass
Geranium retrorsum Common Cranesbill
G. solanderi Australian Cranesbill
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine
Goodenia fascicularis Silky Goodenia
G. pinnatifida Scrambled Eggs
Homopholis proluta Rigid Panic
Lomandra leucocephala Woolly-head Mat-rush
Maireana enchylaenoides Wingless Fissure-weed
Microtis unifolia Common Onion Orchid
Senecio quadridentatus Cotton Fireweed
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida
Swainsona phacoides Lilac Darling Pea
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus Common Sunray
Vittadinia cuneata Fuzzweed
V. gracilis Woolly New Holland Daisy
Wahlenbergia communis Tufted Bluebell
Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica Early Nancy