General Native Vegetation Profile:
Simmons Creek & North-west Culcairn
Flats & lower country | Undulating country & hills |
LANDFORM | Flats & lower country | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Mainly Grey Box woodland. Also White Box woodland. | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS | Mainly riverine deposits of clay, silt, sand & gravel. Grey & brown clayey soils. | |
LOCATION EXAMPLE | Along Billabong Creek | |
TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
Allocasuarina luehmannii | Bulloak | |
Brachychiton populneus | Kurrajong | |
Callitris glaucophylla | White Cypress Pine | |
Eucalyptus albens | White Box | |
E. blakelyi | Blakely’s Red Gum | |
+ E. camaldulensis | River Red Gum | |
E. microcarpa | Grey Box | |
+ Billabong Creek | ||
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | Acacia acinacea | Gold-dust Wattle |
A. difformis | Drooping Wattle | |
A. montana | Mallee Wattle | |
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa | Sweet Bursaria | |
+ Callistemon sieberi | River Bottlebrush | |
Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata | Wedge-leaf Hop-bush | |
Hakea leucoptera | Silver Needlewood | |
+ Billabong Creek |
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GROUND COVERS | Austrostipa spp. | Spear Grass |
Carex spp. | Sedge | |
Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
Dianella porracea | Smooth Flax-lily | |
D. revoluta | Spreading Flax-lily | |
Juncus spp. | Rush | |
Lomandra spp. | Mat-rush | |
Sclerolaena muricata var. semiglabra | Black Roly Poly | |
# Templetonia stenophylla | Templetonia | |
Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
# not noted in area but suggested for replanting |
LANDFORM | Undulating country & hills | |
VEGETATION TYPE | Box – Cypress Pine woodland (White Box & Yellow Box) & Blakely’s Red Gum woodland. | |
GEOLOGY & SOILS |
Mainly residual colluvial deposits from underlying granites & meta-sediments. Red & yellow earths. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Mullemblah Hill | |
TREES >8M | ||
Allocasuarina luehmannii |
Bulloak |
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Brachychiton populneus |
Kurrajong |
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Callitris glaucophylla |
White Cypress Pine |
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Pittosporum angustifolium |
Butterbush/Weeping Pittosporum |
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SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | ||
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa |
Sweet Bursaria |
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Daviesia latifolia |
Hop Bitter-pea |
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Dodonaea viscosa subsp. Cuneata |
Wedge-leaf Hop-bush |
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Indigofera adesmiifolia |
Tick Indigo |
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GROUND COVERS |
Austrostipa spp. |
Spear Grass |
+ Carex appressa |
Sedge |
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Rytidosperma spp. |
Wallaby Grass |
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Daviesia genistifolia |
Broom Bitter-pea |
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Dianella porracea |
Smooth Flax-lily |
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D. revoluta |
Spreading Flax-lily |
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Arthropodium strictus |
Chocolate Lily |
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Einadia nutans |
Climbing Saltbush |
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Hardenbergia violacea |
Purple Coral Pea |
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+ Juncus spp. |
Rush |
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Lomandra spp. |
Mat-rush |
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# Templetonia stenophylla |
Templetonia |
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Themeda triandra |
Kangaroo Grass |
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Thysanotus spp. |
Fringe Lily |
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+ poorly drained sites # not noted in area but suggested for replanting |