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:

Tuppal

Rivers, Floodplains and Levees Shallow Wetland Deep Wetland
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 Millewa State Forest, Tuppal State Forest, Gulpha State Forest, Moira State Forest.
TREES >8M Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle
Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box
Eucalyptus microcarpa Grey Box
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle
Acacia 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 s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Rytidosperma duttoniana Brown back Wallaby Grass
Azolla filiculoides Red Azolla
Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis Swamp Daisy
Calotis hispidula Bogan Flea
Carex appressa Tall Sedge
Carex 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
Phragmites australis Common Reed
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 Shallow Wetland
VEGETATION TYPE Shallow Wetland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Seasonal or intermittent wetland, meadow, marsh, lake or lagoon with fringing River Red Gum and/or Grey Box.
Alluvial, heavy grey clays.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Reed beds north, Duck Lagoon.
TREES >8M Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Duma florulenta Lignum
GROUND COVERS Alisma plantago-aquatica Water Plantain
Alternanthera denticulata s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Amphibromus macrorhinus Long-nosed Swamp Wallaby-grass
Amphibromus nervosus Veined Swamp Wallaby-grass
Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis Swamp Daisy
Carex tereticaulis Rush Sedge
Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Elatine gratioloides Waterwort
Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-rush
Eragrostis australasica Canegrass
Juncus ingens Giant Rush
Juncus usitatus Common Rush
Lythrum hyssopifolia Hyssop Loosestrife
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Myriophyllum crispatum Common Water-milfoil
Nymphoides crenata Wavy Marshwort
Paspalidium jubiflorum Warrego Summer-grass
Persicaria hydropiper Waterpepper
Persicaria prostrata Creeping Knotweed
Typha domingensis Cumbungi
Typha orientalis Cumbungi
Wahlenbergia fluminalis River Bluebell

 

LANDFORM Deep Wetland
VEGETATION TYPE Deep Wetland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Semi-permanent wetland, billabong, lake or old creek bed often with fringing River Red Gum.
Alluvial, heavy grey clays.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Moira Lake.
TREES >8M Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
GROUND COVERS Centipeda cunninghamii Common Sneezeweed
Cyperus gymnocaulos Spiny Sedge
Eleocharis sphacelata Tall Spike-rush
Eragrostis australasica Canegrass
Juncus flavidus Yellow Rush
Juncus ingens Giant Rush
Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis Water Primrose
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Myriophyllum papillosum Water-milfoil
Nymphoides crenata Wavy Marshwort
Ottelia ovalifolia Swamp Lily
Paspalidium jubiflorum Warrego Summer-grass
Persicaria decipiens Slender Knotweed
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Potamogeton crispus Curly Pondweed
Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia
Pseudoraphis spinescens Spiny Mud-grass
Senecio cunninghamii Bushy Groundsel
Triglochin procerum spp. agg. Water-ribbons
Typha domingensis Cumbungi
Typha orientalis Cumbungi
Vallisneria australis. Eel-weed