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 (north-western)

Rivers, Floodplains and Levees Creeklines and Secondary Floodplains Level to Depressed Plains
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 Creeklines and Secondary Floodplains
VEGETATION TYPE Black Box Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Black Box woodland with often sparse understorey of grasses or shrubs.
Alluvial, heavy brown or grey clays, self-mulching or compact.
LOCATION EXAMPLE Horseshoe Lagoon near Lower River Rd, Arrawatta Travelling Stock Reserve, Tuppal Travelling Stock Reserve.
TREES >8M Allocasuarina luehmannii Bulloak
Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum
Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box
Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box
Eucalyptus microcarpa Grey Box
Hakea tephrosperma Hooked Needlewood
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia acinacea Gold-dust Wattle
Acacia hakeoides Western Black Wattle
Acacia oswaldii Miljee
Acacia pendula Boree
Acacia pycnantha Golden Wattle
Acacia salicina Cooba
Chenopodium nitrariaceum Nitre Goosefoot
Duma florulenta Lignum
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Cassinia sifton Dolly Bush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Maireana aphylla Cottonbush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
GROUND COVERS Alternanthera denticulata s.s. Lesser Joyweed
Amphibromus nervosus Veined Swamp Wallaby-grass
Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Boerhavia dominii Tar Vine
Calostemma purpureum Wilcannia Lily
Carex inversa Knob Sedge
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Lipocarpha microcephala Button Rush
Maireana enchylaenoides Wingless Fissure-weed
Maireana pentagona Slender Fissure-weed
Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo
Poa fordeana Sweet Swamp grass
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida

 

LANDFORM Level to Depressed Plains
VEGETATION TYPE Boree Woodland.
GEOLOGY & SOILS Low woodland to low open woodland dominated by Boree with a mainly herbaceous understorey.
Alluvial, grey and brown clays, or sometimes on red-brown earths.
LOCATION EXAMPLE No intact examples remain, formerly south of Deniliquin, nearest examples are in the vicinity of Walliston Rd south of Wilson Lane.
SHRUBS & SMALL TREES 2 – 8m Acacia oswaldii Miljee
Acacia pendula Boree
Acacia salicina Cooba
Atriplex nummularia Old man Saltbush
Eremophila longifolia Emubush
LOW SHRUBS <2m
Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited Saltbush
Atriplex vesicaria Bladder Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Maireana aphylla Cottonbush
Maireana decalvans Black Cottonbush
Rhagodia spinescens Thorny Saltbush
Sclerolaena muricata Five spined Bassia
Sclerolaena stelligera Star Copperburr
GROUND COVERS Atriplex semibaccata Creeping Saltbush
Rytidosperma caespitosa White top
Rytidosperma setacea Small flowered Wallaby Grass
Austrostipa nodosa Knotty Speargrass
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Rough Speargrass
Calotis hispidula Bogan Flea
Chrysocephalum apiculatum s.s. Yellow Buttons
Cotula australis Common Cotula
Crassula colorata Dense Stonecrop
Crassula decumbens var. decumbens Spreading Crassula
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing Saltbush
Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass
Maireana pentagona Slender Fissure-weed
Myriocephalus rhizocephalus Woolly-heads
Plantago turrifera Small Sago weed
Ptilotus erubescens Hairy tails
Rhodanthe corymbiflora Grey Sunray
Rumex tenax Dock
Sida corrugata Corrugated Sida
Swainsona murrayana Slender Darling Pea
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus Common Sunray
Vittadinia cuneata Fuzzweed
Wahlenbergia gracilis s.s. Australian Bluebell
Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica Early Nancy