General Native Vegetation Profile:
Yarra Yarra
Rocky outcrop, hill & mid-slope country | Flats & low country | Hill country |
LANDFORM | Flats & low country | |
VEGETATION TYPE |
Blakley’s Red Gum & Yellow Box woodland. |
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GEOLOGY & SOILS |
Alluvium – sand, silt, gravel & clay. Sandy yellow earths. |
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LOCATION EXAMPLE | Yarra Yarra Junction | |
TREES >8M | Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
Eucalyptus blakelyi | Blakely’s Red Gum | |
E. bridgesiana | Apple Box | |
+ E. camaldulensis | River Red Gum | |
E. melliodora | Yellow Box | |
+ creeks | ||
SHRUBS 1.5 – 8m | # Acacia genistifolia | Spreading/Early Wattle |
# A. paradoxa | Kangaroo Thorn | |
# A. rubida | Red-stemmed Wattle | |
# Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa | Sweet Bursaria | |
+ Leptospermum continentale | Prickly Tea-tree | |
# not noted in area + poorly drained sites |
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GROUND COVERS | + Carex spp. | Sedge |
Rytidosperma spp. | Wallaby Grass | |
+ Juncus spp. | Rush | |
Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | |
+ Phragmites australis | Common Reed | |
Poa spp. | Tussock Grass | |
Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | |
+ Typha spp. | Cumbungi | |
+ Creeks/soaks/poorly drained sites |