Zone | Dookie & Earlston Hills |
Profile | Dookie Volcanic soils |
Landform | Lower Slopes and Low Hills |
Geology | Igneous rock, soils generally basalt silty clays. |
EVC | Grassy Woodland (Low Rises and Rainshadow) |
Description | Yellow Box, Grey Box and White Box woodland with an open mid-storey of wattles, and diverse grassy and herbaceous ground layer. |
Examples | Mt Major Nature Conservation Reserve - upper north facing slopes, Mt Major Rd; Ludeman Rd between Walters Rd and South Boundary Rd; Dookie. |
This plant (species) list has been compiled after extensive literature searches, ground truthing and collaboration with local botanical experts.
Plants appearing in the
Standard Revegetation List are hardy and robust species that are strong competitors that will provide structure to a site. Species listed are commonly available at indigenous nurseries, however ordering early is recommended.
Plants appearing in the
Enhanced Revegetation List are species that will provide diversity to a site and provide a missing layer, eg. small shrub and ground layer. Many of these species may be outcompeted in weedy sites therefore good weed management is essential. Species listed may not be commonly available from indigenous nurseries and may require advanced orders up to 18 months.
Plants appearing in the
EVC Species List are a general representation of what species may be found within that EVC for that zone. Many species listed may not be available from indigenous nurseries.
Trees > 5m
Species Name | Common Name | Life Form | Notes |
Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle | T | ⇗ |
Acacia implexa | Lightwood | T | |
Allocasuarina luehmannii | Buloke | T | ❖,❋,⇘ |
Allocasuarina verticillata | Drooping Sheoak | T | ⇗ |
Brachychiton populneus subsp. populneus | Kurrajong | T | ^ |
Callitris glaucophylla | White Cypress-pine | T | ^ |
Eucalyptus albens | White Box | T | |
Eucalyptus melliodora | Yellow Box | T | |
Eucalyptus microcarpa | Grey Box | T | ⇘ |
Shrubs
Species Name | Common Name | Life Form | Notes |
Acacia acinacea | Gold-dust Wattle | MS | ⇘ |
Acacia decora | Western Silver Wattle | MS | ^,⇗ |
Acacia montana | Mallee Wattle | MS | ⇘ |
Acacia paradoxa | Hedge Wattle | MS | |
Bursaria spinosa | Sweet Bursaria | MS | |
Correa glabra var. glabra | Rock Correa | MS | ^,⇗ |
Daviesia ulicifolia | Gorse Bitter-pea | MS | ^,⇘ |
Pimelea curviflora s.l. | Curved Rice-flower | SS | ^ |
Pimelea micrantha | Silky Rice-flower | SS | ^ |
Senna artemisioides ssp. zygophylla | Narrow-leaf Desert Cassia | MS | ^,⇘ |
Solanum laciniatum | Large Kangaroo Apple | MS | ^ |
Groundcovers
Species Name | Common Name | Life Form | Notes |
Acaena agnipila | Hairy Sheep's Burr | MH | ^,⇗ |
Acaena echinata | Sheep's Burr | MH | ^ |
Anthosachne scabra s.l. | Common Wheat-grass | MTG | ^ |
Aristida behriana | Brush Wire-grass | MTG | ^ |
Arthropodium fimbriatum | Nodding Chocolate-lily | LH | ^ |
Asperula conferta | Common Woodruff | MH | ^ |
Austrostipa aristiglumis | Plump Spear-grass | LTG | ^,💧,⇘ |
Austrostipa bigeniculata | Kneed Spear-grass | MTG | ^ |
Austrostipa blackii | Crested Spear-grass | LTG | ^ |
Austrostipa densiflora | Dense Spear-grass | MTG | ^ |
Bothriochloa macra | Red-leg Grass | MNG | ^ |
Brachyscome dentata | Lobe-seed Daisy | MH | ^,❖ |
Brachyscome gracilis | Dookie Daisy | MH | ^,❖ |
Bulbine bulbosa | Bulbine Lily | MH | ^ |
Caesia calliantha | Blue Grass-lily | LH | ^,⊝ |
Calotis cuneata | Mountain Burr-daisy | MH | ^ |
Calotis lappulacea | Yellow Burr-daisy | MH | ^ |
Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi | Narrow Rock-fern | GF | ^ |
Chenopodium desertorum subsp. microphyllum | Small-leaf Goosefoot | SH | ^,⇘ |
Chloris truncata | Windmill Grass | MTG | ^ |
Chrysocephalum apiculatum | Common Everlasting | LH | ^ |
Convolvulus angustissimus | Blushing Bindweed | SC | ^ |
Cullen parvum | Small Scurf-pea | MH | ^,❖,❋ |
Cynoglossum suaveolens | Sweet Hound's-tongue | MH | ^ |
Desmodium varians | Slender Tick-trefoil | SH | ^,❖ |
Dianella admixta | Black-anther Flax-lily | MTG | ^ |
Dianella tarda | Late-flower Flax-lily | MTG | ^,❖ |
Dichanthium sericeum subsp. sericeum | Silky Blue-grass | MTG | ^,⇗ |
Dichondra repens | Kidney-weed | SH | ^ |
Einadia nutans | Nodding Saltbush | MH | ^,⇘ |
Enneapogon nigricans | Dark Bottle-washers | MTG | ^,⇗ |
Enteropogon acicularis | Spider Grass | MTG | ^,⇘ |
Erodium crinitum | Blue Heron's-bill | MH | ^ |
Glycine tabacina s.s. | Variable Glycine | SC | ^,⇘ |
Gonocarpus elatus | Tall Raspwort | MH | ^,⇗ |
Goodenia pinnatifida | Cut-leaf Goodenia | MH | ^ |
Hydrocotyle laxiflora | Stinking Pennywort | SH | ^ |
Hypoxis glabella var. glabella | Tiny Star | MH | ^ |
Isotoma axillaris | Rock Isotome | MH | ^,⇗ |
Linum marginale | Native Flax | LH | ^ |
Lomandra filiformis | Wattle Mat-rush | MTG | ^ |
Lomandra multiflora subsp. multiflora | Many-flowered Mat-rush | MTG | ^ |
Maireana enchylaenoides | Wingless Bluebush | MH | ^ |
Oxalis perennans | Grassland Wood-sorrel | MH | ^ |
Panicum decompositum | Native Millet | MTG | ^,⇘ |
Pelargonium australe | Austral Stork's-bill | LH | ^ |
Poa sieberiana | Grey Tussock-grass | MTG | ^ |
Ptilotus spathulatus | Pussy Tails | SH | ^ |
Rytidosperma caespitosum | Common Wallaby-grass | MTG | ^,⇘ |
Rytidosperma erianthum | Hill Wallaby-grass | MTG | ^ |
Rytidosperma fulvum | Copper-awned Wallaby-grass | MTG | ^ |
Rytidosperma setaceum | Bristly Wallaby-grass | MTG | ^ |
Swainsona sericea | Silky Swainson-pea | MH | ^,❖,❋ |
Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | MTG | ^ |
Tricoryne elatior | Yellow Rush-lily | LH | ^ |
Vittadinia cuneata | Fuzzy New Holland Daisy | MH | ^ |
Wahlenbergia communis s.l. | Tufted Bluebell | LH | ^ |
Wahlenbergia luteola | Bronze Bluebell | LH | ^ |
Walwhalleya proluta | Rigid Panic | LTG | ^,⇘ |
Wurmbea dioica | Common Early Nancy | MH | ^ |
Footnotes
^ | Species from extended list. These may not be commonly available at nurseries. |
❖ | Rare or threatened species |
❋ | Listed FFG Act |
💧 | Wetter sites/depressions |
⇗ | Upper slopes |
⇘ | Lower slopes |
⊝ | Locally rare |
Life Forms
GF | Ground Fern | MNG | Medium Non-tufted Graminoid | SH | Small Herb |
LH | Large Herb | MS | Medium Shrub | SS | Small Shrub |
LTG | Large Tufted Graminoid | MTG | Medium Tufted Graminoid | T | Tree |
MH | Medium Herb | SC | Scramble/Climber |
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