Zone | Southern Riverina |
Profile | Gravelly Hills, Low Hills, Lower Slopes & Spring Soaks |
Landform | Lower Slopes and Low Hills |
Geology | Sedimentary, soils clay-loam. |
EVC | Grassy Woodland (Slopes Box) |
Description | Tall White Box or Grey Box woodland with Red Box, Yellow Box, Red Stringybark and occassionally Sheoak. Open mid-storey over a diverse grassy ground layer. |
Examples | Rail reserve at Curries Rd near Baddaginnie; road reserve Long Gully Rd, Violet Town; Balmattum Hill Nature Conservation Reserve; road reserve Upton Rd near Avenel. |
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 | E |
Acacia implexa | Lightwood | T | |
Acacia mearnsii | Black Wattle | T | W |
Allocasuarina verticillata | Drooping Sheoak | T | |
Brachychiton populneus | Kurrajong | T | ^ |
Eucalyptus albens | White Box | T | |
Eucalyptus blakelyi | Blakely's Red-gum | T | |
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha | Red Stringybark | T | |
Eucalyptus melliodora | Yellow Box | T | |
Eucalyptus microcarpa | Grey Box | T | |
Eucalyptus polyanthemos | Red Box | T | |
Exocarpos cupressiformis | Cherry Ballart | T | ^ |
Shrubs
Species Name | Common Name | Life Form | Notes |
Acacia acinacea | Gold-dust Wattle | MS | |
Acacia aspera | Rough Wattle | MS | E |
Acacia gunnii | Ploughshare Wattle | SS | ^ |
Acacia lanigera | Woolly Wattle | SS | E |
Acacia paradoxa | Hedge Wattle | MS | |
Acacia pycnantha | Golden Wattle | MS | |
Acacia rubida | Red-stem Wattle | MS | ⌺ |
Acacia verniciflua | Varnish Wattle | MS | |
Acrotriche serrulata | Honey-pots | PS | ^ |
Bursaria spinosa | Sweet Bursaria | MS | |
Cassinia arcuata | Drooping Cassinia | MS | ↔ |
Cheiranthera linearis | Blue Finger-flower | SS | ^ |
Daviesia leptophylla | Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea | MS | ^ |
Daviesia ulicifolia | Gorse Bitter-pea | MS | ^ |
Dillwynia sericea | Showy Parrot-pea | SS | ^ |
Gompholobium huegelii | Common Wedge-pea | SS | ^ |
Hibbertia obtusifolia | Grey Guinea-flower | SS | ^,N,E |
Hibbertia riparia | Erect Guinea-flower | SS | ^ |
Indigofera australis | Austral Indigo | MS | |
Leucopogon virgatus | Common Beard-heath | SS | ^ |
Melichrus urceolatus | Urn Heath | SS | ^ |
Pimelea curviflora s.l. | Curved Rice-flower | SS | ^ |
Pimelea humilis | Common Rice-flower | SS | ^ |
Platylobium formosum s.l. | Handsome Flat-pea | PS | ^ |
Pultenaea humilis | Dwarf Bush-pea | SS | ^ |
Pultenaea laxiflora | Loose-flower Bush-pea | SS | ^ |
Pultenaea procumbens | Heathy Bush-pea | SS | ^ |
Groundcovers
Species Name | Common Name | Life Form | Notes |
Anthosachne scabra s.l. | Common Wheat-grass | MTG | ^ |
Aristida ramosa | Cane Wire-grass | MTG | ^ |
Arthropodium minus | Small Vanilla-lily | LH | ^ |
Arthropodium strictum | Chocolate Lily | LH | ^ |
Austrostipa densiflora | Dense Spear-grass | MTG | ^ |
Austrostipa scabra | Rough Spear-grass | MTG | ^ |
Bothriochloa macra | Red-leg Grass | MNG | ^ |
Brunonia australis | Blue Pincushion | MH | ^ |
Burchardia umbellata | Milkmaids | MH | ^ |
Caesia calliantha | Blue Grass-lily | LH | ^ |
Chrysocephalum apiculatum | Common Everlasting | LH | ^ |
Chrysocephalum semipapposum | Clustered Everlasting | LH | ^ |
Convolvulus angustissimus | Blushing Bindweed | SC | ^ |
Cymbonotus preissianus | Austral Bear's-ear | SH | ^ |
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 | ^,❖ |
Dichondra repens | Kidney-weed | SH | ^ |
Eragrostis brownii | Common Love-grass | MTG | ^ |
Geranium retrorsum s.l. | Grassland Cranesbill | MH | ^ |
Glycine tabacina s.l. | Variable Glycine | SC | ^ |
Gonocarpus tetragynus | Common Raspwort | MH | ^ |
Goodenia pinnatifida | Cut-leaf Goodenia | MH | ^ |
Hardenbergia violacea | Purple Coral-pea | SC | ^ |
Hydrocotyle laxiflora | Stinking Pennywort | SH | ^ |
Hypericum gramineum | Small St John's Wort | MH | ^ |
Juncus subsecundus | Finger Rush | MTG | ^ |
Kennedia prostrata | Running Postman | SH | ^ |
Lagenophora huegelii | Coarse Bottle-daisy | MH | ^ |
Lomandra filiformis | Wattle Mat-rush | MTG | ^ |
Lomandra multiflora | Many-flowered Mat-rush | MTG | ^ |
Microlaena stipoides | Weeping Grass | MNG | ^ |
Microseris walteri | Yam Daisy | LH | ^ |
Oxalis perennans | Grassland Wood-sorrel | MH | ^ |
Poa morrisii | Soft Tussock-grass | MTG | ^ |
Poa sieberiana | Grey Tussock-grass | MTG | ^ |
Rytidosperma fulvum | Copper-awned Wallaby-grass | MTG | ^ |
Rytidosperma pallidum | Silvertop Wallaby-grass | LTG | ^ |
Senecio quadridentatus | Cotton Fireweed | LH | ^ |
Stackhousia monogyna | Creamy Stackhousia | MH | ^ |
Stylidium graminifolium s.l. | Grass Triggerplant | MTG | ^ |
Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass | MTG | ^ |
Thysanotus patersonii | Twining Fringe-lily | SC | ^ |
Tricoryne elatior | Yellow Rush-lily | LH | ^ |
Wahlenbergia luteola | Bronze Bluebell | LH | ^ |
Wahlenbergia stricta | Tall Bluebell | LH | ^ |
Footnotes
^ | Species from extended list. These may not be commonly available at nurseries. |
❖ | Rare or threatened species |
N | Northern part of zone |
E | Eastern part of zone |
W | Western part of zone |
⌺ | Near Warrenbayne only |
↔ | Readily colonises |
Life Forms
LH | Large Herb | MS | Medium Shrub | SH | Small Herb |
LTG | Large Tufted Graminoid | MTG | Medium Tufted Graminoid | SS | Small Shrub |
MH | Medium Herb | PS | Prostrate Shrub | T | Tree |
MNG | Medium Non-tufted Graminoid | SC | Scramble/Climber |
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