Part Two Vegetation Profiles
Page 105 Page 106 which species will be suitable for revegetation Using the efforts. Vegetation Profiles How the profiles were put together Once the provinces were identified, the dominant landforms for each province were Why have vegetation profiles? selected. This was thought to be the easiest way The profiles are meant as a guide to what to split each province into smaller units and it species you could plant where and also to also identifies that vegetation will respond to illustrate what each part of the catchment would these changes in topography. In some provinces resemble if the vegetation communities were there are mountainous areas and cliff faces not disturbed. that have not been included as landforms as we wanted to concentrate on areas that are Bioregions suitable for revegetation. These type of areas All of Australia has been split into do, or should, still contain most of their natural bioregions; there are 17 in NSW, and the vegetation and are unlikely to be suitable for divisions are referred to as the Interim revegetation efforts. After identifying the Biogeographical Regionalisation of Australia landforms in each province, a species list was (IBRA’s). Bioregions are areas of land that constructed of the most common plants found have similar natural features and environmental there. The pictorial profiles represent what the processes on a landscape scale. These similarities vegetation community would look like if it was influence the flora and fauna that will be found in its natural state but the list does not include within its geographic area. A bioregion is a every possible species that can occur there. The simple way to group complex biodiversity list is made up of species that are important for patterns. This makes it easier to plan and/or revegetation and the species in bold print are predict what occurs in a certain area, and to be described in Part Three: Species Descriptions. able to further identify finer-scale differences The landform types and species lists were in vegetation and animal assemblages. In the put together by Greg Steenbeeke, Alan Ede Border Rivers – Gwydir Catchment there are and Wendy Hawes. All have a wealth of local four bioregions. These are the Darling Riverine botanical and ecological expertise. Plains, Nandewar, Brigalow Belt South, and the New England Tablelands. (Please note - these The vegetation profile illustrations were bioregions extend beyond the borders of the drawn by Gail Cannon from information and
BR-G catchment.) photographs provided to her by the BR-G CMA. Provinces Within the bioregions, smaller-scale differences in geology, soil and landforms, produce changes in vegetation and fauna that allow us to identify provincial differences. These provinces (also known as sub-regions), are the basis for the vegetation profiles that have been constructed for this book. Of course, within these provinces there are differences in topography and water availability. This influences the vegetation communities found on the different landforms within each province (e.g. hills, dunes etc.). These differences are represented in the vegetation profiles so that you, as a land manager, can predict what vegetation should occur in your area and also Page 107 How to use the profiles Detailed information on revegetation methods is given in Chapter 12. The appendices also contain information about identifying and propagating native plants, as well as sources for plants and seeds.
Find your locality on the BR-G Explanation of Regional Vegetation catchment map Communities The Regional Vegetation Communities (RVC) listed against the various descriptions is intended as a guide for different vegetation communities that may occur on that part of the landscape in each province. Each is a reasonably uniform community that is often defined by the Look up the presence of certain species in the prominent Locate the province where landform/s that it is found (provinces are interest you layers. arranged in alphabetical order within bioregions). RVC’s were developed as a method of defining vegetation communities that was more ecologically robust than Local Vegetation Communities (Gibbons et al 2008) and more Check the notes refined than the classification in use for the and location example state-wide native vegetation formations found If species names to find out more are in bold, check information in Keith (2004). their description in Part Three: Species A listing of the prominent species in Descriptions each RVC is given at the end of the vegetation profiles.
References Gibbons, P., Briggs, S.V., Ayers, D., Seddon, J., Doyle, S., Cosier, P., McElhinny, C., Pelly, V. and Roberts, K. (2008) An operational method to assess impacts of land clearing on terrestrial biodiversity. Ecological Indicators 9 (1) 26-40.
Keith D. A. (2004) Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes: the native vegetation of New South Wales and the ACT. Department of Environment and Conservation, Hurstville, NSW.
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Contents Brigalow Belt South Bioregion Profiles Maps Armidale Plateau Province
Northern Basalts Province...... 113 Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 156
Northern Outwash Province...... 114 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 157 Beardy River Hills Province Profiles Riparian, Alluvial flats, Rises...... 158 Hills, Crests and ridges...... 159 Northern Basalts Province Binghi Plateau Province Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 142 Riparian, Alluvial Flats, Wetlands...... 160 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 143 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 161
Northern Outwash Province Bundarra Downs Province
Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 144 Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 162
Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 145 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 163 Deepwater Downs Province Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 164 Maps Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 165 Castlereagh-Barwon Province...... 117 Eastern Nandewars Province Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 166 Profiles Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 167 Castlereagh-Barwon Province Glen Innes - Guyra Basalts Province Riparian, Alluvial flats, wetlands...... 146 Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 168 Rises, Hills, Dunes and swales...... 147 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 169 Moredun Volcanics Province Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 170 Nandewar Bioregion Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 171 Maps Northeast Forest Lands Province Inverell Basalts Province...... 120 Riparian, Rises...... 172 Kaputar Province...... 121 Hills, Crests and ridges...... 173 Northern Complex Province...... 122 Severn River Volcanics Province Peel Province...... 123 Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 174 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 175 Profiles Stanthorpe Plateau Province Inverell Basalts Province Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 176 Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 148 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 177 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 149 Tenterfield Plateau Province . Kaputar Province Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 178 Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 150 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 179 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 151 Tingha Plateau Province Northern Complex Province Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 180 Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 152 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 181 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 153 Yarrowyck-Kentucky Downs Province Peel Province Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 182 Riparian, Alluvial flats, Wetlands...... 154 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 183 Rises, Hills, Crests and ridges...... 155
Regional Vegetation Communities...... 184 New England Tablelands Bioregion Maps Armidale Plateau Province...... 126 Beardy River Hills Province...... 127 Binghi Plateau Province...... 128 Bundarra Downs Province...... 129 Deepwater Downs Province...... 130 Eastern Nandewars Province...... 131 Glen Innes - Guyra Basalts Province...... 132 Moredun Volcanics Province...... 133 Northeast Forest Lands Province...... 134 Severn River Volcanics Province...... 135 Stanthorpe Plateau Proince...... 136 Tenterfield Plateau Province...... 137 Tingha Plateau Province...... 138 Yarrowyck-Kentucky Downs Province...... 139 Page 110 Brigalow Belt South
Page 111 Page 112 NORTHERN BASALTS
Page 113 NORTHERN OUTWASH
Page 114 Darling Riverine Plains
Page 115 Page 116 CASTLEREAGH - BARWON
Page 117 Page 118 Nandewar
Page 119 INVERELL BASALTS
Page 120 KAPUTAR
Page 121 NORTHERN COMPLEX
Page 122 PEEL
Page 123 Page 124 New England Tablelands
Page 125 ARMIDALE PLATEAU
Page 126 BEARDY RIVER HILLS
Page 127 BINGHI PLATEAU
Page 128 BUNDARRA DOWNS
Page 129 DEEPWATER DOWNS
Page 130 EASTERN NANDEWARS
Page 131 GLEN INNES - GUYRA BASALTS
Page 132 MOREDUN VOLCANICS
Page 133 NORTH EAST FOREST LANDS
Page 134 SEVERN RIVER VOLCANICS
Page 135 STANTHORPE PLATEAU
Page 136 TENTERFIELD PLATEAU
Page 137 TINGHA PLATEAU
Page 138 YARROWYCK - KENTUCKY
Page 139 Page 140 Vegetation Profiles
Page 141 Sedge
Lignum Cumbungi Reed Grass Water Ribbons Water Common Nardoo Red Water-milfoil Water-milfoil Red Entire Marshwort Weeping Bottlebrush Weeping
Wetlands
Ephemeral to permanent wetlands dominated by Reeds and Ephemeral to permanent Rushes, usually treeless. 25, 69, 70, 75, 95 Hie Terry Warialda; Yetman; Biniguy; Mosquito Creek; Hie. Usually treeless Duma florulenta Callistemon viminalis Arundinella nepalensis Cyperus spp. Marsilea drummondii Myriophyllum verrucosum Nymphoides geminata procerum Triglochin spp. Typha
Myall Belah Tarvine Tarvine Carbeen Brigalow Ironwood Rosewood Whitewood Yellow Box Box Yellow Bimble Box Copper Burrs Nepine (Vine) Nepine (Vine) Windmill Grass Windmill
White Wire Grass Wire White Blakely’s Red Gum Blakely’s White Cypress Pine Common Everlasting
Curly Windmill Grass Windmill Curly
Alluvial Flats
Atalaya hemiglauca Capparis lasiantha Aristida leptopoda Boerhavia dominii Bothriochloa spp. Chloris truncata Chrysocephalum apiculatum Grassy woodland to open forest. Grassy woodland to open 57, 59, 70, 5, 6, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 72, 75, 79, 80, 83, 84, 85, 89 Creek Croppa Creek at North Star road crossing; Ottleys - North Star road); Gwydir near Blue Nobby (Yetman Yetman. River near Biniguy; Macintyre River at Acacia harpophylla Callitris glaucophylla Casuarina cristata Corymbia tessellaris Eucalyptus blakelyi Eucalyptus melliodora Eucalyptus populnea Acacia excelsa Acacia pendula Alectryon oleifolia Enteropogon ramosus Enteropogon Sclerolaena spp. Cooba Tantoon Tantoon River Oak Yellow Box Box Yellow Couch Grass Poison Pratia Black Tea Tree Tree Tea Black Windmill Grass Windmill River Red Gum
Native Blackthorn Weeping Bottlebrush Weeping Rough-barked Apple Rough-barked Queensland Bluegrass Slender Bamboo Grass Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Riparian
transmontanum subsp Leptospermum polygalifolium Austrostipa verticillata Bothriochloa spp. Chloris truncata Dichanthium sericeum Lomandra longifolia Pratia concolor Cynodon dactylon Eucalyptus melliodora Melaleuca bracteata Acacia salicina Eucalyptus camaldulensis Bursaria spinosa Callistemon viminalis Casuarina cunninghamiana BRIGALOW BELT streams; River Oak thickets or Gallery forest on major and scrubs on Tree Tea forests on many minor streams; smaller drainages. 6, 24, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 95 Mosquito Ottleys Creek between Coolatai and Blue Nobby; Hie Hie. Terry Creek; Berrygil Creek upstream of Angophora floribunda
SOUTH Northern Basalts Province Ground Ground covers Shrubs Trees >8m Location example RVC* RVC* Vegetation Vegetation type Landform Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Communities Vegetation * Regional Page 142
Wilga Wilga Red Ash Red Dogwood Fuzzweed Kurrajong Red Grass Wire Grass Wire Wiry Panic Wiry Cough Bush Wild Lemon Wild Orange Gum Nepine (Vine) Nepine (Vine) Windmill Grass Windmill Wattle Mat-rush Wattle False Sarsparilla White Bloodwood Black Cypress Pine White Cypress Pine Smooth-barked Apple Smooth-barked Silver-leaved Ironbark Silver-leaved Narrow-leaved Ironbark
Crests and ridges Crests
Grassy woodlands tending to shrubby woodlands in rocky Grassy woodlands tending elements may be present. areas; Belah and rainforest 54, 58, 59, 61, 80, 91 4, 5, 6, 18, 22, 28, 29, Haystack near Bellata; west Yetman; Between Coolatai and Hie Hie. Terry of Angophora leiocarpa Brachychiton populneus Callitris glaucophylla Corymbia trachyphloia Eucalyptus crebra Eucalyptus melanophloia Eucalyptus prava Alphitonia excelsa Psydrax oleifolia Callitris endlicheri Capparis lasiantha Cassinia laevis Geijera parviflora Jacksonia scoparia Aristida spp. Bothriochloa spp. Chloris spp. Entolasia stricta Hardenbergia violacea Lomandra filiformis cuneata Vittadinia
Belah Wilga Wilga Ooline Tarvine Tarvine Red Ash Red Kurrajong Red Grass Speargrass Speargrass White Box Bitter Bark Wire Grass Wire Curracabah Wild Lemon Wild Windmill Grass Windmill Rat’s Tail Grass Tail Rat’s White Bloodwood Smooth-barked Apple Smooth-barked Silver-leaved Ironbark Silver-leaved Narrow-leaved Ironbark
Hills
Casuarina cristata Eucalyptus albens Eucalyptus crebra Eucalyptus melanophloia Grassy woodlands tending to shrubby woodlands in rocky Grassy woodlands tending in some areas. areas; rainforest elements 54, 58, 59, 61, 72, 91 4, 5, 6, 18, 28, 29, 49, road; Crooble - Warialda Gurley; and Hie Hie Terry Between Coolatai - North Star - Yallaroi; ridges north of Yetman. Angophora leiocarpa Brachychiton populneus Corymbia trachyphloia Acacia leiocalyx Alectryon subdentatus Alphitonia excelsa Psydrax oleifolia Cadellia pentastylis Geijera parviflora Petalostigma pubescens Austrostipa scabra Boerhavia dominii Bothriochloa spp. Cheilanthes sieberi Chloris truncata Sporobolus creber Aristida spp.
Wilga Wilga Belah
Buloke Carbeen
Brigalow Red Grass Wire Grass Wire
Bimble Box Wild Lemon Wild
Native Olive Copper Burrs Kidney Weed Weed Kidney Native Orange Nepine (Vine) Nepine (Vine) Windmill Grass Windmill
White Cypress Pine Rough-barked Apple Rough-barked Common Everlasting Smooth-barked Apple Smooth-barked
Rises
Dichanthium spp. Dichondra repens Sclerolaena spp. Chrysocephalum apiculatum Woodlands and open forests on deeper soils; shrubby when and open Woodlands sandy soils present. 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 54, 57, 59, 72, 4, 5, 6, 17, 18, 21, 22, 75, 79, 80, 84, 85, 91 and the railway crossing Yetman Bruxner Highway between Acacia harpophylla Bothriochloa spp. Chloris spp. Angophora floribunda Angophora leiocarpa Callitris glaucophylla Aristida spp. Casuarina cristata Notelaea microcarpa Corymbia tessellaris Eucalyptus populnea Psydrax oleifolia Capparis lasiantha Geijeira parviflora BRIGALOW BELT Allocasuarina luehmannii Capparis mitchellii
SOUTH Northern Basalts Province Ground Ground covers Shrubs Location example Trees >8m Vegetation Vegetation type RVC* Landform Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Communities Vegetation * Regional Page 143 Myall Lignum Cumbungi Darling Lily River Cooba Water Couch Water Poison Pratia Common Reed Common Nardoo Slender Monkey-flower Wetlands
Ephemeral to permanent wetlands dominated by Reeds and Ephemeral to permanent Rushes, usually treeless. 24, 68, 69, 70, 95 Many of the streams near the Newell Highway. Usually treeless Acacia pendula Acacia stenophylla Duma florulenta Crinum flaccidum Marsilea drummondii Mimulus gracilis Paspalum distichum Phragmites australis Pratia concolor Typha spp. Typha Belah Myall Tarvine Tarvine Carbeen Brigalow Red Grass Rosewood Whitewood Yellow Box Box Yellow Bimble Box
Currant Bush Copper Burrs Nepine (Vine) Nepine (Vine) Windmill Grass Windmill White Speargrass White Speargrass White Cypress Pine Common Everlasting
Queensland Bluegrass Silver-leaved Ironbark Silver-leaved
Alluvial Flats
Callitris glaucophylla Corymbia tessellaris Eucalyptus melanophloia Grassy woodland, sometimes shrubby on lighter soils. Grassy woodland, sometimes 76, 79, 80, 82, 4, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 68, 70, 74, 75, 85, 86, 89 Tycannah. Flats around Moree and Acacia harpophylla Casuarina cristata Atalaya hemiglauca Capparis lasiantha Carissa ovata Aristida leptopoda Boerhavia dominii Bothriochloa spp. Chloris truncata Chrysocephalum apiculatum Acacia pendula Alectryon oleifolia Eucalyptus melliodora Eucalyptus populnea Dichanthium sericeum Sclerolaena spp. Cooba Lignum Red Grass Yellow Box Box Yellow River Cooba Couch Grass Poison Pratia Black Tea Tree Tree Tea Black Common Reed Windmill Grass Windmill River Red Gum Rough-barked Apple Rough-barked Weeping Bottlebrush Weeping
Northern Sandalwood Slender Bamboo Grass Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Riparian
Duma florulenta Santalum lanceolatum Austrostipa verticillata Bothriochloa spp. Pratia concolor Chloris truncata Lomandra longifolia Phragmites australis Cynodon dactylon Eucalyptus camaldulensis Eucalyptus melliodora Melaleuca bracteata Acacia salicina Callistemon viminalis Riparian gallery forest on major streams, with smaller Riparian gallery forest Tea scrubs or streams a combination of riparian woodlands, thickets. Tree 6, 24, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 79, 95 River Croppa Creek downstream of the railway; Gwydir between Pallamallawa and Moree. Angophora floribunda BRIGALOW BELT Acacia stenophylla
SOUTH Northern Outwash Province Ground Ground covers Shrubs Location example Trees >8m RVC* RVC* Vegetation Vegetation type Landform Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Communities Vegetation * Regional Page 144 Wilga Wilga Budda Brigalow Emu-foot Ironwood Speargrass Speargrass Wire Grass Wire Bimble Box Wild Lemon Wild Currant Bush Warrior Bush Warrior Nepine (Vine) Nepine (Vine) Native Orange Windmill Grass Windmill Yellow Burr-daisy Burr-daisy Yellow Western Grey Box Western Curly Windmill Grass Windmill Curly Silver-leaved Ironbark Silver-leaved
Crests and ridges Crests
Acacia excelsa Acacia harpophylla Eucalyptus melanophloia Eucalyptus microcarpa Eucalyptus populnea Apophyllum anomalum Shrubby woodlands or thickets, sometimes with rainforest Shrubby woodlands or elements. 61, 85, 91 4, 5, 6, 28, 29, 54, 59, NP. Ridges between Bellata and Gurley; near Careunga Psydrax oleifolia Capparis lasiantha Capparis mitchellii Carissa ovata Eremophila mitchellii Aristida spp. Geijera parviflora Cullen tenax Enteropogon acicularis Salsola kali Austrostipa scabra Calotis lappulacea Chloris truncata Belah Wilga Wilga Budda Tarvine Tarvine Carbeen White Box Wire Grass Wire Whitewood Bimble Box
Plains Grass Wild Lemon Wild
Warrior Bush Warrior Copper Burrs
Nepine (Vine) Nepine (Vine) Native Orange Windmill Grass Windmill Small Burrgrass Small Burrgrass Western Grey Box Western Common Everlasting Silver-leaved Ironbark Silver-leaved
Hills
Eucalyptus populnea Eucalyptus melanophloia Corymbia tessellaris Eucalyptus albens 4, 5, 6, 28, 29, 33, 41, 57, 59, 82, 83, 91 4, 5, 6, 28, 29, 33, 41, Moree. Immediately east of Bellata and southeast of Casuarina cristata Woodlands to open forests, often shrubby. Belah stands on Belah stands forests, often shrubby. to open Woodlands elements often present. some slopes; Rainforest Eucalyptus microcarpa Capparis lasiantha Capparis mitchellii Eremophila mitchellii Apophyllum anomalum Atalaya hemiglauca Geijera parviflora Psydrax oleifolia Aristida spp. Austrostipa aristiglumis Austrostipa Boerhavia dominii Chloris spp. Chrysocephalum apiculatum Sclerolaena spp. australianus Tragus
Wilga Wilga Budda Buloke Tarvine Tarvine Carbeen Bluebell Brigalow
Red Grass Whitewood Bimble Box Plains Grass Warrior Bush Warrior Copper Burrs Nepine (Vine) Nepine (Vine) Native Orange Windmill Grass Windmill Blakely’s Red Gum Blakely’s White Cypress Pine
Small-leaf Bluebush Silver-leaved Ironbark Silver-leaved
Rises
Apophyllum anomalum aristiglumis Austrostipa Atalaya hemiglauca Eremophila mitchellii Capparis lasiantha Capparis mitchellii Geijera parviflora Maireana microphylla Allocasuarina luehmannii Callitris glaucophylla Eucalyptus blakelyi Corymbia tessellaris Eucalyptus melanophloia Eucalyptus populnea Boerhavia dominii Bothriochloa spp. Chloris truncata Dichanthium spp. Sclerolaena spp. Wahlenbergia spp. Wahlenbergia 4, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 57, 59, 60, 61, 4, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 72, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 91 Pallamallawa. Indistinct ridges west of Bellata and north of Acacia harpophylla BRIGALOW BELT forests on low-relief landscapes; Poplar to open Woodlands and Belah dominate canopies. Box, Carbeen, Brigalow
SOUTH Northern Outwash Province Shrubs Ground RVC* RVC* Location example Trees >8m covers Vegetation Vegetation type Landform Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Communities Vegetation * Regional Page 145 DARLING RIVERINE Castlereagh - Barwon Province PLAINS
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Riparian gallery forests, particularly those dominated by Shrublands to open woodlands, grassy on clay soils, often Often dominated by beds of Reeds or Cumbungi; some type River Red Gum and Coolabah. shrubby on sandier soils areas of shrubby vegetation; trees rare or uncommon in true wetlands. RVC* 73 & 78 24, 25, 26, 67, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 85, 86, 87, 88, 66, 68, 69, 70, 78, 95 Page 146 89, 90, 95 Location Riverbanks near Mungindi, Goondiwindi and Collarenebri Between Boggabilla and Boobera Lagoon. Gwydir Wetlands, ephemeral wetlands near Boobera example Lagoon and Yetman.
Trees Acacia salicina Cooba Casuarina cristata Belah >8m Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum Corymbia tesselaris Carbeen Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box Eucalyptus chloroclada Dirty Gum Melaleuca bracteata Black Tea Tree Eucalyptus coolabah Coolibah Trees rare or uncommon Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box Eucalyptus populnea Bimble Box
Shrubs Acacia stenophylla River Cooba Acacia pendula Myall Acacia stenophylla River Cooba Callistemon viminalis Weeping Bottlebrush Acacia stenophylla River Cooba Chenopodium nitaraceum Nitre Goosefoot Capparis lasiantha Nepine (Vine) Alectryon oleifolia Western Rosewood Duma florulenta Lignum Eremophila maculata Spotted Fuschia Bush Apophyllum anomalum Warrior Bush Duma florentula Lignum Atalaya hemiglauca Whitewood Santalum lanceolatum Northern Sandalwood Capparis lasiantha Nepine (Vine) Capparis mitchellii Native Orange Ground Cynodon dactylon Couch Grass Boerhavia dominii Tarvine Crinum flaccidum Darling Lily covers Myriophyllum verrucosum Red Water-milfoil Convolvulus erubescens Blushing Bindweed Eleocharis plana Flat Spike Sedge Paspalidium jubiflorum Warrego Summer Grass Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass Lobelia darlingensis Darling Pratia Paspalum distichum Water Couch Neptunia gracilis Sensitive Plant Marsilea spp. Common Nardoo Phragmites australis Common Reed Paspalidium jubiflorum Warrego Summer Grass Mimulus gracilis Slender Monkey-flower Salsola kali Buck Bush Salsola kali Buck Bush Phragmites australis Common Reed Vallisneria gigantea Eel Weed Sclerolaena muricata Black Roly Poly Typha orientalis Broad-leaved Cumbungi
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter DARLING RIVERINE Castlereagh - Barwon Province PLAINS
Landform Rises Hills Dunes and swales Vegetation Woodlands, usually grassy, or areas of thicket with dry Usually shrubby woodlands. Shrubby woodlands or shrublands. type rainforest elements. RVC* 4, 22, 25, 26, 34, 60, 74, 75, 76, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 4, 6, 33, 60, 82, 83, 90 57, 60, 81, 82, 85, 86, 87 87, 88, 89, 90 Page 147 Location Gentle rises between Goondiwindi and Mungindi. Ridges between Garah and Collarenebri Ridges south of and parallel to the Barwon River near example Mungindi. Trees Acacia harpophylla Brigalow Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine Acacia excelsa Ironwood >8m Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine Corymbia dolichocarpa Long-fruited Bloodwood Acacia oswaldi Miljee Casuarina cristata Belah Eucalyptus melanophloia Silver-leaved Ironbark Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine Corymbia tessellaris Carbeen Eucalyptus populnea Bimble Box Corymbia dolichocarpa Long-fruited Bloodwood Eucalyptus chloroclada Dirty Gum Flindersia maculosa Leopardwood Corymbia tessellaris Carbeen Eucalyptus populnea Bimble Box Eucalyptus chloroclada Dirty Gum Flindersia maculosa Leopardwood Shrubs Acacia excelsa Ironwood Acacia excelsa Ironwood Acacia decora Western Golden Wattle Acacia pendula Myall Acacia homalophylla Yarran Allocasuarina luehmannii Buloke Alectryon oleifolia Western Rosewood Apophyllum anomalum Warrior Bush Geijera parviflora Wilga Apophyllum anomalum Warrior Bush Capparis mitchellii Native Orange Myoporum montanum Western Boobialla Capparis lasiantha Nepine Eremophila mitchellii Budda Petalostigma pubescens Bitter Bark Eremophila mitchellii Budda Geijera parviflora Wilga Sclerolaena muricata Black Roly Poly Myoporum montanum Western Boobialla Hakea leucoptera Needlewood Senna zygophylla Ground Austrostipa verticillata Slender Bamboo Grass Aristida jerichoensis Jericho Wiregrass Abutilon otocarpum Desert Lantern covers Calotis lappulacea Yellow Burr-daisy Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruit Saltbush Aristida caput-medusae Many-headed Wiregrass Chloris truncata Windmill Grass Atriplex muelleri Mueller’s Saltbush Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Einadia spp. Climbing Saltbush Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Chenopodium cristatum Crested Goosefoot Rhagodia spinescens Spiny Saltbush Boerhavia dominii Tarvine Sclerolaena birchii Corrugated Burr Vittadinia spp. Fuzzweed Enteropogon acicularis Curly Windmill Grass Sida corrugata Corrugated sida Wahlenbergia spp. Bluebell Sclerolaena bicornis Goathead Burr Tragus australianus Small Burrgrass
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Inverell Basalts NANDEWAR Province
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation River Oak forests and thickets, some with Apple, Box and Box - Gum grassy woodland or open forest Ephemeral and semi-permanent areas of Reeds, Rushes and type Gum elements; Tea Tree along smaller drainages. Sedges. RVC* 2, 20, 63, 64, 71, 73, 95 17, 20, 27, 28, 35, 95 64, 70, 95
Page 148 Location Macintyre River near Inverell; Warialda Creek upstream of Macintyre River flats near Byron. Swan Brook near Kings Plains Road; Warialda Creek near example Gragin Peak crossing. Gunnee Hills. Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Eucalyptus albens White Box Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Usually treeless Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus moluccana Grey Box Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Shrubs Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle Leptospermum polygalifolium Callistemon viminalis Weeping Bottlebrush Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn subsp polygalifolium Tantoon Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp transmontanum Tantoon subsp polygalifolium Tantoon Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Pimelea neo-anglica Poison Pimelea Ground Austrostipa verticillata Slender Bamboo Grass Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Eleocharis spp. Spike Rush covers Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Isotoma fluviatilis Swamp Isotome Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass Geranium solanderi Native Geranium Juncus spp. Rush Phragmites australis Common Reed Pimelea curviflora Phragmites australis Common Reed Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Potamogeton crispus Curly Pondweed Ranunculus inundatus River Buttercup Sporobolus creber Rat’s Tail Grass Typha spp. Cumbungi Typha spp. Cumbungi Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Inverell Basalts NANDEWAR Province
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Grassy woodland and open forest. Grassy woodland and open forest, shrubby in stony areas Grassy woodland with areas of shrub in areas of stony or type and on shallow soils. shallow soil and rocky outcrops. RVC* 17, 18, 21, 28, 29, 35, 42, 50, 59, 61, 64, 92, 93 2, 6, 17, 18, 19, 21, 28, 29, 42, 44, 49, 50, 62, 63, 64, 92, 6, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28, 42, 49, 59, 61, 92 95 Page 149 Location North and west of Graman; Little Plain and Delungra area. East of Inverell, north to Bukkulla Masterman’s Range between Wallangra and Graman; example Koloona. Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple >8m Eucalyptus albens White Box Eucalyptus albens White Box Eucalyptus albens White Box Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark Eucalyptus moluccana Grey Box Eucalyptus moluccana Grey Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Shrubs Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle Acacia filicifolia Fern-leaved Wattle Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Olearia elliptica Sticky Daisy-bush Olearia elliptica Sticky Daisy-bush Olearia elliptica Sticky Daisy-bush Santalum lanceolatum Northern Sandalwood Santalum lanceolatum Northern Sandalwood Ground Asperula conferta Common Woodruff Asperula conferta Common Woodruff Austrostipa scabra Speargrass covers Boerhavia dominii Tarvine Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Bothriochloa decipiens Redleg Grass Bothriochloa spp. Red Grass Desmodium brachypodum Large Tick-trefoil Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Desmodium varians Slender Tick-trefoil Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Calotis scabiosifolia Rough Burr-daisy Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass Hydrocotyle laxiflora Stinking Pennywort Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Lotus australis Australian Trefoil Desmodium brachypodum Large Tick-trefoil Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Sporobolus creber Rat’s Tail Grass Rubus parvifolius Native Raspberry
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Kaputar Province NANDEWAR
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Dense thickets of shrubby tea tree, river oak and occasional Tall open forest - woodland with grassy understorey, grad- Tussock grass, cumbungi, reed, sedge and rush dominated, type rainforest patches; tall gum forest on major streams. ing to treeless grasslands in frost hollows. usually without shrubs. RVC* 6, 20, 63, 64, 71, 95 12, 14, 17, 20, 23, 27, 28, 64, 70, 95 23, 63, 64, 70, 95
Page 150 Location Horton River above falls; Berrygill Ck within the National Flats near Round Mountain (Horton River above Mount Flats near Mount Lindesay Road; localised places through- example Park; Ten Mile Creek upstream of Couradda (Narrabri - Lindesay Road). out Mount Kaputar. Terry Hie Hie Road). Trees Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum >8m Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus elliptica Bendemeer White Gum Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalytpus nova-anglica New England Peppermint Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Usually treeless Eucalyptus nova-anglica New England Peppermint Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Shrubs Breynia oblongifolia Coffee Bush Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Leptospermum polygalifolium Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Ficus rubiginosa Port Jackson Fig Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp tramsmontanum Tantoon subsp transmontanum Tantoon Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Pittosporum undulatum Native Daphne Pittosporum undulatum Native Daphne Ground Eleocharis spp. Spike Rush Asperula conferta Common Woodruff Carex appressa Tall Sedge covers Juncus spp. Rush Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Cyperus spp. Sedge Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Eleocharis spp. Spike Rush Phragmites australis Common Reed Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine Isotoma fluviatilis Swamp Isotome Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Phragmites australis Common Reed Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Urtica incisa Stinging Nettle Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Typha spp. Cumbungi
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Kaputar Province NANDEWAR
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Shrubby open forest with more grassy areas on gentle slopes Shrubby open forest - woodland, sometimes with very Shrubby woodlands to forests, grassy when soils are type with deeper soils. sparse groundcover. deeper. RVC* 17, 18, 19, 27, 28 6, 11, 15, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28, 35, 38, 39, 44, 49, 51, 52, 62, 11, 15, 18, 19, 27, 28, 35, 39, 49 63, 71, 72, 95, 99 Page 151 Location Lower slopes near Mount Lindesay (east of Mount Kaputar). Couradda (Terry Hie Hie - Narrabri road near Edgeroi Kaputar Road above Horton Falls; Bingara - Narrabri road example turn). at Kaputar. Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus albens White Box Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple >8m Eucalyptus albens (far north only) White Box Eucalyptus caliginosa Broad-leaved Stringybark Eucalyptus caliginosa Broad-leaved Stringybark Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Monkey Gum Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-top Stringybark Eucalyptus dalrympleana Mountain Gum Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum Eucalyptus nortonii Bundy Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-top Stringybark Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum Shrubs Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Alectryon subdentatus Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Cassinia spp. Exocarpos cuppressiformis Native Cherry Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Exocarpos cuppressiformis Native Cherry Kunzea opposita Dodonaea viscosa Sticky Hop Bush Maytenus cunninghamii Yellow-berry Bush Olearia elliptica Sticky Daisy Bush Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Olearia elliptica Sticky Daisy Bush Pittosporum undulatum Native Daphne Olearia elliptica Sticky Daisy Bush Pittosporum undulatum Native Daphne Xanthorrhoea johnsonii Ground Ajuga australis Austral Bugle Aristida vagans Threeawn Speargrass Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass covers Carex inversa Knob Sedge Austrodanthonia racemosa Desmodium brachypodum Large Tick-trefoil Desmodium varians Slender Tick-trefoil Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Dichelachne spp. Plumegrass Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Geranium spp. Entolasia stricta Wiry Panic Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass Pelargonium australe Native Storksbill Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Ranunculus lappaceus Common Buttercup Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Swainsona galegifolia Smooth Darling Pea Cheilanthes spp. Rock Fern
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Northern Complex NANDEWAR Province
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Thickets and forests of River Oak, Bottlebrush; gallery Grassy open forest, sometimes with areas of shrub and Ephemeral and semi-permanent areas of Reeds, Rushes and type forests on largest streams; Tea Tree thickets on smaller Bottlebrush. Sedges, often with sparse tree canopy. drainage lines. RVC* 2, 5, 20, 24, 63, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 95 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 28, 29, 42, 75, 80, 85, 95 63, 64, 70, 95 Page 152 Location Severn River at Ashford; Dumaresq River at Bonshaw; Severn River near Ashford Coal Mine; Macintyre River Camp Creek; Macintyre River flats near Graman and Wal- example lower Mole River; Camp Creek near Texas. near Graman; Dumaresq River downstream of Bonshaw. langra; Dumaresq River flats below Mole River; Ashford.
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Corymbia tessellaris Carbeen Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum Eucalyptus tereticornis Forest Red Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus pilligaensis Narrow-leaved Grey Box Eucalyptus populnea Bimble Box
Shrubs Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Leptospermum polygalifolium Callistemon viminalis Weeping Bottlebrush Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong subsp. polygalifolium Tantoon Melaleuca bracteata Black Tea Tree Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Melicytus dentatus Tree Violet Melaleuca bracteata Black Tea Tree Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive
Ground Carex appressa Tall Sedge Einadia nutans Climbing Saltbush Carex appressa Tall Sedge covers Cyperus exaltatus Giant Sedge Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass Cyperus exaltatus Giant Sedge Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-Rush Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Eleocharis spp. Spike Rush Persicaria hydropiper Water Pepper Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Monochoria cyanea Pratia purpurascens Whiteroot Potamogeton crispus Curly Pondweed Ranunculus inundatus River Buttercup Triglochin spp. Water Ribbons
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Northern Complex NANDEWAR Province
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Grassy open forests to woodlands; shrubby woodland in Shrubby woodland mostly, some areas of grassy woodland Grassy to shrubby woodlands and open forest. type areas where soils are shallow or poor. where deeper soils occur. RVC* 5, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 28, 29, 42, 44, 50, 51, 57, 58, 59, 2, 5, 6, 17, 18, 19, 21, 28, 42, 44, 49, 50, 51, 57, 58, 59, 16, 17, 18, 27, 28, 42, 44, 49, 50, 51, 61, 62, 91 79, 84, 85, 91, 92, 95 61, 62, 63, 91, 95 Page 153 Location Severn Valley near Ashford Mine; Camp Creek - Kwiambal NP; Atholwood area; lower Mole River Valley. Bruxner Highway near Middle Creek; north of Bukkulla; example Cunningham’s Weir. Ashford - Wallangra Road. Trees Acacia harpophylla Brigalow Eucalyptus albens White Box Angophora leiocarpa (localised) Smooth-barked Apple >8m Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Corymbia dolichocarpa Long-fruited Bloodwood Eucalyptus populnea Bimble Box Eucalyptus crebra Narrow-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus melanophloia Silver-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus crebra Narrow-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melanophloia Silver-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus pilligaensis Narrow-leaved Grey Box Eucalyptus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark Eucalyptus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark Ficus rubiginosa Port Jackson Fig Eucalyptus subtilior
Shrubs Acacia decora Western Golden Wattle Acacia decora Western Golden Wattle Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Acacia neriifolia Silver Wattle Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Geijera parviflora Wilga Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree Eremophila mitchellii Budda Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine Leucopogon muticus Blunt Beard-heath Geijera parviflora Wilga Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Petalostigma pubescens Bitter Bark
Ground Bothriochloa decipiens Redleg Grass Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass covers Desmodium varians Slender Tick-trefoil Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Echinopogon ovatus Forest Hedgehog Grass Cheilanthes seiberi Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Hibbertia obtusifolia Hoary Guinea Flower Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine Lomandra multiflora Many-flowered Mat-rush Desmodium brachypodum Large Tick-trefoil Sporobolus creber Rat’s-tail Grass Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath Goodenia hederacea Ivy Goodenia Sorghum leiocladum Wild Sorghum Plectranthus spp. Native Mints Oxalis perennans
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Peel Province NANDEWAR
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Gallery forest of Redgum and Yellow Box with River Oak Tall grassy open forest - woodland of Box and/or Ironbark. Ephemeral to semi-permanent Reed, Sedge, Rush and wet type and Bottlebrush on larger streams; Bottlebrush and River grassland, often shrubby with Tea Tree and water-loving Oak low forest on creeks; Tea Tree on drainage lines; large herbs. sometimes dry rainforest on protected sites. Page 154 RVC* 2, 20, 63, 71, 72, 73, 95 17, 20, 21, 28, 63, 73, 75, 80, 9 64, 70, 95 Location Horton River below Upper Horton; Gwydir River between Graves- Near Warialda Ck below Warialda Rail; near Gwydir River be- Along streams and drainages; in hollows in plains; example end and Keera; Myall Creek; Cobbadah Creek; Rocky Creek. tween Gravesend and Bingara; near Horton River below Caroda. Cobbadah; Gineroi; Keera; Caroda. Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Acacia leucoclada Northern Silver Wattle >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus albens White Box Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Usually treeless Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Melaleuca bracteata Black Tea Tree Eucalyptus moluccana Grey Box Eucalyptus populnea Bimble Box Shrubs Acacia salicina Cooba Acacia pendula Myall Leptospermum polygalifolium Breynia oblongifolia Coffee Bush Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn subsp transmontanum Tantoon Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Callistemon viminalis Weeping Bottlebrush Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp transmontanum Tantoon Melicytus dentatus Tree Violet Ground Cynodon dactylon Couch Grass Austrostipa aristiglumis Plains Grass Cyperus spp. Sedges covers Commelina cyanea Native Wandering Jew Austrostipa verticillata Slender Bamboo Grass Eleocharis spp. Spike Rush Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine Commelina cyanea Native Wandering Jew Phragmites australis Common Reed Paspalum distichum Water Couch Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Potamogeton crispus Curly Pondweed Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Einadia nutans Climbing Saltbush Triglochin procerum Water Ribbons Ranunculus lappaceus Common Buttercup Maireana microphylla Small-leaf Bluebush Typha spp. Cumbungi
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Peel Province NANDEWAR
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Grassy forest to woodland of Box and Gum on deeper soils, Shrubby forest of Ironbark and Stringybark, sometimes Ironbark open forest to woodland with a shrubby understorey on type trending towards shrubby Ironbark on shallower and stony with rainforest elements in the understorey. poorer & steeper sites, with grassy Box open forest - woodland soils. on better sites with deeper soils; Stringybark often present, and Stringybark - Spinifex - Grasstree on serpentinite outcrops. Page 155 RVC* 6, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 41, 42, 50, 80, 91, 92, 93 2, 5, 6, 17, 18, 19, 28, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 49, 50, 51, 6, 17, 18, 19, 28, 38, 41, 44, 45, 49, 51, 58, 62, 91, 92, 99 58, 62, 63, 71, 72, 92, 95, 99 Location Gravesend area; near Caroda and Gineroi; Cobbadah. Bingara; Upper Horton; Rocky Creek near Caroda. Bingara - Narrabri Road near ‘Zaba’; Bells Mountain. example Trees Eucalyptus albens White Box Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple >8m Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus albens White Box Eucalyptus albens White Box Eucalytus melanophloia Silver-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus crebra Narrow-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus crebra Narrow-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus moluccana Grey Box Eucalyptus melanophloia Silver-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark Eucalyptus populnea Bimble Box Eucalyptus prava Orange Gum Eucalyptus melanophloia Silver-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark Eucalyptus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark Eucalyptus prava Orange Gum Shrubs Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle Acacia pendula Myall Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Alectryon subdentatus Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine Geijera parviflora Wilga Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine Dodonaea viscosa Sticky Hop Bush Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Geijera parviflora Wilga Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Leucopogon muticus Blunt Beard Heath Ground Asperula conferta Common Woodruff Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass covers Bothriochloa decipiens Redleg Grass Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire grass Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Desmodium varians Slender Tick-trefoil Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Desmodium brachypodum Large Tick-trefoil Pimelea linifolia Slender Rice Flower Eragrostis leptostachya Paddock Lovegrass Rostellularia adscendens Sporobolus creber Rat’s-tail Grass Galium migrans Triodia scariosa Porcupine Grass
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter NEW ENGLAND Armidale Plateau TABLELANDS Province
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Teatree thickets, reed and bulrush beds; river oak thickets in Grassy forest or woodland. Ephemeral and permanent areas of reeds, rushes and type some larger streams. sedges; some frost-affected areas with tussock grassland. RVC* 23, 63, 64, 71, 95 12, 14, 16, 63, 64 23, 64, 65, 95
Page 156 Location Streams near Uralla and Invergowrie. Small areas on major streams. Dangars Lagoon; Arding. example Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus caliginosa Broad-leaved Stringybar Eucalyptus nova-anglica New England Peppermint Eucalyptus dalrympleana Mountain Gum Usually treeless Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum
Shrubs Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Leptospermum polygalifolium Callistemon pungens Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. polygalifolium Tantoon Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. polygalifolium Tantoon subsp. polygalifolium Tantoon Olearia elliptica Sticky Daisy Bush Melicytus dentatus Tree Violet Notelea microcarpa Native Olive
Ground Cyperus spp. Spike rushes Ajuga australis Austral Bugle Carex appressa Tall Sedge covers Juncus spp. Rushes Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Cyperus spp. Spike rushes Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Juncus spp. Rushes Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife Hydrocotyle tripartita Pennywort Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife Myriophyllum verrucosum Red water-milfoil Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Philydrum lanuginosum Woolly Waterlily Persicaria hydropiper Water Pepper Poa labillardieri Tussock Grass Phragmites australis Common Reed Rorippa laciniata Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Typha spp. Cumbungi
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter NEW ENGLAND Armidale Plateau TABLELANDS Province
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Grassy woodland to forest. Grassy woodland and forest, trending to shrubby in Woodland and forest, shrubby in stony and steep sites. type steeper and stony sites.
RVC* 13, 14, 35, 40 13, 14, 35, 36, 40, 49, 50, 62, 63, 95 16, 27, 35, 40, 49, 62 Page 157 Location Arding; Cobrabald. Invergowrie; Rocky River. Cobrabald; east of Uralla. example Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus andrewsii New England Blackbutt >8m Eucalyptus andrewsii New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus amplifolia Cabbage Gum Eucalyptus caliginosa Broad-leaved Stringybark Eucalyptus malacoxylon Apple Box Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus campanulata Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus caliginosa Broad-leaved Stringybark Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus calignosa Broad-leaved Stringybark Eucalyptus campanulata New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-top Stringybark Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-top Stringybark Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum
Shrubs Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Jacksonia scoparia Dogwood Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree Olearia viscidula Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Olearia viscidula Olearia viscidula
Ground Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass covers Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Cheilanthes distans Bristly cloak Fern Dichondra repens Kidney weed Goodenia bellidifolia Daisy-leaved Goodenia Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Melichrus urceolatus Urn-heath Melichrus urceolatus Urn-heath Goodenia bellidifolia Daisy-leaved Goodenia Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Pimelea linifolia Slender Rice Flower Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Poa sieberiana Snow Grass
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Beardy River Hills NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Rises Vegetation River Oak forest on major streams; Tea Tree thickets on Grassy woodland to open forest, sometimes shrubby when Woodland to low open forest with some areas of shrub type smaller drainage lines. in stony areas. (especially around rocky areas and in shallow soils) and a moderately open, grassy groundcover RVC* 63, 64, 95 16, 28 13, 14, 16, 27, 35, 39, 40, 42, 50, 92 Page 158 Location Beardy River, Gulf Creek Beardy River Rolling country north and west of Emmaville, on rolling example terrain and footslopes
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-Barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-Barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-Barked Apple >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus mckieana McKie’s Stringybark Eucalyptus conica Fuzzy Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus moluccana Grey Box Eucalyptus moluccana Coastal Grey Box
Shrubs Alectryon oleifolia Western Rosewood Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Callistemon viminalis Weeping Bottlebrush Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea-Tree Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea-Tree Ficus rubiginosa Port Jackson Fig Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Leptospermum polygalifolium Olearia spp. Olearia spp. subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive
Ground Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Aristida ramosa Purple Wire-grass covers Myriophyllum verrucosum Red Water-milfoil Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Persicaria lapathifolia Pale Knotweed Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire grass Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Phragmites australis Common Reed Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Beardy River Hills NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Shrubby woodland and open forest, grassy where deeper soils occur. Forest or woodland, shrubby in stony sites. type RVC* 16, 27, 28, 39, 42, 44, 49, 50, 62, 63 28, 39, 40, 42, 44, 49, 50, 53, 62
Page 159 Location Beardy River Gorge. Gulf Creek. example Trees Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Eucalyptus albens White Box >8m Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus albens White Box Eucalyptus crebra Narrow-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark Eucalyptus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark Eucalyptus youmanii Youman’s Stringybark Eucalyptus youmanii Youman’s Stringybark
Shrubs Acacia decora Western Golden Wattle Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea-tree Callistris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Leucopogon muticus Blunt Beard Heath Leucopogon muticus Blunt Beard Heath Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Olearia elliptica Sticky Daisy Bush Olearia elliptica Sticky Daisy Bush Xanthorrhoea johnsonii Grass Tree Xanthorrhoea johnsonii Grass Tree
Ground Cheilanthes sieberi Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass covers Desmodium varians Slender Tick-trefoil Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat-rush Cheilanthes distans Bristly Cloak Fern Melichrus urceolatus Urn-heath Desmodium brachypodum Large Tick-trefoil Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass Lomandra multiflora Many-flowered Mat-rush Plectranthus spp. Melichrus urceolatus Urn-heath Senecio quadridentatus Cotton fireweed Plectranthus spp.
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Binghi Plateau Province
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Tea Tree thickets on most drainages; River Oak thicket and Woodland - open forest; frost-affected areas of Tussock Usually wet heath (shrubby swamp) with Rushes and type forest on largest streams. Grass and scattered shrubs in hollows. Sedges; localised fens among granite. RVC* 53, 62, 63, 64, 71, 95 16, 27, 50, 63 23, 63, 64
Page 160 Location Black Creek; Silent Grove Creek. Catarrh Creek; Black Creek. Catarrh Creek; scattered small areas throughout the example tablelands. Trees Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood >8m Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Usually without trees Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box
Shrubs Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Hardenbergia violacea False Sarsparilla Almaleea cambagei Callistemon sieberi River Bottlebrush Hibbertia obtusifolia Hoary Guinea Flower Leptospermum polygalifolium Callistemon pallidus Lemon Bottlebrush Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium Baeckea omissa subsp. transmontanum Tantoon subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife Melicytus dentatus Tree Violet Leptospermum novae-angliae Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive
Ground Arundinella nepalensis Reed Grass Arundinella nepalensis Reed Grass Carex appressa Tall Sedge covers Cynodon dactylon Couch Grass Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Cyperus spp. Sedges Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Carex spp. Sedges Juncus spp. Rushes Oplismenus aemulus Juncus spp. Rushes Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Pratia purpurascens Whiteroot Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Stellaria angustifolia Pultenaea microphylla Spreading Bush Pea Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Binghi Plateau Province
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Usually shrubby woodland on shallow and stony sites. Shrubby woodland and forests. Woodland or forest, markedly shrubby in rocky and stony type areas.
RVC* 16, 27, 50, 51, 63, 92 39, 44, 49, 51, 53, 62, 63 27, 39, 44, 49, 51 ,53, 62, 64, 92 Page 161 Location example Terimbone Tableland; Fielder’s Hill; Granite Creeks. Dutchman’s Tableland; High Peak; Roaring Meggs. Much of the Torrington Plateau. Trees Eucalytus andrewsii New England Blackbutt Eucalytus andrewsii New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus andrewsii New England Blackbutt >8m Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus campanulata New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus conica Fuzzy Box Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus prava Orange Gum Eucalyptus youmanii Youman’s Stringybark Eucalyptus prava Orange Gum Eucalyptus youmanii Youman’s Stringybark
Shrubs Acacia buxifolia Box-leaved Wattle Aristida lignosa Aristida lignosa Allocasuarina luehmannii Bull Oak Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Homoranthus binghiensis Homoranthus binghiensis Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Leptospermum novae-angliae Leptospermum novae-angliae Hovea lanceolata Lance-leaved Hovea Leucopogon melaleucoides Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath Leucopogon muticus Blunt Beard Heath Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Petrophile canescens Conesticks
Ground Arundinella nepalensis Reed Grass Aristida jerichoensis Jericho Wiregrass Aristida jerichoensis Jericho Wiregrass covers Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Cheilanthes sieberi Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Isotoma axillaris Rock Isotome Gonocarpus teucrioides Raspwort Dianella revoluta Blueberry Lily Tripogon loliiformis Fiveminute Grass Goodenia bellidifolia Daisy-leaved Goodenia Gonocarpus teucrioides Raspwort Goodenia hederacea subsp. hederacea Ivy Goodenia Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Goodenia bellidifolia Daisy-leaved Goodenia Trachymene incisa Native Lace Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Isotoma axillaris Rock Isotome Gonocarpus teucrioides Raspwort
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter NEW ENGLAND Bundarra Downs TABLELANDS Province
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation River oak forests and thickets; riverine gallery forest of Grassy open forest to woodland. Ephemeral and permanent areas of reeds, rushes and type redgum, apple and box; teatree thickets on smaller drainages. sedges. RVC* 20, 63, 71, 73, 95 16, 17, 18, 20, 28 64, 95
Page 162 Location Gwydir River at Bundarra; Torryburn; Laura, Georges, River flats between Bundarra and Torryburn; Laura Creek; Low-lying parts of the major stream valleys; hollows in example Moredun, Abington, Kingstown creeks. Abington Creek. rolling terrain.
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough Barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough Barked Apple Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Eucalyptus albens White Box Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus moluccana Grey Box
Shrubs Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Leptospermum polygalifolium Callistemon viminalis Weeping Bottlebrush Notelea microcarpa Native Olive subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Leptospermum polygalifolium Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Melicytus dentatus Tree Violet
Arundinella nepalensis Reed Grass Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Cyperus spp. Sedges Ground Isotoma fluviatilis Swamp Isotome Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Eleocharis spp. Spike Rushes covers Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Juncus spp. Rushes Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Poa labillardieri Tussock Grass Persicaria lapathifolia Pale Knotwood Typha spp. Cumbungi Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Phragmites australis Common Reed Triglochin spp. Water Ribbons Viola spp. Violets Triglochin spp. Water Ribbons Viola spp. Violets Typha spp. Cumbungi
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter NEW ENGLAND Bundarra Downs TABLELANDS Province
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Grassy woodland to open forest; shrubby woodland on shal- Shrubby open forest or woodland, although grassy where Woodland or forest with grassy understorey, although type low soil and rocky sites. soils are deeper. shrubby in shallow and stony soils.
RVC* 16, 17, 18, 27, 28, 38, 40, 92, 93 16, 17, 27, 28, 38, 39, 40, 50, 51, 62, 63, 64, 92 27, 28, 38, 39, 40, 49, 50, 51, 62 Page 163 Location Bundarra - Torryburn road; Bundarra - Abington road near Booroolong; south of Bundarra. Baldersleigh Road near Laura; The Pinnacles; east of example Laura. Bundarra.
Trees Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Eucalyptus albens White Box >8m Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus caliginosa Broad-leaved Stringybark Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark Eucalyptus caliginosa Broad-leaved Stringybark Eucalyptus crebra Narrow-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-top Stringybark Eucalyptus moluccana Grey Box Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark Eucalyptus moluccana Grey Box Eucalyptus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark
Shrubs Acacia decora Western Golden Wattle Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Dodonaea spp. Hop Bush Dodonaea spp. Hop Bush Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree Olearia elliptica Olearia elliptica Olearia viscidula Olearia viscidula Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive
Ground Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass covers Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common everlasting Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Dichopogon fimbriatus Nodding Chocolate Lily Galium spp. Bedstraw Crassula sieberiana Australian Stonecrop Mentha satureioides Native Mint Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Oxalis perennans Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Lomandra multiflora Many-flowered Mat-rush
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Deepwater Downs NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Open forest - woodland; some frost-affected areas of tussock Grassy woodland - open forest; some frost-affected areas Ephemeral and permanent areas of reeds, rushes and type grass and scattered shrub. of tussock grass and scattered shrub. sedges; some frost-affected areas with tussock grassland.
RVC* 12, 14, 23, 63, 71, 95 12, 13, 14, 16, 35, 36 23, 63, 64, 65, 95 Page 164 Location Deepwater River; Severn River at Dundee; Beardy Waters at Dundee; Deepwater; Wellington Vale. Dundee; Yarrowford; Deepwater; Wellington Vale; between example Yarrowford. Dundee and Rangers Valley.
Trees Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box >8m Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus dalrympleana Mountain Gum Eucalyptus nova anglica New England Peppermint Eucalyptus nova anglica New England Peppermint Eucalyptus stellulata Black Sally Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum Usually treeless Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus stellulata Black Sally Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum
Shrubs Leptospermum polygalifolium Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Baeckea omissa subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Hakea microcarpa Small-fruit Hakea Hakea microcarpa Small-fruit Hakea Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum gregarium subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Leptospermum polygalifolium Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive subsp. transmontanum Tantoon
Ground Azolla filiculoides Red Water Fern Geranium solanderi Native Geranium covers Cyperus spp. Spike Rushes Hydrocotyle laxiflora Stinking Pennywort Azolla filiculoides Red Water Fern Eleocharis pallens Pale Spike-rush Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Cyperus spp. Spike Rushes Myriophyllum verrucosum Red Water-milfoil Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Juncus spp. Ottelia ovalifolia Swamp Lily Pultenea microphylla Spreading Bush Pea Ottelia ovalifolia Swamp Lily Schoenoplectus validus River Club-rush Pratia purpurascens Whiteroot Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Vallisneria gigantea Eel Weed Themeda australis Kangaroo grass Phragmites australis Common Reed Typha spp. Cumbungi
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Deepwater Downs NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Grassy forest on better, deeper soils, to shrubby woodland Woodland and forests, notably shrubby in steep and stony Shrubby woodland and forest. type on shallow and stony sites. areas.
RVC* 13, 14, 16, 35, 36, 37, 40, 42, 47 16, 35, 36, 37, 40, 42, 47, 62, 63, 95 27, 28, 36, 37, 40, 47, 62 Page 165 Location Rangers Valley; west of Deepwater; south of Dundee. Tent Hill; ridges south of Dundee. North of Dundee. example
Trees Allocasuarina luehmannii Buloke Allocasuarina luehmannii Buloke Allocasuarina luehmannii Buloke >8m Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus caliginosa New England Stringybark Eucalyptus caliginosa New England Stringybark Eucalyptus caliginosa New England Stringybark Eucalyptus nicholii Narrow-leaved Black Peppermint Eucalyptus nicholii Narrow-leaved Black Peppermint Eucalyptus nicholii Narrow-leaved Black Peppermint Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum
Shrubs Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Hovea pendunculata Banksia integrifolia Coast Banksia Banksia integrifolia Coast Banksia Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium Jacksonia scoparia Dogwood subsp. transmontanum Tantoon subsp. transmontanum Tantoon
Ground Acaena nova-zelandiae Bidgee-widgee Austrodanthia racemosa Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass covers Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Desmodium varians Slender Tick-trefoil Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Desmodium brachypodum Large Tick-trefoil Mentha satureioides Native Mint Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Geranium solanderi Native Geranium Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Sporobolus creber Rat’s-tail Grass Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Hovea linearis
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Eastern Nandewars NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Tea Tree thickets on smaller drainages; River Oak thicket Grassy forest Ephemeral and permanent areas of reeds, rushes and type and forest on larger streams; gallery forest along rivers. sedges; areas of wet Tea Tree thicket in low-relief sites.
RVC* 20, 63, 71, 73, 95 16, 17, 18, 20, 28, 29, 50 63, 64, 70, 95 Page 166 Location Bakers Creek; Gwydir River below Copeton; upper Keera Gwydir River, Beverley; Spring Creek (Bundarra); Myall Upper Bakers Creek; Diamond Swamp; Teatree Swamp. example Creek. Creek.
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Eucalyptus albens White Box Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus moluccana Grey Box
Shrubs Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Brachychtion populneus Kurrajong Leptospermum polygalifolium Callistemon pallidus Lemon Bottlebrush Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Callistemon sieberi River Bottlebrush Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree Hakea microcarpa Small-fruit Hakea Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. transmontanum Tantoon subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Melicytus dentatus Tree Violet Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Notelaea longifolia Large Mock-olive
Ground Arundinella nepalensis Reed Grass Bothriochloa decipiens Redleg Grass Arundinella nepalensis Reed Grass covers Carex appressa Tall Sedge Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Carex appressa Tall Sedge Isotoma fluviatilis Swamp Isotome Sporobolus creber Rat’s Tail Grass Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Oplismenus aemulus Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Eastern Nandewars NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Grassy woodland to open forest, shrubby in rocky sites. Shrubby woodland; sometimes grassy forest on deeper Shrubby woodland to forest, markedly shrubby when steep type soils; isolated, sheltered areas with rainforest elements. or stony; grassy woodland on broad crests.
RVC* 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 40, 42, 50, 92, 93 17, 19, 21, 27, 28, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 49, 50, 51, 59, 62, 92 13, 16, 17, 21, 27, 39, 49, 51, 62, 92, 93 Page 167 Location Ingledale; Poison Swamp Creek; Gowrie; western Gum Flat. Bald Knob (Kingstown); Supper Time Mountains; Plum Pudding Hill; Bung Bung Mountains; Edgeroi example Copeton. Mountain.
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus andrewsii New England Blackbutt >8m Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus crebra Narrow-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus crebra Narrow-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus caliginosa Broad-leaved Stringybark Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-top Stringybark Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-top Stringybark Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-top Stringybark Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringy Bark Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringy Bark Eucalyptus melanophloia Silver-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus youmanii Youman’s Stringybark Eucalyptus youmanii Youman’s Stringybark Eucalyptus youmanii Youman’s Stringybark
Shrubs Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress Pine Leucopogon melaleucoides Hibbertia obtusifolia Hoary Guinea Flower Leucopogon melaleucoides Leucopogon muticus Blunt Beard Heath Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Leucopogon muticus Blunt Beard Heath Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Ground Aristida vagans Three Awn Speargrass Aristida jerichoensis Jericho Wiregrass Aristida jerichoensis Jericho Wiregrass covers Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Aristida lignosa Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Desmodium varians Slender Tick-trefoil Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass Eragrostis leptostachya Paddock Lovegrass Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Bothriochloa dicipiens Redleg Grass Podolepis jaceoides Showy Copper-wire Daisy Eragrostis leptostachya Paddock Lovegrass Desmodium varians Slender Tick-trefoil Sporobolus creber Rat’s-tail Grass Podolepis jaceoides Showy Copper-wire Daisy Echinopogon ovatus Forest Hedgehog Grass Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Sporobolus creber Rat’s-tail Grass
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Glen Innes - Guyra NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province Basalts
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Grassy open forest - woodland; some River Oak forest on Woodland to open forest; some frost-affected areas of Ephemeral and permanent areas of Reeds, Rushes and type major streams; Tea Tree thickets on smaller drainage lines; tussock grass and scattered shrub. Sedges; some frost-affected areas with tussock grassland. some frost-affected areas of tussock grass and scattered shrub.
Page 168 RVC* 12, 23, 63, 64, 70, 71, 95 12, 13, 14, 16, 23, 27, 64, 95 23, 64, 65, 70, 95
Location Beardy Waters; Macintyre River at Elsmore; Swan Brook at Wellingrove Valley; Furracabad Creek valley; Swan Brook Llangothlin Lagoon; Beardy Waters; Mother of Ducks example Swan Vale. near Swan Vale. Lagoon.
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus nova-anglica New England Peppermint Usually treeless Eucalyptus nova-anglica New England Peppermint Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum Eucalyptus stellulata Black Sally Eucalyptus stellulata Black Sally Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum
Shrubs Baeckea omissa Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Baeckea omissa Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive subsp. transmontanum Tantoon subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Melicytus dentatus Tree Violet Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive
Ground Austrostipa verticillata Slender Bamboo Grass Arundinella nepalensis Reed Grass Carex appressa Tall Sedge covers Schoenoplectus validus River Club Rush Bothriochloa biloba Cyperus spp. Eleocharis spp. Spike Rush Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Eleocharis pallens Pale Spike Rush Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Carex inversa Knob Sedge Juncus spp. Lycopus australis Australian Gipsywort Geranium solanderi Native Geranium Ranunculus inundatus River Buttercup Phragmites australis Common Reed Hydrocotyle laxiflora Stinking Pennywort Philydrum lanuginosum Woolly Waterlily Scirpus polystachyus Large-headed Club-rush Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Typha spp.
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Glen Innes - Guyra NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province Basalts
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Grassy forest on better, deeper soils, to shrubby woodland Tall grassy forest to woodland generally, but shrubby Grassy forest, shrubby in rocky and stony areas. type on shallow and stony sites. woodland and forests in stony and steep areas.
RVC* 12, 13, 14, 16, 27, 35, 36, 37, 40, 63, 64 13, 14, 16, 27, 35, 36, 37, 40, 63, 64 27, 35, 37, 40 Page 169 Location Guyra; Glen Innes. Waterloo Range; Paradise; Spring Mountain; Maybole. Waterloo Range crest; Stonehenge; Ben Lomond. example
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus caliginosa Broad-leaved Stringybark >8m Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus dalrympleana Mountain Gum Eucalyptus dalrympleana Mountain Gum Eucalyptus caliginosa Broad-leaved Stringybark Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus dalrympleana Mountain Gum Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-top Stringybark Eucalyptus nicholii Wattle-leaved Black Peppermint Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-top Stringybark Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red stringybark Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus nicholii Narrow-leaved Black Peppermint Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum
Shrubs Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Banksia integrifolia Coast Banksia Banksia integrifolia Coast Banksia Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Olearia spp. Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Cassinia spp. Olearia spp.
Ground Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Acaena novae-zelandiae Bidgee-widgee covers Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Desmodium varians Slender Tick Trefoil Austrodanthonia bipartita Wallaby Grass Geranium solanderi Native Geranium Geranium solanderi Native Geranium Austrostipa verticillata Slender Bamboo Grass Hydrocotyle laxiflora Stinking Pennywort Hydrocotyle laxiflora Stinking Pennywort Bothriochloa decipiens Pitted Bluegrass Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Themeda australis Kangaroo grass Scleranthus biflorus Cushion Bush Themeda australis Kangaroo grass Viola betonicifolia Showy Violet Wahlenbergia communis Tufted Bluebell
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Moredun Volcanics NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Tea Tree thickets on smaller drainages; River Oak thicket Grassy woodland - open forest; frost-affected areas of Ephemeral and permanent areas of Reeds, Rushes and type and forest on larger streams. Tussock Grass and scattered shrubs. Sedges; some frost-affected areas with tussock grassland.
RVC* 12, 23, 63, 64, 70, 71, 95 12, 13, 14, 23, 27, 35, 40, 50, 63, 64, 70, 95 23, 63, 64, 70, 95 Page 170 Location Moredun Creek; Limestone Creek; Baldersleigh. Wandsworth; Ollera. Along major drainage lines, particularly in eastern half. example
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus dalrympleana Mountain Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Usually treeless Eucalyptus stellulata Black Sally Eucalyptus moluccana Coastal Grey Box Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus nova-anglica New England Peppermint Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum
Shrubs Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Baeckea omissa Callistemon viminalis Weeping Bottlebrush Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree Kunzea parvifolia Violet Kunzea Clematis glycinoides Headache Vine Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. transmontanum Tantoon subsp. transmontanum Tantoon subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive
Ground Austrostipa verticillata Slender Bamboo Grass Bothriochloa decipiens Red Grass Juncus spp. Rushes covers Bulboschoenus spp. Imperata cylindrica Blady Grass Phragmites australis Common Reed Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Austrodanthonia bipartita Wallaby Grass Typha spp. Cumbungi Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife Microlaema stipoides Weeping Grass Philydrum lanuginosum Woolly Waterlily Phragmites australis Common Reed Lagenophora stipitata Blue Bottle Daisy Schoenoplectus validus River Club-rush Rorippa laciniata Pultenaea microphylla Typha spp. Cumbungi
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Moredun Volcanics NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Grassy forest on better, deeper soils, to shrubby woodland Forest to woodland generally, more shrubby on stony and Grassy forest, shrubby in rocky and stony areas. type on shallow and stony sites. steep areas.
RVC* 12, 13, 14, 16, 23, 27, 35, 40, 42, 50, 64, 93 13, 14, 16, 27, 35, 39, 42, 62, 63, 64, 71, 92 16, 27, 35, 39, 40, 42, 50, 51, 62, 93 Page 171 Location Brushy Creek; Briar Brook. Baldersleigh; The Basin. Single NP; Tenterden. example Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus albens White Box Eucalyptus albens White Box >8m Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus caliginosa New England Stringybark Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-top Stringybark Eucalyptus caliginosa New England Stringybark Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus rubida Candlebark Eucalyptus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus stellulata Black Sally Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus youmanii Youman’s Stringybark Eucalyptus youmanii Youman’s Stringybark
Shrubs Acacia deanei Deane’s Wattle Acacia deanei Deane’s Wattle Acacia paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Acacia paradoxa Kangaroo Thorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Notalaea microcarpa Native Olive Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Jacksonia scoparia Dogwood Dodonaea viscosa Sticky Hop Bush Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Olearia spp.
Ground Arundinella nepalensis Reed Grass Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass covers Asperula conferta Common Woodruff Asperula conferta Common Woodruff Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common everlasting Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Austrostipa scabra Speargrass Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Desmodium brachypodum Large Tick-trefoil Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Goodenia hederacea subsp. hederacea Ivy Goodenia Mentha satureoides Native Mint Geranium solanderi Native Geranium Melichrus urceolatus Urn-heath Pultenaea microphylla Spreading Bush Pea Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Pimelea linifolia Slender Rice Flower
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Northeast Forest Lands NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Riparian Rises Vegetation Tea Tree thickets on smaller drainages; River Oak thicket and forest on larger streams. Grassy forest on better, deeper soils, to shrubby woodland on shallow and stony sites. type RVC* 12, 14, 23, 63, 64, 70, 71, 95 12, 13, 14, 16, 27, 35, 36, 40, 42, 47, 52, 93
Page 172 Location Deepwater River, Bezzants Crossing. Bald Nob; Bow Creek. example Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Angophora subvelutina Broad-leaved Apple Eucalyptus nova-anglica New England Peppermint Eucalyptus andrewsii New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum Eucalyptus brunnea Brown Gum Eucalyptus stellulata Black Sally Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum Eucalyptus stellulata Black Sally
Shrubs Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Acacia irrorata Green Wattle Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Melicytus dentatus Tree Violet Banksia integrifolia Coast Banksia
Ground Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Hovea purpurea covers Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass Leucopogon lanceolatus Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Schoenoplectus mucronatus 3-edge Sedge Persoonia linearis Narrow-leaved Geebung Ottelia ovalifolia Swamp Lily Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Paspalum distichum Water Couch Poranthera microphylla Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Northeast Forest Lands NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Tall grassy forest to woodland generally, but shrubby woodland and forests on stony areas. Grassy forest, shrubby in rocky and stony areas. type RVC* 7, 9, 16, 27, 35, 39, 40, 42, 47, 52, 62, 63, 93 7, 8, 9, 16, 27, 35, 36, 37, 39, 47
Page 173 Location Ten Mile Road. Nine Mile Spur; Mount Bajimba. example Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus acaciiformis Wattle-leaved Peppermint >8m Angophora subvelutina Broad-leaved Apple Eucalyptus andrewsii New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus acaciiformis Wattle-leaved Peppermint Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus andrewsii New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus campanulata Eucalyptus fastigata Brown Barrel Eucalyptus obliqua Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua Messmate Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum Eucalyptus radiata Narrow-leaved Peppermint
Shrubs Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Allocasuarina torulosa Forest Oak Allocasuarina torulosa Forest Oak Allocasuarina littoralis Black She-oak Allocasuarina littoralis Black She-oak Banksia integrifolia Coast Banksia Banksia integrifolia Coast Banksia Leucopogon lanceolatus
Ground Hibbertia obtusifolia Hoary Guinea Flower Dianella revoluta Blueberry Lily
covers Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Entolasia stricta Pratia purpurascens White Root Hibbertia obtusifolia Poranthera microphylla Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Viola betonicifolia Showy Violet Poranthera microphylla
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter
Sedges Tantoon Tantoon Tall Sedge Tall Spike Rushes Tussock Grass Tussock Common Reed River Buttercup Broad-leaved Cumbungi
Wetlands
transmontanum subsp. Carex appressa Cyperus spp. Eleocharis spp. Phragmites australis Poa labillardierei Ranunculus inundatus orientalis Typha Ephemeral and permanent areas of Reeds, Rushes and Ephemeral and permanent Sedges. 23, 63, 64, 70, 95 Emmaville; Frazers Creek; Kings Plains NP. Usually treeless Baeckea omissa Leptospermum polygalifolium Tantoon Tantoon Red Grass Reed Grass Yellow Box Box Yellow Native Mint Native Olive Silver Wattle Wattle Silver Kidney Weed Weed Kidney Grey Tea Tree Tree Tea Grey Kangaroo Grass Coastal Grey Box Native Blackthorn Blakely’s Red Gum Blakely’s Rough-barked Apple Rough-barked
Queensland Bluegrass Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Alluvial Flats
transmontanum subsp. Bursaria spinosa Leptospermum brevipes Acacia dealbata Eucalyptus moluccana Grassy woodland - open forest; frost-affected areas of tus- areas of forest; frost-affected Grassy woodland - open sock grass and scattered shrubs at altitude. 13, 14, 16, 23, 27, 35, 40, 42, 50, 63 Severn River crossing; Dry Creek; Kings Plains. Angophora floribunda Eucalyptus blakelyi Eucalyptus melliodora Leptospermum polygalifolium Dichanthium sericeum Dichondra repens Lomandra longifolia Mentha satureioides Themeda australis Notelaea microcarpa Arundinella nepalensis Bothriochloa macra
Rushes Tantoon Tantoon River Oak Tall Sedge Tall Tree Violet Violet Tree Yellow Box Box Yellow Couch Grass Common Reed Pale Spike-rush Native Blackthorn Blakely’s Red Gum Blakely’s Rough-barked Apple Rough-barked Weeping Bottlebrush Weeping Slender Bamboo Grass Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Riparian
transmontanum subsp. Melicytus dentatus Austrostipa verticillata Carex appressa Eleocharis pallens Juncus spp. Leptospermum polygalifolium Cynodon dactylon Lomandra longifolia Phragmites australis Eucalyptus blakelyi Eucalyptus melliodora Bursaria spinosa Callistemon viminalis Casuarina cunninghamiana NEW ENGLAND smaller drainages; River Oak thicket thickets on Tree Tea streams. and forest on larger 23, 62, 63, 64, 70, 71, 95 Arrawatta Creek. Creek; Weean Severn River; Angophora floribunda
TABLELANDS Severn River Volcanics Province Ground Ground covers Shrubs Trees >8m Vegetation Vegetation type RVC* Location example Landform Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Communities Vegetation * Regional Page 174 Urn-heath Speargrass Speargrass Cough Bush Native Olive Orange Gum Grey Tea Tree Tree Tea Grey Red Stringybark Caley’s Ironbark Caley’s Purple Wiregrass Wiregrass Purple Barbed-wire Grass Three Awn Speargrass Speargrass Awn Three Silver-leaved Ironbark Silver-leaved Tumbledown Red Gum Tumbledown Common Fringe-myrtle Narrow-leaved Ironbark
Crests and ridges Crests
Shrubby to grassy woodlands, more shrubby in stony areas. Shrubby to grassy woodlands, 49, 51, 53, 62, 92 16, 27, 35, 39, 40, 42, Tarrangower. Emmaville; Kings Plains NP; Eucalyptus caleyi Eucalyptus crebra Eucalyptus dealbata Eucalyptus melanophloia Eucalyptus prava Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Calytrix tetragona Cassinia laevis Dodonaea sinuolata Leptospermum brevipes Notelaea microcarpa Olearia spp. Aristida ramosa Aristida vagans Austrostipa scabra Cymbopogon refractus Melichrus urceolatus
Urn-heath Red Grass Grass Tree Tree Grass Apple Box Cough Bush Native Olive Grey Tea Tree Tree Tea Grey Barbed-wire Grass Native Blackthorn Black Cypress Pine Blakely’s Red Gum Blakely’s McKie’s Stringybark McKie’s Hoary Guinea Flower Tenterfield Woolybutt Tenterfield Tumbledown Red Gum Tumbledown Daisy-leaved Goodenia Narrow-leaved Ironbark New England Stringybark
Hills
Forest to woodland generally, more shrubby on stony Forest to woodland generally, areas. 51, 53, 62 16, 27, 39, 42, 49, 50, Arrawatta Creek; Round Hill - Hetheringtons Pindari; Sugarloaf. Eucalyptus caliginosa Eucalyptus banksii Eucalyptus blakelyi Eucalyptus bridgesiana Eucalyptus crebra Eucalyptus dealbata Eucalyptus mckieana Bursaria spinosa Callitris endlicheri Cassinia laevis Dodonaea sinuolata Leptospermum brevipes Hibbertia obtusifolia Melichrus urceolatus muelleri Vittadinia Notelaea microcarpa spp. Xanthorrhoea Bothriochloa macra Cymbopogon refractus Goodenia bellidifolia
Kurrajong Red Grass Grey Box Fuzzy Box Yellow Box Box Yellow Native Mint Native Olive Grey Tea Tree Tree Tea Grey Wild Sorghum Sorghum Wild Windmill Grass Windmill Rat’s Tail Grass Tail Rat’s Kangaroo Grass Native Blackthorn Black Cypress Pine Blakely’s Red Gum Blakely’s Rough-barked Apple Rough-barked Queensland Bluegrass Silver-leaved Ironbark Silver-leaved
Rises
Brachychiton populneus Woodland, often shrubby, on deeper soils; more shrubby on on deeper often shrubby, Woodland, shallow and stony sites. 40, 42, 50, 92 13, 14, 16, 27, 35, 39, Pindaroi; Rocky Creek; Kings Plains; Nullamanna. Angophora floribunda Eucalyptus blakelyi Eucalyptus conica Eucalyptus melanophloia Eucalyptus melliodora Eucalyptus moluccana Callitris endlicheri Leptospermum brevipes Bursaria spinosa Notelaea microcarpa Bothriochloa macra Chloris truncata Dichanthium sericeum Mentha satureioides Sporobolus crebra Themeda australis NEW ENGLAND Sorghum leiocladum
TABLELANDS Severn River Volcanics Province Ground Ground covers Shrubs Trees >8m Vegetation Vegetation type RVC* Location example Landform Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Communities Vegetation * Regional Page 175 Stanthorpe Plateau NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Tea Tree thickets on smaller drainages; river oak thicket and Grassy woodland - open forest; frost-affected areas of tus- Ephemeral and permanent areas of reeds, rushes and type forest on larger streams. sock grass and scattered shrubs in hollows. sedges; localised fens among granite.
RVC* 1, 12, 23, 63, 64, 70, 71, 95 12, 13, 23, 27, 50, 53, 63, 70, 95 23, 63, 64, 70, 95 Page 176 Location Back Creek; Limestone Creek; Gosling Swamp Creek. Back Creek; Gosling Swamp Creek. Back Creek; elevated plateau areas. example
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora subvelutina Broad-leaved Apple >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Eucalyptus andrewsii New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus conica Fuzzy Box Eucalyptus brunnea Brown Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus dalrympleana Mountain Gum Usually treeless Eucalyptus tereticornis Forest Red Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus rubida Candlebark Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum
Shrubs Baeckea omissa Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium Callistemon sieberi River Bottlebrush subsp. transmontanum Tantoon subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum novae-angliae subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Leptospermum trinervium Slender Tea Tree
Ground Carex appressa Tall Sedge Bothriochloa decipiens Redleg Grass Carex appressa Tall Sedge covers Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Myriophyllum verrucosum Red Water-milfoil Isotoma fluviatilis Swamp Isotome Carex spp. Sedges Phragmites australis Common Reed Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Typha spp. Cumbungi Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Imperata cylindrica Blady Grass Stellaria angustifolia Swamp Starwort Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Stanthorpe Plateau NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Grassy forest on better, deeper soils, to shrubby woodland Forest to woodland, shrubby on steep and stony areas. Woodland or forest, markedly shrubby in rocky and stony type on shallow and stony sites. areas.
RVC* 13, 16, 27, 95 1, 5, 10, 16, 27, 37, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 62, 63, 71 7, 9, 10, 16, 27, 35, 37, 53, 62, 64 Page 177 Location Back Creek; northern Donnybrook SF; Talmoi. Gosling Swamp Creek; southern Donnybrook SF. Roberts Range; Donnybrook; Talmoi. example
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple >8m Eucalyptus banksii Tenterfield Woollybutt Eucalyptus acaciiformis Wattle-leaved Peppermint Eucalyptus acaciiformis Wattle-leaved Peppermint Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus banksii Tenterfield Woollybutt Eucalyptus banksii Tenterfield Woollybutt Eucalyptus caliginosa New England Stringybark Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus campanulata New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus caliginosa Broad-leaved Stringybark Eucalyptus conica Fuzzy Box Eucalyptus caliginosa New England Stringybark Eucalyptus campanulata New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus campanulata New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum
Shrubs Allocasuarina littoralis Black She-oak Allocasuarina torulosa Forest Oak Allocasuarina torulosa Forest Oak Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Baeckea omissa Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Notelaea longifolia Large Mock-olive Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Leptospermum polygalifolium Notelaea longifolia Large Mock-olive subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Xanthorrhoea johnsonii Grass Tree Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Cheilanthes sieberi Ground Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Dichelachne micrantha Shorthair Plumegrass Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass covers Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Dichelachne micrantha Shorthair Plumegrass Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Gonocarpus teucrioides Raspwort Gonocarpus teucrioides Raspwort Lomandra confertifolia Mat-rush Lomandra confertifolia Mat-rush
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Tenterfield Plateau NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Tea Tree thickets on smaller drainages; river oak thicket and Grassy woodland - open forest; frost-affected areas of Ephemeral and permanent areas of Reeds, Rushes and type forest on larger streams. tussock grass and scattered shrubs in hollows. Sedges; localised fens among granite.
RVC* 23, 63, 64, 70, 71, 95 12, 14, 23, 27, 63, 64, 70, 95 23, 63, 64, 70, 95 Page 178 Location Tenterfield Creek; Bluff, Mole and Deepwater Rivers. Tenterfield Creek near Eight Mile; Sandy Flat; small areas Bluff River and Five Mile Creek; Donnybrook. example along major streams.
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Angophora subvelutina Broad-leaved Apple Eucalyptus nova-anglica New England Peppermint Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora Snow Gum Eucalyptus conica Fuzzy Box Usually treeless Eucalyptus stellulata Black Sally Eucalyptus dalrympleana Mountain Gum Eucalyptus tereticornis Forest Red Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum
Shrubs Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. transmontanum Tantoon subsp. transmontanum Tantoon subsp. transmontanum Tantoon Melicytus dentatus Tree Violet Notelaea longifolia Large Mock Olive Baeckea omissa Callistemon viminalis Weeping Bottlebrush Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn
Ground Austrostipa verticillata Slender Bamboo Grass Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Cyperus spp. Sedges covers Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Gonocarpus micranthus Myriophyllum verrucosum Red Water-milfoil Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Juncus spp. Rushes Ottelia ovalifolia Swamp lily Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Ranunculus inundatus River Buttercup Phragmites australis Common Reed Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Ottelia ovalifolia Swamp Lily Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Sorghum leiocladum Wild Sorghum Phragmites australis Common Reed Typha spp. Cumbungi Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Typha spp. Cumbungi
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Tenterfield Plateau NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Province
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Grassy forest on better, deeper soils, to shrubby woodland Tall grassy forest to woodland generally, but shrubby Woodland or forest, markedly shrubby in rocky and stony type on shallow and stony sites. woodland and forests on steep and stony areas. areas.
RVC* 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 27, 35, 36, 40, 42, 47, 50 1, 5, 10, 13, 27, 35, 39, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 62, 63, 64, 92 7, 9, 10, 27, 35, 36, 39, 40, 48, 49, 62, 63, 92, 93 Page 179 Location Tarban; Bungulla; The Scrub. Bolivia Hill; Mole Valley; Bluff Rock; Bluff Range; Bryans Gap; Mt MacKenzie; Gipsies Range. example
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Allocasuarina leuhmannii Buloke Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple >8m Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus andrewsii New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus caliginosa New England Stringybark Eucalyptus caliginosa New England Stringybark Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus conica Fuzzy Box Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-top Stringybark Eucalyptus caliginosa New England Stringybark Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-top Stringybark Eucalyptus moluccana Grey Box Eucalyptus youmanii Youman’s Stringybark Eucalyptus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark
Shrubs Acacia filicifolia Fern-leaved Wattle Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Cassinia quinquefaria Cassinia quinquefaria Notelaea longifolia Large Mock-olive Jacksonia scoparia Dogwood
Ground Acaena ovina Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire grass Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire grass covers Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Hibbertia obtusifolia Hoary Guinea Flower Goodenia hederacea subsp. hederacea Ivy Goodenia Desmodium varians Slender Tick-trefoil Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Pimelea curviflora Opercularia aspera Coarse Stinkweed Pimelea curviflora Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Scleranthus biflorus Knawel Poranthera microphylla Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass * Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Tingha Plateau Province
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Tea Tree thickets on smaller drainages; river oak thicket and Grassy forest and woodland, sometimes shrubby on sandy Ephemeral and permanent areas of Reeds, Rushes and type forest on larger streams. soils. Sedges; areas of wet Tea Tree thicket in low-relief sites.
RVC* 20, 63, 71, 95 13, 16, 17, 20, 27, 40, 50 63, 64, 70, 95 Page 180 Location Copes Creek; Middle Creek; Moredun Creek. Copes Creek below Tingha; Sandy Creek; Darby’s Creek. Stannifer; Sutherland’s Waters; Watty Greys Creek. example
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus mckieana Mckie’s Stringybark Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus moluccana Grey Box Eucalyptus campanulata
Shrubs Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle Kunzea parvifolia Violet Kunzea Callistemon pungens Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Leptospermum polygalifolium Discaria pubescens Hairy Anchor Plant Hymenanthera sp. subsp transmontanum Tantoon Hymenanthera sp. Melicytus dentatus Tree Violet Leptospermum gregarium Leptospermum polygalifolium Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Leptospermum trinervium Slender Tea Tree subsp polygalifolium Tantoon Melycitus dentatus Tree Violet
Ground Arundinella nepalensis Reed Grass Arundinella nepalensis Reed Grass Arundinella nepalensis Reed Grass covers Cynodon dactylon Couch Grass Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Cyperus spp. Sedge Cyperus spp. Sedge Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass Epilobium billardiereanum Juncus spp. Rush Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Goodenia macbarronii Narrow Goodenia Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Juncus spp. Rush Phragmites australis Common Reed Podolepis jaceoides Showy Copper-wire Daisy Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass Typha spp. Cumbungi Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Schoenoplectus validus River Club Rush
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS Tingha Plateau Province
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Grassy woodland to open forest, shrubby in rocky sites. Shrubby woodland; sometimes grassy forest on deeper Shrubby woodland to forest, markedly shrubby when steep type soils. or stony; grassy woodland on broad crests.
RVC* 17, 27, 28, 40, 42, 50, 51, 92, 93 13, 16, 17, 27, 39, 42, 49, 51, 62, 93 13, 16, 27, 35, 39, 49, 51, 62 Page 181 Location Tingha; Ventura; Stannifer. Howell; Kings Gap; Moredun Creek, Kempton. Mount Topper; Fig Tree Hill; Gooniwiggall; Kings Reef example Hill.
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Allocasuarina torulosa Forest Oak >8m Eucalyptus andrewsii New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus albens White Box Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus caleyi Caley’s Ironbark Eucalyptus crebra Narrow-leaved Ironbark Eucalyptus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Redgum Eucalyptus stellulata Black Sally Eucalyptus laevopinea Silver-topped Stringybark Eucalyptus subtilior Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark Eucalyptus youmanii Youman’s Stringybark
Shrubs Acacia decora Western Golden Wattle Acacia neriifolia Acacia neriifolia Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Acacia triptera Spur-wing Wattle Beyeria viscosa Pinkwood Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Brachyloma spp. Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Ficus rubiginosa Port Jackson Fig Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Cassinia spp. Homoranthus prolixus Granite Homoranthus Homoranthus prolixus Granite Homoranthus Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea Tree Olearia elliptica Olearia elliptica Melichrus urceolatus Urn Heath
Ground Austrostipa scabra Spear Grass Austrostipa scabra Spear Grass Aristida jerichoensis Jericho Wiregrass covers Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Austrostipa scabra Spear Grass Desmodium varians Slender Tick-trefoil Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Cheilanthes spp. Rock Ferns Lotus australis Australian Trefoil Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Echinopogon spp. Echinopogon spp. Hedgehog Grass Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Goodenia spp. Oxalis perennans
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Yarrowyck - Kentucky NEW ENGLAND Downs Province TABLELANDS
Landform Riparian Alluvial Flats Wetlands Vegetation Tea Tree thickets on smaller drainages; river oak and gallery Grassy box woodland - forest; frost-affected areas of Ephemeral and permanent areas of reeds, rushes and type forest on progressively larger streams. tussock grass and scattered shrubs in hollows. sedges.
RVC* 12, 63, 70, 71, 95 12, 13, 16, 23, 27, 40, 63, 64, 65, 70 23, 63, 64, 65, 70, 95 Page 182 Location Gwydir River, Yarrowyck; Rocky River; Kentucky Creek; Gwydir River, Yarrowyck. Racecourse Lagoon; Kentucky Creek. example Cachs Creek.
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus stellulata Black Sally >8m Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Eucalyptus albens White Box Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus dalrympleana Mountain Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus moluccana Grey Box Eucalyptus stellulata Black Sally Eucalyptus nova-anglica New England Peppermint Eucalyptus viminalis Ribbon Gum
Shrubs Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Leptospermum polygalifolium Callistemon linearis Narrow-leaved Bottlebrush Notelaea microcarpa Native Olive subsp. polygalifolium Tantoon Callistemon pallidus Lemon Bottlebrush Callistemon sieberi River Bottlebrush Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. polygalifolium Tantoon
Ground Arundinella nepalensis Reed Grass Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Carex appressa Tall Sedge covers Carex appressa Tall Sedge Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Isotoma fluviatilis Swamp Isotome Cynodon dactylon Couch Grass Imperata cylindrica Blady Grass Myriophyllum verrucosum Red Water-milfoil Isotoma fluviatilis Swamp Isotome Mentha satureioides Native Mint Oplismenus aemulus Lomandra longifolia Spiny-headed Mat-rush Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Phragmites australis Common Reed Sorghum leiocladum Wild Sorghum Poa labillardierei Tussock grass Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Stellaria angustifolia Swamp Starwort
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Yarrowyck - Kentucky NEW ENGLAND Downs Province TABLELANDS
Landform Rises Hills Crests and ridges Vegetation Grassy forest on better, deeper soils, to shrubby woodland Grassy forest to woodland generally, but shrubby Woodland or forest, markedly shrubby in rocky and stony type on shallow and stony sites. woodland and forests on steep and stony areas. areas.
RVC* 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 27, 40, 52, 65, 93 13, 15, 16, 27, 35, 39, 52, 62 13, 15, 27, 35, 39, 40, 52 Page 183 Location Uralla - Kentucky; Yarrowyck. Mount Yarrowyck - Strathroy. Kurrajong Hills; Warnham Hill; Kelso. example
Trees Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Angophora floribunda Rough-barked Apple Eucalyptus andrewsii New England Blackbutt >8m Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus andrewsii New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus caliginosa New England Stringybark Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus caliginosa New England Stringybark Eucalyptus caliginosa New England Stringybark Eucalyptus prava Orange Gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus dealbata Tumbledown Red Gum Eucalyptus youmanii Youman’s Stringybark Eucalyptus molluccana Grey Box Eucalyptus malacoxylon Apple Box Eucalytpus sideroxylon Mugga Ironbark Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box
Shrubs Bursaria spinosa Native Olive Bursaria spinosa Native Blackthorn Acacia decora Western Golden Wattle Cassinia quinquefaria Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress Pine Hibbertia obtusifolia Hoary Guinea Flower Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Cassinia laevis Cough Bush Leucopogon muticus Blunt Beard Heath Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea-tree Leptospermum brevipes Grey Tea-tree Melichrus urceolatus Urn-heath Leucopogon melaleucoides Leucopogon melaleucoides Notelaea microcarpa Native Blackthorn Olearia elliptica Sticky Daisy-bush Olearia elliptica Sticky Daisy-bush Olearia viscosa Olearia viscosa Olearia viscosa
Ground Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass Aristida ramosa Purple Wiregrass covers Commelina cyanea Native Wandering Jew Bothriochloa macra Red Grass Austrostipa scabra Spear Grass Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Bluegrass Calotis lappulacea Calotis lappulacea Yellow Burr-daisy Oplismenus aemulus Dichondra repens Kidney Weed Cheilanthes sieberi Poa labillardierei Tussock grass Sorghum leiocladum Wild Sorghum Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire Grass Poa sieberiana Snow Grass Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Sorghum leiocladum Wild Sorghum Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass Vittadinia muelleri Vittadinia muelleri
* Regional Vegetation Communities - see information at the end of this chapter Regional Vegetation Communities
1 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest, mainly NSW North Coast. 2 Rusty Fig - Wild Quince - Native Olive dry rainforest of rocky areas, Nandewar and New England Tablelands. 3 Shatterwood - Giant Stinging Tree - Yellow Tulipwood dry rainforest, mainly NSW North Coast. 4 Wilga - Western Rosewood shrubland, Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South. 5 Ooline forests, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 6 Semi-evergreen vine thicket of basalt hills, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 7 Brown Barrel tall moist forests of the escarpment ranges, eastern New England Tablelands and NSW North Coast. 8 Sydney Blue Gum - Tallowwood tall moist shrubby forests of the escarpment ranges, eastern New England Tablelands and NSW North Coast. 9 Messmate - gum moist forests of the escarpment ranges, eastern New England Tablelands and NSW North Coast. 10 New England Blackbutt - Round-leaved Gum open forests of the escarpment ranges, eastern New England Tablelands and NSW North Coast. 11 Silvertop Stringybark - Nandewar Box open forests in the Kaputar area, Nandewar. 12 Snow Gum - Black Sallee grassy woodlands, New England Tablelands. 13 Gum grassy woodlands, New England Tablelands. 14 New England Peppermint grassy woodlands, New England Tablelands. 15 Bendemeer White Gum grassy woodland, southern New England Tablelands. 16 Box - gum grassy woodlands, New England Tablelands. 17 Box - gum grassy woodlands, mainly Nandewar. 18 White Box grassy woodland, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 19 White Cypress Pine - Silver-leaved Ironbark grassy woodland, Nandewar. 20 Rough-barked Apple - Blakely’s Red Gum riparian grassy woodlands, mainly Nandewar. 21 Inland Grey Box tall grassy woodland on clay soils, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 22 Poplar Box - Belah woodlands, mainly Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South. 23 Wet tussock grasslands of cold air drainage areas, New England Tablelands. 24 Grasslands on river banks and floodplains of inland river systems, mainly Darling Riverine Plains. 25 Mitchell Grass grassland of alluvial floodplains, mainly Darling Riverine Plains. 26 Dry grasslands of alluvial plains, Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South. 27 Derived grasslands, New England Tablelands. 28 Derived grasslands, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 29 Plains Grass - Blue Grass grasslands, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 30 Slender Bamboo Grass - Spiny Saltbush grassland, Brigalow Belt South. 31 Broombush shrubland of the sand plains of the Pilliga region, Brigalow Belt South. 32 Pilliga Box - Poplar Box- White Cypress Pine grassy open woodland on alluvial loams, Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South. 33 Ironbark shrubby woodlands of the Pilliga area, Brigalow Belt South. 34 Spinifex - Buloke hummock grassland/low open woodland of alkaline sandy outwash plains, Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South. 35 Mountain Gum - Snow Gum open forests, New England Tablelands and NSW North Coast. 36 Stringybark - gum - peppermint open forests, eastern New England Tablelands. 37 New England Blackbutt open forests of escarpment ranges, eastern New England Tablelands and NSW North Coast. 38 Silvertop Stringybark - gum open forest on basalts of the Liverpool Range, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 39 Silvertop Stringybark grassy open forests, eastern Nandewar and New England Tablelands. 40 Stringybark - Blakely’s Red Gum open forests, New England Tablelands. 41 White Box - stringybark shrubby woodlands, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 42 Grey Box open forests, northern Nandewar and New England Tablelands. 44 White Box - pine - Silver-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forests, Nandewar. 45 Stringybark - spinifex woodland, Nandewar. 46 Mallee shrublands on granite and acid volcanic outcrops, eastern New England Tablelands. 47 Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Wattle-leaved Peppermint open forest, eastern New England Tablelands. 48 New England Blackbutt - stringybark heathy open forests on granite, eastern New England Tablelands and NSW North Coast. 49 Black Cypress Pine - Orange Gum - Tumbledown Red Gum shrubby woodlands, Nandewar and western New England Tablelands. 50 Stringybark - Blakely’s Red Gum - Rough-barked Apple open forests, Nandewar and western New England Page 184 Tablelands. 51 New England Blackbutt - stringybark open forests, Nandewar and western New England Tablelands. 52 Broad-leaved Stringybark - gum grassy open forests, central and eastern New England Tablelands. 53 Round-leaved Gum shrubby woodlands and forests in the Torrington area, New England Tablelands. 54 Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodlands, Brigalow Belt South. 55 Black Cypress Pine - Narrow-leaved Stringybark heathy woodland, southern Brigalow Belt South. 56 Ironbark - Brown Bloodwood - Black Cypress Pine heathy woodlands, Brigalow Belt South. 57 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - pine - Brown Bloodwood shrub/grass open forest, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 58 Shrubby woodlands or mallee woodlands on stony soils, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 59 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - pine - box woodlands and open forests, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 60 White Cypress Pine woodland on sandy loams of the wheatbelt plains, central NSW. 61 Dirty Gum - pine - Smooth-barked Apple open forests, northern Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 62 Shrublands of rocky areas, Nandewar and western New England Tablelands. 63 Tea-tree shrubland in drainage lines, Nandewar and New England Tablelands. 64 Fens and wet heaths, Nandewar and New England Tablelands. 65 Basalt plateau lagoons, New England Tablelands. 66 Canegrass swamp of drainage depressions, playa lakes and pans of the inland plains, western NSW. 67 Eurah shrubland of inland floodplains, Darling Riverine Plains. 68 Lignum - River Coobah shrublands on floodplains, Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South. 69 Marsh Club-rush very tall sedgeland of inland watercourses, Darling Riverine Plains. 70 Wetlands and marshes, inland NSW. 71 River Oak riparian woodland, eastern NSW. 72 Bracteate Honey Myrtle riparian low forest/shrubland, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 73 River Red Gum riverine woodlands and forests, Darling Riverine Plains, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 74 Yellow Box woodland on alluvial plains, mainly Darling Riverine Plains. 75 Weeping Myall open woodland, Darling Riverine Plains, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 76 Coolibah - Poplar Box - Belah woodlands on floodplains, mainly Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South. 77 Black Box woodland on floodplains, mainly Darling Riverine Plains. 78 Coolibah - River Coobah - Lignum woodland of frequently flooded channels, mainly Darling Riverine Plains. 79 Brigalow - Belah woodland on alluvial clay soil, mainly Brigalow Belt South. 80 Poplar Box grassy woodland on alluvial clay soils, Brigalow Belt South. 81 Leopardwood woodland of alluvial plains, Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South. 82 Poplar Box low woodlands, western NSW. 83 Silver-leaved Ironbark - Poplar Box woodland on gravelly ridges, mainly Darling Riverine Plains. 84 Whitewood open woodland, mainly eastern Darling Riverine Plains. 85 Carbeen woodland on alluvial soils, Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South. 86 Dirty Gum tall woodland on sand monkeys, Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South. 87 Silver-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine on alluvial sandy loam, Darling Riverine Plains. 88 Saltbush chenopod shrublands, mainly Darling Riverine Plains. 89 Copperburr chenopod shrubland, Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South. 90 Ephemeral forblands on playas and scalds, Darling Riverine Plains and Cobar Peneplain. 91 Mugga Ironbark shrubby open forest, Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar. 92 Mugga Ironbark shrubby open forests, Nandewar and western New England Tablelands. 93 Mugga Ironbark open forest, New England Tablelands. 94 Old Man Saltbush shrublands, mainly Murray-Darling Depression, Riverina and Channel Country. 95 Tall rushlands, reedlands or sedgelands of inland river systems, inland NSW. 96 Blakely’s red gum riparian woodland of the Pilliga. 99 Nandewar Box - Stringybark open forests of the Kaputar Area, Nandewar.
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