Reedy Creek Local Native Plant Lists
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Reedy Creek Local Native Plant Lists Including Wooragee, Woolshed, Eldorado, Beechworth About this brochure Order in advance This brochure provides lists of plant species To maximise your range of species, order at that are locally native (indigenous) to the least 12 months in advance. Nurseries can Reedy Creek area (see back page for map). grow many species if they know you want These species are grouped into lists for them. They can also ensure that the seed is different profiles of the landscape/topography, representing local to your site (plants genetically adapted to your the different vegetation types (Ecological Vegetation Classes, conditions survive the best). So plan and order. If you EVCs) that occur there. The species in bold are those which collect your own seed, this can be given to nurseries to are more common, and underlined species are those that are grow. Then you can be sure of how local your local plants more likely to be available from nurseries that sell indigenous are! A list of nurseries supplying indigenous plants in the NE plants. The lists are cross-referenced with EVC Region can be found in Revegetation Resources Directory, benchmarks (see references). DSE (2005) on the NECMA website: www.necma.vic.gov.au Why restore and revegetate? Choosing the best list for a site These activities provide for: shelter for stock, Selecting the appopriate list will ensure that the pasture or crops; creating/ enhancing the species are suited to the conditions. Consider: habitat for native species; improving water where you are in the landscape/ topography quality; land protection; farm forestry (including (eg. floodplain, flats, rises); the soil type and firewood, sawlogs); meeting legislative requirements (eg. remnant vegetation near by. Based on this and current site offsets), and aesthetics. conditions, select the best suited profile/s, using species descriptions as a guide. What do you want to achieve? The purpose of your works helps dictate the More Information following; where, eg. extend existing native The following references are available on the vegetation, link between patches, corner of DPI & DSE websites (www.dpi.vic.gov.au; paddock, along drainage line, in gully etc; www.dse.vic.gov.au) and at their offices how, eg. planting, direct seeding or natural regeneration; the Wodonga McKoy St (02) 60437900 on going management required; what species you revegetate Wangaratta Cnr Ovens and Ford St (03) 57238600 with; the density (how many plants); and the arrangement, eg. rows versus random, shrubs around existing trees. General: DSE (2006) Native Vegetation Revegetation planting standards - Guidelines for establishing native Make the most of your efforts! vegetation for net gain accounting, DSE, East Melbourne. Perry, D and Butler, M. (2004) Tree planting and aftercare, The long term survival, effective regeneration LC0104, DPI, Melbourne. and other benefits can easily be optimised, Biodiversity: Platt, S. (2002) How to Plan Wildlife whatever the purpose of your efforts. Landscapes, DNRE, Melbourne. Expanding the range of plant types to include Riparian Revegetation: Price, P. & Lovett, S. (2002) shrubs, grasses and wildflowers helps keep your native trees ‘Managing riparian land’, 1, Land & Water Australia Canberra. healthy and provides the building materials, furniture and Farm Forestry: Hajek, C. (2002) Farm forestry / food needed by local native animals. These improve the agroforestry: What is it?, AG0790, DPI, Horsham. chance of restoring plant-animal interactions such as Shelter Belts: Johnson H. and Brandle, James (2003) pollination and insect control, assisting your restoration site Shelterbelt design, LC 0136, DPI, Stawell. and surrounding areas to be self-sustaining. Salinity: DPI (2005) Frequently Asked Question About Salinity Tree Planting Incentive Projects NESSI How do I go about it? EVC Descriptions and Benchmarks: www.dse.vic.goc.au Preparing the ground, undertaking pest and under ‘Conservation and Environment’ go to ‘Native weed control, selection of plants, spacing and Vegetation Information for Victoria’. arrangement of plants, method of planting, DNRE (2002), Managing Your Patch of Bush, Wodonga. watering in, mulching, guarding, fencing and Species Descriptions: www.csu.edu.au/herbarium/riverina monitoring are all factors which will vary according to your site and purpose. The book Revegetation Techniques A guide to establishing native vegetation in Victoria (Greening Australia 2003) is available from the website: www.greeningaustralia.com.au Victorian Government initiative Reedy Creek Low Gravelly Hills - Granitic Hills and Slopes Landform Low Hills Hill slopes Granitic Hills to Foothills Description Low hills on plains or adjacent to the foothills Hill slopes and gentle colluvial footslopes of granitic hill Low hills to foothills with obvious rounded boulders Geology & Soils Sedimentary: skeletal sandy loam to clay loams, often gravelly Quaternary (granitic) colluvium: moderately well-drained coarse Granitic: freely drained often shallow sandy to sandy sandy soils to poorly drained yellow/grey contrast soils loams EVC Box Ironbark Forest Grassy Woodland (Shrubby Granitic Outwash) Granitic Hills Woodland / Rocky Outcrop Mosaic Location Example Everton Bushland Reserve Chiltern-Beechworth Rd north of Reids Way Rocky slopes and summit of Mt Pilot Legend Trees > 5m Trees > 5m Trees > 5m Underline text = Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box / But But Acacia implexa (UT) Lightwood Acacia implexa (UT) Lightwood likely to be available Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark Allocasuarina verticillata (UT) Drooping Sheoak Allocasuarina verticillata (UT) Drooping Sheoak from nurseries Eucalyptus microcarpa Grey Box Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress-pine Callitris endlicheri Black Cypress-pine Bold text = more Eucalyptus polyanthemos Red Box Eucalyptus aff. cinerea Beechworth Silver Stringybark Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red-gum common in EVC Shrubs Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red-gum Eucalyptus goniocalyx Bundy / Long-leaf Box Acacia acinacea (MS) Gold-dust Wattle Eucalyptus bridgesiana Apple Box / But But Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark Trees Acacia mitchellii (MS) Mitchell’s Wattle Eucalyptus polyanthemos Red Box Eucalyptus nortonii Silver Bundy Woody plants (include Acacia pycnantha (MS) Golden Wattle Shrubs Eucalyptus polyanthemos Red Box large shrubs) > 5m Acacia rubida (MS) Red-stem Wattle Acacia buxifolia (MS) Box-leaf Wattle Shrubs (UT) Understorey Acacia verniciflua (MS) Varnish Wattle Acacia rubida (MS) Red-stem Wattle Acacia buxifolia (MS) Box-leaf Wattle Trees = trees or large Astroloma humifusum (PS) Cranberry Heath Acacia verniciflua (MS) Varnish Wattle Acacia doratoxylon 1 (MS) Currawang 1 shrubs > 5m that Brachyloma daphnoides (MS) Daphne Heath Astroloma humifusum (PS) Cranberry Heath Acacia rubida (MS) Red-stem Wattle do not form part of Bursaria spinosa (MS) Sweet Bursaria Banksia marginata (MS) Silver Banksia Acacia verniciflua (MS) Varnish Wattle the canopy Cassinia aculeata (MS) Common Cassinia Bursaria lasiophylla (MS) Hairy Bursaria Brachyloma daphnoides (MS) Daphne Heath Shrubs Cheiranthera cyanea (SS) Blue Finger-flower Calytrix tetragona (MS) Common Fringe-myrtle Calytrix tetragona (MS) Common Fringe-myrtle (MS) Medium 1-5m Dillwynia cinerascens (SS) Grey Parrot-pea Cassinia aculeata (MS) Common Cassinia Cassinia aculeata (MS) Common Cassinia (SS) Small 20cm-1m Dodonaea viscosa subsp. Slender Hop-bush Daviesia leptophylla (MS) Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea Dodonaea viscosa subsp. Wedge-leaf Hop-bush (PS) Prostrate <50cm angustissima (MS) Dodonaea viscosa subsp. Slender Hop-bush cuneata (MS) Groundcovers Grevillea alpina (MS) Cat’s Claw Grevillea angustissima (MS) Grevillea alpina (MS) Cat’s Claw Grevillea (L) Large grass-like Hibbertia obtusifolia (SS) Grey Guinea-flower Grevillea alpina (MS) Cat’s Claw Grevillea Hibbertia obtusifolia (SS) Grey Guinea-flower plant >1m Indigofera australis (MS) Austral Indigo Hibbertia obtusifolia (SS) Grey Guinea-flower Indigofera australis (MS) Austral Indigo (M) Medium grass-like Persoonia rigida (MS) Hairy Geebung Hibbertia riparia (SS) Erect Guinea-flower Micromyrtus ciliata (SS) Heath-myrtle plant 10cm-1m Groundcovers Pultenaea laxiflora (SS) Loose-flower Bush-pea Pimelea linifolia (MS) Slender Rice-flower (T) Tiny grass-like Austrodanthonia caespitosa (M) Common Wallaby-grass Groundcovers Groundcovers plant <10cm Austrostipa scabra (M) Rough Spear-grass Aristida ramosa (M) Cane Wire-grass Austrodanthonia eriantha (M) Hill Wallaby-grass (LH) Large herb>50cm Billardiera scandens (SC) Common Apple-berry Austrodanthonia eriantha (M) Hill Wallaby-grass Austrostipa densiflora (M) Dense Spear-grass (MH) Medium herb 5- Chrysocephalum semipapposum (LH) Clustered Everlasting Austrostipa densiflora (M) Dense Spear-grass Austrostipa scabra (M) Rough Spear-grass 20cm Dianella revoluta (M) Black-anther Flax-lily Chrysocephalum semipapposum (LH) Clustered Everlasting Dianella revoluta (M) Black-anther Flax-lily (SH) Small or prostrate Hardenbergia violacea (SC) Purple Coral-pea Dianella revoluta (M) Black-anther Flax-lily Gonocarpus elatus (MH) Tall Raspwort herb < 5cm Joycea pallida (L) Silvertop Wallaby-grass Elymus scaber var. scaber (M) Common Wheat-grass Isotoma axillaris (MH) Rock Isotome (GF) Ground Fern Microseris sp. 3 (LH) Yam Daisy Geranium solanderi (MH) Austral Cranesbill Joycea pallida (L) Silvertop Wallaby-grass Poa sieberiana (M) Grey Tussock-grass Xerochrysum viscosum (LH) Shiny Everlasting Senecio quadridentatus (LH) Cotton