CLARENCE RIVER FLOODPLAIN & ESTUARY NATIVE SPECIES LIST

A guide to selection for revegetation projects

Using local native for revegetation projects The decline of some native vegetation communities contributes significantly to improving biodiversity. A range and seasonal influences on flowering and seeding times, of different plant species occurs along the Clarence River may limit the availability of resources and plants. estuary. Where they are located is largely dependent Some species require a permit for seed collection upon their geographic range and distribution as well as (or collection is limited) and propagation is best achieved preferences for soil conditions and tolerances of different through specialist native plant nurseries. The aftercare of levels of inundation by salt or fresh water. revegetation projects is vitally important to; the ongoing viability of some species (threatened, rare and endangered) Depending on the availability of seed resources, species and maintenance of planting should be considered as selection for each site is determined by assessing the part of any revegetation project. many factors that influence tree growth and the purpose of the planting: e.g. Suitability of height and width for This plant species list represents many of the known native location, soil type, specific uses such as for erosion species occurring on the Clarence estuary and floodplain control, managing salinity, shading of water courses, or which have been successfully grown for revegetation proximity to crops and riparian zones, harvesting and projects in the Clarence. The list is updated annually. maintenance of crops, availability of water and the landowners’ ability to maintain the sites.

TREES

Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Acacia aulacocarpa Ironbark Wattle Cupaniopsis parvifolia Small-Leaved Tuckeroo Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Duboisia myoporoides Duboisia Acacia floribunda White Sallow Wattle Dysoxylum muelleri Red Bean Acmena smithii Lilly Pilly Endiandra sieberi Hard Corkwood Alectryon tomentosus Hairy Alectryon Elaeocarpus obovatus Hard Quandong Allocasuarina glauca Swamp Oak Elaeocarpus reticulatus Blueberry Ash Allocasuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Elaeocarpus grandis Blue Quandong Allocasuarina littoralis Black She-Oak Tallowwood Alphitonia excelsa Red Ash E. robusta Swamp Mahogany Aphananthe philippinensis Rough Leaved Elm E. tereticornis Forest Red Gum Angophora subvelutina Broad-leaved Apple E. intermedia Pink Bloodwood Araucaria cunninghamii Hoop Pine E. grandis Flooded Gum Banksia integrifolia Coast Banksia E.siderophloia Northern Grey Ironbark Brush Ironbark Euroschinus falcatus Ribbonwood Backhousia sciadophora Shatterwood Ficus coronata Sandpaper Fig Callistemon salignus White Bottlebrush Ficus virens White Fig Callistemon viminalis Red Bottlebrush Ficus macrophylla Moreton Bay Fig Capparis arborea Brush Caper Berry Ficus fraseri Sandpaper Fig Cassine australis Red Olive Plum Ficus obliqua Small-leaved Fig Castanospermum australe Black bean Ficus superba Deciduous Fig (+/-) Commersonia bartramia Brown Kurrajong Ficus rubignosa Rusty Fig Cryptocarya glaucescens Jackwood Flindersia australis Australian Teak Cryptocarya triplinervis Three Veined Laurel Flindersia schottiana Cudgerie Cupaniopsis anacardiodes Tuckeroo Flindersia bennettiana Bennett’s Ash CONTINUED...

Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Glochidion ferdinandi Cheese Tree Melaleuca stypheliodes Prickly Paperbark Grevillea robusta Silky Oak Melaleuca quinquenervia Broad-Leaved Paperbark Guioa semiglauca Guioa Mischocarpus pyriformis Yellow Pear - Hibiscus tiliaceas Cottonwood Hibiscus Notelaea longifolia Large Mock Olive Jagera pseudorhus Foambark Persoonia stradbrokiensis Geebung Lophostemon suaveolens Swamp Turpentine Rapanaes variabilis Variable Muttonwood Brush Box Scrub Turpentine Malotus discolor Yellow Kamala Streblus brunoniensis Whalebone Tree Mallotus philippensis Red Kamala glomulifera Turpentine Melaleuca linariifolia Snow in Summer Toona ciliata Red Cedar

SMALL TREES AND SHRUBS

Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Baeckea virgata Twiggy Baeckea Melaleauca alternifolia Teatree Breynia oblongifolia Breynia Melastoma affine Bluetounge Leptospermum brachyandrum Thin-fruited Tea Tree Myoporum acuminatum Mangrove Boobialla Leptospermum polygalifolium Creek Tea Tree

GRASSES & LILIES

Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Crinum pedunculatum River Lily Oplismenus aemulus Native Grass Dianella sp. Flax Lily O.imbecillis Native Grass Lomandra hysterix River Mat Rush Phragmites autralis Common Reed Lomandra longifolia Spiny Mat Rush

WETLAND- SEDGES & RUSHES

Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Bulboschoenus fluviatilis Marsh Clubrush Gahnia sieberiana Red-fruited Saw sedge Baumea rubignosa Twigrush Gahnia filum Chaffy Saw sedge Baumea juncea Bare Twigrush Juncus kraussii Sea Rush Baumea tetragona Square Twigrush Juncus usitatus Common Rush Cyperus lucidus Leafy Flatsedge Lepironia articulata Sedge Cyperus gunni Flatsedge Phylidrum lanuginosum Frogsmouth Carex gaudichaudiana Carex Schoenoplectus mucronatus Club Rush Carex appressa Tall Sedge Schoenoplectus validus River Club Rush

VINES AND OTHER COMMON NATIVE SPECIES OCCURRING

Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Aegiceras corniculatum River Mangrove (shrub) Flagelaria indica Flagelaria (vine) Avicennia marina Grey Mangrove (tree) Maclura cochinchinensis Cockspur Thorn (vine) Derris involuta Native Derris (vine) Parsonsia straminea Common Silkpod (vine) Excoecaria agalloca Milky Mangrove Tetragona tetragonoides NZ Spinach/ Warrigal Green (herb)

Reference: Mousley, J. (2011). Clarence River floodplain and estuary native plant species list- a guide to selection for revegetation projects. Published by Clarence Landcare Inc., Grafton NSW.

This list is available from Clarence Landcare website www.clarencelandcare.com.au (Resources) or Phone: 02 6643 5009 Email: [email protected] for further information.

Printed March 2011.