Mid King Native Plant Lists
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Mid King Native Plant Lists Including Myrrhee, Whitlands, Whitfield, Cheshunt, Edi Upper 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 Mid least 12 months in advance. Nurseries can King area (see back page for map). These grow many species if they know you want species are grouped into lists for different them. They can also ensure that the seed is profiles of the landscape/topography, representing the local to your site (plants genetically adapted to your 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 Expanding the range of plant types to include Landscapes, DNRE, Melbourne. shrubs, grasses and wildflowers suitable to your Riparian Revegetation: Price, P. & Lovett, S. (2002) site helps keep your native trees healthy and provides the ‘Managing riparian land’, 1, Land & Water Australia Canberra. building materials, furniture and food needed by local native Farm Forestry: Hajek, C. (2002) Farm forestry / animals. These improve the chance of restoring plant-animal agroforestry: What is it?, AG0790, DPI, Horsham. interactions such as pollination and insect control, assisting Shelter Belts: Johnson H. and Brandle, James (2003) your restoration site and surrounding areas to be self Shelterbelt design, LC 0136, DPI, Stawell. 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 Mid King - floodplain - plains - creeks Landform Floodplain Plain Creeklines / Drainage lines Landform Active riverine floodplain with frequent, short duration flooding Secondary or non-active alluvial plains (as opposed to the Low-gradient ephemeral to intermittent drainage lines on plains Description floodplain) and lower slopes of foothills Geology & Soils Alluvial sediments: red-brown loams to sandy clay loams; grey Alluvial sediments: brown-red soils; black uniform loams; Alluvial sediments: clays and silts poorly drained grey clay soils EVC Floodplain Riparian Woodland / Swampy Woodland Plains Grassy Woodland Creekline Grassy Woodland Location Example King River south of Edi crossing South of Whitfield - south of Mill Lane Lower sections of Meadow and Boggy Creek Legend Trees > 5m Trees > 5m Trees > 5m Underline text = Acacia dealbata (UT) Silver Wattle Acacia implexa (UT) Lightwood Acacia dealbata (UT) Silver Wattle likely to be available Acacia melanoxylon (UT) Blackwood Eucalyptus bridgesiana But But / Apple Box Acacia melanoxylon (UT) Blackwood from nurseries Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red-gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red-gum Eucalyptus bridgesiana But But / Apple Box Bold text = more Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red-gum common in EVC Shrubs Eucalyptus polyanthemos Red Box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Acacia paradoxa (MS) Hedge Wattle Shrubs Shrubs Trees Callistemon sieberi (MS) River Bottlebrush Acacia acinacea (MS) Gold-dust Wattle Acacia acinacea (MS) Gold-dust Wattle Woody plants (include Kunzea ericoides (MS) Burgan * # Acacia paradoxa (MS) Hedge Wattle Acacia verniciflua (MS) Varnish Wattle large shrubs) > 5m Melicytus dentatus (MS) Tree Violet Bursaria spinosa sbsp. spinosa (MS) Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa sbsp. spinosa (MS) Sweet Bursaria (UT) Understorey Trees Groundcovers Cassinia arcuata (MS) Drooping Cassinia Cassinia aculeata (MS) Common Cassinia = trees or large Acaena novae-zelandiae (MH) Bidgee-widgee (MH) Dillwynia sericea (SS) Showy Parrot-pea Cassinia arcuata (MS) Drooping Cassinia shrubs > 5m that Amphibromus nervosus (L) Common Swamp Wallaby-grass Pimelea curviflora (MS) Curved Rice-flower Dillwynia sericea (SS) Showy Parrot-pea do not form part of Austrodanthonia duttoniana (M) Brown-back Wallaby-grass Groundcovers Melicytus dentatus (MS) Tree Violet the canopy Carex appressa (L) Tall Sedge Arthropodium strictum (LH) Chocolate Lily Groundcovers Shrubs Carex inversa (M) Knob Sedge Austrodanthonia racemosa (M) Stiped Wallaby-grass Arthropodium strictum (LH) Chocolate Lily (MS) Medium 1-5m Centipeda cunninghamii (MH) Common Sneezeweed Burchardia umbellata (MH) Milkmaids Austrodanthonia caespitosa (M) Common Wallaby-grass (SS) Small 20cm-1m Cotula australis (MH) Common Cotula Carex inversa (M) Knob Sedge Carex appressa (L) Tall Sedge (PS) Prostrate <50cm Cyperus exaltatus (L) Tall Flat-sedge Convolvulus erubescens (SH) Pink Bindweed Centipeda cunninghamii (MH) Common Sneezeweed Groundcovers Cyperus sphaeroideus (M) Globe Kyllinga Craspedia variabilis (MH) Common Billy-buttons Dianella longifolia (M) Pale Flax-lily (L) Large grass-like Eleocharis acuta (M) Common Spike-sedge Dianella longifolia (M) Pale Flax-lily Dianella revoluta. (M) Black-anther Flax-lily plant >1m Eleocharis sphacelata (L) Tall Spike-sedge Dianella revoluta (M) Black-anther Flax-lily Elymus scaber (M) Common Wheat-grass (M) Medium grass-like Geranium solanderi (MH) Austral Cranesbill Dichelachne rara (M) Common Plume-grass Juncus amabilis (M) Hollow Rush plant 10cm-1m Gratiola peruviana (MH) Austral Brooklime Elymus scaber (M) Common Wheat-grass Lomandra filiformis (M) Wattle Mat-rush (T) Tiny grass-like Juncus holoschoenus (M) Joint-leaf Rush Enteropogon acicularis (M) Spider Grass Phragmites australis (L) Common Reed plant <10cm Juncus ingens (L) Giant Rush Geranium retrorsum (MH) Grassland Cranesbill Poa labillardierei (M) Common Tussock-grass (LH) Large herb>50cm Microlaena stipoides (M) Weeping Grass Leptorhynchos squamatus (MH) Scaly Buttons Poa sieberiana (M) Grey Tussock-grass (MH) Medium herb 5- Myriophyllum crispatum (LH) Upright Water-milfoil Lomandra filiformis (M) Wattle Mat-rush Themeda triandra (M) Kangaroo Grass 20cm Persicaria decipiens (LH) Slender Knotweed Lomandra multiflora (M) Many-flowered Mat-rush (SH) Small or prostrate Persicaria hydropiper (LH) Water Pepper Pentapogon quadrifidus (M) Five-awned Spear-grass herb < 5cm Phragmites australis (L) Common Reed Poa sieberiana (M) Grey Tussock-grass (GF) Ground Fern Poa labillardierei (M) Common Tussock-grass Themeda triandra (M) Kangaroo Grass (SC) Scrambler/ Themeda triandra (M) Kangaroo Grass Velleia paradoxa (MH) Spur Velleia climber Triglochin procera (L) Water Ribbons Page 2 DSE (2007) Mid King Native Plant Lists - Including Myrrhee, Whitlands, Whitfield, Cheshunt, Edi Upper, DSE, Wodonga. 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