Corryong-Nariel Native Plant Lists Including Walwa, Pine Mountain, Cudgewa, Thowgla, Nariel, Lucyvale 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 Corryong - Nariel area (see inside back page grow many species if they know you want for map). These species are grouped into lists them. They can also ensure that the seed is for different profiles of the landscape/topography, local to your site (plants genetically adapted to your representing the different vegetation types (Ecological conditions survive the best). So plan and order. If you Vegetation Classes, EVCs) that occur there. The species in collect your own seed, this can be given to nurseries to bold are those which are more common, and underlined grow. Then you can be sure of how local your local plants species are those that are more likely to be available from are! A list of nurseries supplying indigenous plants in the NE nurseries that sell indigenous plants. The lists are cross- Region can be found in Revegetation Resources Directory, referenced with EVC 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, Thelong 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 Corryong Riverine Floodplain - Plains - Low Hills Landform Floodplain, terraces Plains Low Hils Landform Active riverine floodplain with frequent, short duration Secondary or non-active alluvial plains (as opposed to the Low hills and gentle lower slopes of foothills Description flooding floodplain) Geology & Soils Alluvial sediments: red-brown loams to sandy clay loams; Alluvial sediments - brown-red soils; black uniform loams; poorly Granodiorite, metamorphic gneiss: well-drained red gradational grey drained grey clay soils loam; red/ grey contrast soils: or shallow sandy soils EVC Floodplain Riparian Woodland Plains Grassy Woodland Rainshadow Grassy Woodland Location Example Murray River Colac Colac Bushland Reserve (overstorey and some native grasses) Low hill at end of Mitchell Pl Towong (mostly overstorey) Legend Trees > 5m Trees > 5m Trees > 5m Underline text = Acacia dealbata (UT) Silver Wattle (UT) Acacia implexa 1 (UT) Lightwood 1 (UT) Acacia dealbata (UT) Silver Wattle (UT) likely to be available Acacia melanoxylon (UT) Blackwood (UT) Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Acacia implexa (UT) Lightwood (UT) from nurseries Eucalyptus bridgesiana 1 But But / Apple Box 1 Eucalyptus bridgesiana But But / Apple Box Acacia melanoxylon (UT) Blackwood (UT) Bold text = more Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red-gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red-gum Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong common in EVC Eucalyptus melliodora 1 Yellow Box 1 Eucalyptus melliodora 1 Yellow Box 1 Eucalyptus blakelyi Blakely’s Red-gum Shrubs Eucalyptus polyanthemos Red Box Eucalyptus goniocalyx Bundy Trees Callistemon sieberi (MS) River Bottlebrush Exocarpos cupressiformis (UT) Cherry Ballart (UT) Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Woody plants (include Cassinia aculeata (MS) Common Cassinia Shrubs Eucalyptus polyanthemos Red Box large shrubs) > 5m Dillwynia cinerascens (SS) Grey Parrot-pea Acacia siculiformis (MS) Dagger Wattle Shrubs (UT) Understorey Trees Kunzea ericoides 2(MS) Burgan 2 Acacia ulicifolia (MS) Juniper Wattle Acacia rubida (MS) Red-stem Wattle = trees or large Melicytus dentatus 2(MS) Tree Violet 2 Acacia verniciflua (MS) Varnish Wattle Acacia siculiformis (MS) Dagger Wattle shrubs > 5m that Groundcovers Bossiaea prostrata (PS) Creeping Bossiaea Acacia verniciflua (MS) Varnish Wattle do not form part of Acaena novae-zelandiae (MH) Bidgee-widgee Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla (MS) Hairy Bursaria Acrotriche serrulata (PS) Honey-pots the canopy Carex appressa (L) Tall Sedge Cassinia aculeata 2(MS) Common Cassinia 2 Dillwynia sericea (SS) Showy Parrot-pea Shrubs Carex chlorantha (M) Green-top Sedge Dillwynia cinerascens (SS) Grey Parrot-pea Hibbertia obtusifolia (SS) Grey Guinea-flower (MS) Medium 1-5m Carex fascicularis (M) Tassel Sedge Melicytus dentatus 2(MS) Tree Violet 2 Indigofera australis (MS) Austral Indigo (SS) Small 20cm-1m Carex gaudichaudiana (M) Fen Sedge Groundcovers Groundcovers (PS) Prostrate <50cm Carex inversa (M) Knob Sedge Arthropodium strictum (LH) Chocolate Lily Aristida ramosa Cane Wire-grass Groundcovers Centipeda cunninghamii (MH) Common Sneezeweed Austrodanthonia racemosa (M) Stiped Wallaby-grass Austrodanthonia eriantha (M) Hill Wallaby-grass (L) Large grass-like Cyperus gunnii subsp. gunnii (L) Flecked Flat-sedge Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata (M) Rough Spear-grass (M) Austrodanthonia racemosa (M) Stiped Wallaby-grass plant >1m Cyperus sanguinolentus (M) Dark Flat-sedge Bulbine bulbosa (MH) Bulbine Lily Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata (M) Rough Spear-grass (M) Medium grass-like Eleocharis acuta (M) Common Spike-sedge Burchardia umbellata (MH) Milkmaids Bulbine bulbosa (MH) Bulbine Lily plant 10cm-1m Geranium retrorsum (MH) Grassland Cranesbill Chloris truncata (M) Windmill Grass Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia (GF) Green Rock-fern (T) Tiny grass-like Juncus australis (L) Austral Rush Chrysocephalum apiculatum (LH) Common Everlasting Chloris truncata (M) Windmill Grass plant <10cm Juncus ingens (L) Giant Rush Convolvulus erubescens (SH) Pink Bindweed Dianella revoluta (M) Black-anther Flax-lily (LH) Large herb>50cm Lycopus australis (LH) Australian Gipsywort Dianella revoluta (M) Black-anther Flax-lily Elymus scaber (M) Common Wheat-grass (MH) Medium herb 5- Microlaena stipoides (M) Weeping Grass Elymus scaber (M) Common Wheat-grass Geranium solanderi (MH) Austral Cranesbill 20cm Panicum effusum (M) Hairy Panic Geranium retrorsum (MH) Grassland Cranesbill Glycine clandestina (SC) Twining Glycine (SH) Small or prostrate Persicaria hydropiper (LH) Water Pepper Glycine clandestina (SC) Twining Glycine Hardenbergia violacea (SC) Purple Coral-pea herb < 5cm Phragmites australis (L) Common Reed Leptorhynchos squamatus (MH) Scaly Buttons Lomandra longifolia subsp. exilis (L) Spiny-headed Mat-rush (GF) Ground Fern Poa labillardierei (M) Common Tussock-grass Microlaena stipoides (M) Weeping Grass Microlaena stipoides (M) Weeping Grass (SC) Scrambler/ Rubus parvifolius (SC) Small-leaf Bramble