Barwon and Moorabool valleys, rivers and major creeks indigenous plants

Zone 10 Consists of a variety of geological types including limestone, basalt, gravel and clay; drainage patterns vary with soil types. Vegetation distribution is generally dependant on niches eg dry north facing escarpments, sheltered gullies and river edges. The average rainfall is 45 - 65 centimetres.

The riparian vegetation of the Barwon and Moorabool Rivers and major creeks was characterised by River Red Gum, Blackwood and Swamp Gum. Understorey plants such as Silver Wattle, Woolly Tea-tree and Prickly Currant Bush were also found in these moist environments.

The Barwon River had drier valley slopes that were dominated by Drooping Sheoke with a prominent Wattle understorey of Lightwood, Black Wattle, Hedge Wattle and Golden Wattle. The banks of the Moorabool River carried woodland with a predominantly grassy understorey.

Yellow Gum and Drooping Sheoke were the dominant trees over much of the plateau. The indigenous grasses were Kangaroo Grass which was widespread and Tussock Grass which was found in the wetter areas.

Tree species
Rivers				Barwon		Moorabool
Common name	Botanical name	Size (height by width in metres)		1	2	3	4
Lightwood	Acacia implexa	5-15	4-7	Y	-	Y	-
Black Wattle	Acacia mearnsii	8-25	6-10	Y	-	Y	-
Blackwood	Acacia melanoxylon	5-30	4-15	-	Y	YW	Y
Golden Wattle	Acacia pycnantha	3-10	2-5	Y	-	Y	-
Drooping Sheoke	Allocasuarina verticillata	4-11	3-6	Y	-	Y	-
White Cypress-pine	Callitris glaucophylla	5	20	YI	-	YI	-
River Red Gum	Eucalyptus camaldulensis	15-35	15-35	-	Y	-	Y
Yellow Gum	Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp connata	10-20	6-20	X	-	Y	-
Grey Box	Eucalyptus microcarpa	10-25	10-15	-	-	YU	-
Swamp Gum	Eucalyptus ovata	8-30	8-20	-	X	-	X
Red Box	Eucalyptus polyanthemos	7-25	5-15	-	-	YLS	-
Manna Gum	Eucalyptus viminalis	10-20	8-15	-	YA	-	YA
Cherry Ballart	Exocarpos cupressiformis	3-8	3-5	Y	-	Y	-
Moonah	Melaleuca lanceolata	1-8	3-6	YE	-	YE	-
Shrub Species
Silver Wattle	Acacia dealbata	6-30	5-10	-	Y	-	Y
Hedge Wattle	Acacia paradoxa	2-4	2-5	Y	-	Y	-
Prickly Moses	Acacia verticillata	2-6	3-5	-	X	-	Y
Silver Banksia	Banksia marginata	1-10	1-5	X	-	X	-
Pale Turpentine Bush	Beyeria lechenaultii	1.5	1.5	-	-	YU	-
Sweet Bursaria	Bursaria spinosa var macrophylla	2-6	2-3	Y	Y	Y	Y
River Bottlebrush	Callistemon sieberi	3-10	2-6	-	Y	-	Y
Dogwood	Cassinia aculeata	2-4	1-2	X	-	X	-
Prickly Currant-bush	Coprosma quadrifida	2-4	1-1.5	-	Y	-	Y
Rock Correa	Correa glabra	1-3	1-3	YE	-	YE	-
Grey Parrot-pea	Dillwynia cinerascens	0.6-1.5	0.5-1.5	-	Y	-	Y
Hop Goodenia	Goodenia ovata	1-2.5	1-3	-	Y	-	Y
Hemp-Bush	Gynatrix pulchella	2-4	1.5-3	-	Y	-	Y
Shrub Violet	Hymenanthera dentata	2-4	1-2.5	Y	-	Y	-
Austral Indigo	Indigofera australis	1-2	1-2	Y	-	Y	-
Burgan	Kunzea ericoides	2-5	2-4	-	-	Y	-
Woolly Tea-tree	Leptospermum lanigerum	2-6	1-3	-	Y	-	Y
Tangled Lignum	Muehlenbeckia florulenta	1-2.5	1-2	-	Y	-	Y
Common Boobialla	Myoporum insulare	1-6	3	X	-	-	-
Sticky Boobialla	Myoporum viscosum	0.5-2	1.5-2	Y	-	Y	-
Twiggy Daisy-bush	Olearia ramulosa	0.5-2.5	1	X	-	X	-
Shrub Everlasting	Ozothamnus ferrugineus	2-6	1-3	-	Y	-	Y
Poison Rice-flower	Pimelea pauciflora	1-3	0.5-2	-	-	-	YU
Gaunt Rice-flower	Pimelea stricta	1.5	0.5	YU	-	-	-
Pomaderris	Pomaderris racemosa	2-5	1-2	X	-	Y	-
Snowy Mint-bush	Prostanthera nivea	1.2	0.5-1	-	-	Y	-
Sea Berry Saltbush	Rhagodia candolleana	2	1-2.5	Y	-	-	-
Fragrant Saltbush	Rhagodia parabolica	0.8-2	0.5-1.5	Y	-	Y	-
Scented Groundsel	Senecio odoratus	0.6-2	0.6-1.5	Y	-	Y	-
Kangaroo Apple	Solanum laciniatum	1-3	1-3	Y	-	Y	-
Golden Spray	Viminaria juncea	2-5.5	2	-	Y	-	Y
Groundcover and tussock species
Tussock Grass	Poa labillardieri	0.8	0.8	-	Y	-	Y
Kangaroo Grass	Themeda triandra	0.3	0.3	Y	-	Y	-
A - alluvial soil
E - escarpment
I - isolated on escarpment
L - loamy soils
S - species that prefer sandy soils
U - uncommon
W - wetter soils
X - species once occurred in this area
Y - species is present in areas of remnant vegetation

1=Barwon River Valley slopes; 2=Barwon River banks and watercourses; 3=Moorabool River Valley slopes and plateau; 4=Moorabool River banks and water courses

Local Indigenous Nurseries