38 Community Members attended the Workshop at Lambs Valley Creek on the16th June.
Expertise provided by
- Jordan Skinner –Port Stephens Council
- Adam Bush –Local Land Services
- Noel Jupp – Riverdene nurseries
- Fiona Marshall –Local Land Services
At the workshop we learned
- how to identify water weed and issues
- the importance of healthy soils
- how to get help with soil management and analysis
- the importance of native vegetation to riparian protection and understanding of creek dynamics.
In case you missed it, here are 10 native species for riparian areas in the mid-Hunter (by Noel Jupp)
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Common name |
Scientific name |
Location on bank |
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Upper |
Mid |
Toe |
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River bottlebrush |
Callistemon sieberi |
x |
x |
x |
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River she-oak |
Casuarina cunninghamiana |
x |
x |
x |
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Koda tree |
Ehretia acuminata |
x |
x |
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Thin-leaved stringy bark |
Eucalyptus eugenioides |
x |
x |
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Grey ironbark |
Eucalyptus placita |
x |
x |
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Creek sandpaper fig |
Ficus coronata |
x |
x |
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Spiny headed mat rush |
Lomandra longifolia |
x |
x |
x |
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Weeping grass |
Microleana stipoides |
x |
x |
x |
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Lilly pilly |
Syzygium smithii |
x |
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Water gum |
Tristaniopsis laurina |
x |
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