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This paper describes the regeneration potential of agricultural landscapes within a temporary wetland area of the Macquarie Marshes. In each of 49 sites, plant origin (native/exotic) and -diversity (number of species) from the soil seed bank and in-situ vegetation were used toassess potential differences in native plant regeneration for six vegetation communities (lignum, water couch, redgum,river cooba, grassland and cropping) and two land use histories (grazing and cropping). Seedling emergence counts from soil seed banks showed that cropping resulted in a significantly lower proportion of native species compared to other vegetation communities such as river cooba and native grasslands that retained some regeneration potential under grazing and limited clearing. ...