Another great planting for FoEC with 35 hardy volunteers planting 380 plants in 2 hours!
Hosted by FoEC and funded by Melbourne Water Community Grant (MWCG).
Project description
This project aims to extend and enhance the stream bank shrubland plantings undertaken by FoEC since 2012 at the Caravan Park site. FoEC has completed two MWCG projects at this site, however weed species have been predominant in this area (Source: B.J. Bainbridge, J.M. Bush & Faithfull, 1998. Moreland Remnant Vegetation Assessment – prepared for Moreland City Council by the Merri Creek Management Committee) and further revegetation works will enhance the existing asset created at the site. In 2013 FoEC secured Department of Sustainability and Environment support for a 2014 project protecting remnant vegetation at the site; works have now been completed on this project. FoEC’s 2013 and 2014 MW funded projects on the site targeted a lower escarpment area and the proposed project will in-fill and extend the planting along the lower escarpment area. Additional spot planting of bank binding species (including Callistermon sieberi and Leptospermum lanigerum) will be undertaken downstream of the escarpment to enhance bank stability and provide shading of the creek to enhance water quality.
This site has a number of identified significant remnant specimens including River Red Gum, Yellow Box, Sweet Bursaria, Purple Tree Violet, Weeping Grass, Lomandra filiformis and Danthonia species (Source: B.J. Bainbridge, J.M. Bush & Faithfull, 1998. Moreland Remnant Vegetation Assessment – prepared for Moreland City Council by the Merri Creek Management Committee). Remnant Lomandra have been identified during brush cutting of the area planted during our 2014 project.
Our previous works on the site incorporated design elements to increase the likelihood of self-seeding of the remnant species at the site including Red Gum, Sweet Bursaria and Purple Tree Violet. All species have now set seed and we have witnessed excellent self-seeding on the site by the remnant specimens. Further, Poa labillardierei introduced as part of the revegetation works are also now successfully seeding into the mulched area at this site.
Plant List for Caravan Park Site 2016
| Scientific name | Common name | Quantity |
| Acaena novae-zelandiae | Bidgee-Widgee | 10 |
| Acacia melanoxlyn | Blackwood | 5 |
| Acacia implexa | Lightwood | 5 |
| Bursaria spinosa spp macrophylla | Sweet Bursaria | 10 |
| Austrodanthonia caespitosa | Common Wallaby-grass | 30 |
| Austrostipa elegantissima | Feather Spear-grass | 20 |
| Callistermon sieberi | River Bottlebrush | 14 |
| Dianella longifolia | Pale Flax-lily | 20 |
| Eucalyptus camaldulensis | River Red-gum | 5 |
| Einadia nutans | Climbing Saltbush | 10 |
| Goodenia ovata | Hop Goodenia | 5 |
| Leptospermum lanigerum | Woolly Tea-tree | 12 |
| Lomandra longifolia | Spiny-headed Mat-rush | 54 |
| Poa labillardierei | Common Tussock Grass | 150 |
| Wahlenbergia communis | Tufted Bluebell | 10 |
| TOTAL | 378 |