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Plains Grassy Woodland Hilltop Area

Site Context

On top of an elevated hilltop with views across the Creek valley and the city of Melbourne to the south. This exposed site comprises heavy clay loams prone to drying out and cracking in hot weather. The site is also adjacent to the Moreland industrial area and a recapped municipal tip. As such, the integrity of the reserve would benefit from screening planting. An ephemeral waterhole is an interesting landscape feature of the site. The exposed location lends itself to Sheoak woodlands which would create a dramatic acoustic effect when the wind blows.

Habitat Objectives

(a) EVC 55 Plains Grassy (She-oak) Woodland: An overstorey dominated by stands of Black Sheoak Allocasuarina littoralis, with scattered Grey Box Eucalyptus microcarpa. Generally shrubby in character, including Gold-dust WattleAcacia acinacea, Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha, Lightwood Acacia implexa, Sweet Bursaria Bursaria spinosa and Drooping Cassinia Cassinia arcuata. The grassy understorey is dominated by Wallaby-grasses and Speargrasses such as Common Wallaby-grass Austrodanthonia caespitosa, Bristly Wallaby-grass Austrodanthonia setacea, Stiped Wallaby-grass Austrodanthonia racemosa and Kneed Spear-grass Austrostipa bigeniculata. Other common species include Windmill Grass Chloris truncata, Kidney-weed Dichondra repens, Blackanther Flax-lily Dianella revoluta and Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla. The presence of chenopods such as Nodding Saltbush Einadia nutans and Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa emphasise the dry nature of the community.

Scientific name	Common name	26-Jun-16
Acacia acinacae	Gold dust wattle	24
Acacia verticillata	Prickly moses	6
Acacia melanoxylon	Blackwood	6
Acacia paradoxa	Hedge wattle	18
Acaena novae-zelandiae	Bidgee-widgee	12
Allocasuarina littoralis	Black Sheoak	12
Allocasuarina verticillata	Drooping sheoak	54
Austrodanthonia caespitosa	Common wallaby-grass	48
Astrodanthonia racemosa	Stiped wallaby-grass	54
Austrosipa  bigeniculata	Kneed Spear-grass	54
Bursaria spinosa	Sweet bursaria	6
Chloris truncata	Windmill Grass	42
Dodonea viscosa	Wedge-leaf hop bush	24
Einadia nutans	Nodding saltbush	54
Enchylaena tomentosa	Ruby saltbush	54
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River red-gum	3
Eucalyptus melliodora	Yellow box	12
Eucalyptus leucoxlyn	Yellow gum	12
Rhagodia parabolica	Fragrant saltbush	24
Themeda triandra	Kangaroo grass	33
Poa labillardieri	Common tussock grass	42
	TOTAL PLANTS	594