Lower Yarra River Habitat

Lower Yarra River Habitat

An ecological collection to display and conserve Indigenous plants from 5 plant communities found locally in the lower Yarra  region.

This area has been transformed to display a significant collection of 5 Indigenous plant communities.

The planting of both terrestrial and wetland species from these fragmented plant communities have increased the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne's Indigenous plant biodiversity.

  1. Riparian
  2. Swampy Paperbark Thicket
  3. Grassy Woodlands
  4. Wetland Community
  5. Cliff Escarpment Shrubland

Key Plants
Curator Notes
History  


Key Plants

Triglochin procerum  Water Ribbons

- Robust aquatic Plant 50cm H  

Correa glabra  Rock Correa  

- To 3mx3m Shrub with pale green bell flowers

Microseris lanceolata  Yam Daisy  

- Perennial herb to 40cm with yellow flowers  

Prostanthera lasianthos 
Victorian Christmas Bush  

- Tall shrub  or small tree with masses of white flowers  

Pelargonium australe  Austral Storks-bill  

- Perennial herb to 60cm with pink flowers  

Microlaena stipoides  Weeping Grass  

- Variable perennial grass with weeping stems

Eucalyptus camaldulensis  River Red Gum  

- Large open tree to 50metres  

Poa labillardierei  Common Tussock Grass  

- Large perennial densely tussocked grass  

Melaleuca ericifolia  Swamp Paperbark  

- Small Tree with white papery trunk to 9 metres

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Curator Notes

  1. Cut back Cool season grasses every 2-3 years including  Austrodanthonia sp. to rejuvenate and to reduce shading out of forbs.
  2. This perennial herb with its fleshy tuberous roots was a staple food of aboriginal people but was almost wiped out in the Melbourne area within 5 years of European settlement.
  3. Useful as a hedging plant and attracts birds including the Eastern Spinebill.   

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History 

  • Australian Conservation Voluuteers start removals  200
  • Funding from Parks Victoria

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Image


Best Viewed


Late Winter, Spring and Early Summer for flowers.

Location


Long Island

Alexandra Avenue near H gate
Visitor Map 

Grow

 

Austrodanthonia geniculata

 

Microseris lanceolata  Yam Daisy

Perennial herb to 40cm with yellow flowers

Correa glabra  Rock Correa

To 3mx3m Shrub with pale green bell flowers

 

Plant Census


Find out what plants grow at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

 

> RBG Melbourne > Garden Features

Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne - Lower Yarra River Habitat
http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/./Lower_Yarra_River_Habitat ( accessed Tuesday, 24th November 2009 )