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Indigenous plants of the Geelong Region ZONE 17 Consists of fertile clay to clay loam soils with basalt rock usually present. It includes hills, plains and stony rises that are mostly poorly drained. The average rainfall is 45 - 55cm. ANAKIE EAST / LOVELY BANKS / CORIO BASALT PLAINS T his area was once predominantly an open woodland community that also included treeless grasslands and occasional shrubs. Dominant tree species such as the Buloke and Drooping Sheoke grew alongside other species such as Grey Box and Red Box on better drained slopes and crests. On the wetter areas trees such as Blackwood, River Red Gum and Yellow Box were found. Tree and shrub species such as the Black Wattle, Sweet Bursaria and Silver Banksia formed most of the middle storey. Smaller species included Shrub Violet, Kangaroo Apple and Common Everlasting. Sadly, many species of shrubs that occurred in this area are no longer found. Such species include the Silver Banksia and Varnish Wattle. Steiglitz Anakie Yellow Box You Yangs D KIE R Ilustrations: George Stolfo, courtesy of Hyland House Hovells Ck 17 l Riv er PR Lara BACCH b oo M ID LA WY SH E INC US MA o ra Mo RSH RD ANA Maude Kirk Point N D HW Y Co Batesford wi es Ck Corio GEELONG Ceres PORTARLIN GTON RD Leopold Drysdale Indigenous plants of the Geelong Region Zone 17 Anakie East / Lovely Banks / Corio Basalt Plains TREE SPECIES Common name Botanical name Size (H x W m) Lightwood Black Wattle Blackwood Golden Wattle Buloke Drooping Sheoke River Red Gum Yellow Gum Yellow Box Grey Box Red Box Acacia implexa Acacia mearnsii Acacia melanoxylon Acacia pycnantha Allocasuarina luehmannii Allocasuarina verticillata Eucalyptus camaldulensis Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp connata Eucalyptus melliodora Eucalyptus microcarpa Eucalyptus polyanthemos 5-15 x 4-7 8-25 x 6-10 5-30 x 4-15 3-10 x 2-5 5-15 x 5-10 4-11 x 3-6 15-35 x 15-35 10-20 x 6-20 10-30 x 8-25 10-25 x 10-15 7-25 x 5-15 Well drained slopes/crests ◆ ❖ Wetter areas ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ uncommon ❖ ◆ uncommon ◆ uncommon Zone 17 Anakie East / Lovely Banks / Corio Basalt Plains SHRUB SPECIES Common name Botanical name Size (H x W m) Well drained slopes/crests Hedge Wattle Varnish Wattle Silver Banksia Sweet Bursaria Turkey-bush Shrub Violet Leafless Bluebush Acacia paradoxa Acacia verniciflua Banksia marginata Bursaria spinosa var macrophylla Eremophila deserti Hymenanthera dentata Maireana aphylla 2-4 x 2-5 3-5 x 3-5 1-10 x 1-5 2-6 x 2-3 1-4 x 2 2-4 x 1-2.5 1x1 Tangled Lignum Kangaroo Apple Muehlenbeckia florulenta Solanum laciniatum 2x2 1-3 x 1-3 ◆ ❖ ❖ ◆ ❖ ◆ stony rises ◆ uncommon (atypical) ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Zone 17 Anakie East / Lovely Banks / Corio Basalt Plains GROUNDCOVER AND TUSSOCK SPECIES Common name Botanical name Size (H x W m) Red-leg Grass Wallaby Grass Common Everlasting Tussock Grass Spear Grass Kangaroo Grass Bothriochloa macra Danthonia species Chrysocephalum apiculatum Poa labillardieri Stipa species Themeda triandra 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.3 ◆ - species is present in areas of remnant vegetation Wetter areas x x x x x x 0.8 0.4-1 1-2 0.8 1-2 0.3 Well drained slopes/crests ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Wetter areas ◆ ◆ ◆ ❖ - species once occurred in this area Local Indigenous Nurseries Geelong Indigenous Nursery .......................................................................................................................Mobile: 0421 006 070 Greybox and Grasslands Indigenous Nursery ..........................................................................................................Ph. 5369 5221 Further Contacts City of Greater Geelong Environment Unit....................................www.geelongaustralia.com.au...............................Ph. 5227 0785 Department of Sustainability & Environment..................................www.dse.vic.gov.au...................................................Ph.136 186 Geelong Field Naturalists Club Inc...............................................http://home.vicnet.net.au/~gfnc/..........................Ph. 5229 3901 Landcare contacts..........www.landcare.net.au.......www.geelongaustralia.com.au (Environment Directory).......CCMA Ph. 5232 9100 HOME Acknowledgements: David Perry DSE & Mark Trengove Version 05 ZONE 17
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