Where are the grassland remnants?

We usually think to look for grassland remnants along roadsides and on rail reserves on the Victorian Volcanic Plain  Cemeteries are another good place to check out, but have you thought about going to church yard? At St George’s Church Balliang, there is tiny grassland treasure.

I was there on Wednesday chatting with a few people about what to look for and how to manage a remnant such as this one. As with most grassy remnants we need to manage the density of grass cover and this one needs a burn to open it up. Perhaps that will happen this autumn. You never know who has a little patch of grassland out the back. It is lovely to know this patch is in good hands.

Kangaroo grass thatch

Pale Vanilla-lily

Common Eutaxia

Pink Bindweed

Pale Flax-lily

Lemon Beauty-head

Grassland burning at Boonderoo

burning underway

About 40 hectares of Boonderoo Nature Conservation Reserve, a grasslands reserve of 184 Ha, was burnt yesterday. Located on Tall Trees Road at Lethbridge, the site has been under Parks Victoria management since October 2003. It is Plains Grassland Ecological Vegetation Class and listed as endangered in the Victorian Volcanic Plains Bioregion. Burning is a very useful management tool in grasslands and it is exciting to see another grassland burn take place this season.