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SUMMARY:Post flood repairs to protections of our endangered plants
DESCRIPTION:Today we’ll be repairing flood damage to the ‘protections’ we installed in one of the loveliest parts of our creekside environment. \nDate: Sunday 13th of November \nTimes: 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. \nDetails: \nMany in our community know we’ve done an excellent job re-instating native woody vegetation along the creek.  Few know that we’re also engaged in an exciting attempt to re-establish the herbaceous ground flora of an endangered type of vegetation! \nThe recent flood knocked down the netting guards and fencing we erected to protect this. \nMost of the native vegetation along our creek is of a type (an ecological vegetation class or EVC) that is close to becoming extinct.  It is known as “Goldfields Creekline Grassy Woodland” (CGW) and is classified as endangered because so little remains and all remnants are degraded. \nAbout seven years ago we established a good cover of tussock grass Poa labillardierei in this location.  Not long after\, we re-introduced hundreds of the nationally endangered Matting Flax-lily Dianella amoena. \nIn the last couple of years\, Terry and Caroline Bellair have led efforts to expand a tiny stand of Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra.  It’s extremely rare to find Kangaroo Grass within CGW and in 2015\, this stand had only three plants.   There’s now hundreds!  Following the Bellair’s lead\, the indigenous youth landcare folk helped us erect a grazing exclusion fence around this stand. \nWithin the fenced exclosure\, we’re also experimenting with the re-establishment some other rare native herbs. \n\n\n\nBotanic name\nCommon Name\nStatus\nLocal status\n\n\nCullen tenax\nTough Scurf-pea\nendangered\nProbably extinct\n\n\nDesmodium varians\nSlender Tick-trefoil\nNot considered threatened\nVery rare\n\n\nEnneapogon nigricans\nDark Nineawn-grass\nNot considered threatened\nVery rare\n\n\nGlycine latrobeana\nClover Glycine\nVulnerable\nVery rare\n\n\nGlycine tabacina\nVariable Glycine\nNot considered threatened\nRare\n\n\n\nThese are all vulnerable to grazing. \nToday we’ll be re-erecting the exclosure fence and replacing the netting guards \nMeet: here at the north end of Honeycomb Road\, Campbells Creek for a 10:00 a.m. start.  There’s plenty of space for car parking. \nWe’ll walk down to the work site.  If you’re late\, follow the Honeycomb track down to the main trail and make your way to the work site here. \nWear: gloves (important!)\, sturdy footwear and clothing suitable for the weather (the forecast is for a warm but rainy day). \nBring your own drinking water if you need it.  If you can\, please bring a hammer or mallet\, pliers or wire cutters. \nWe’ll supply everything else\, including light refreshments afterwards. \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://focc.org.au/event/november-working-bee/
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