Biosite Number:           1265

Rail Operator:                ARTC

Total Fenced Area:      1.4 Ha

 Melway Ref:                  Map

Significant Species Sighted:

Pimelea spinescens
Senecio macrocarpus

Friends Group:  

Friends of Werribee River

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Comments
August 2010 Colleen Miller

Site was burnt approx 2005 probably in autumn.  It appears that there was no follow up weed control on the African Love Grass which has been able to bulk up before the native grasses.

Works
2005 Ecological Burn Unsure of the date or year of burn   Complete    
2009 Weed Control Broadleaf and grassy weeds incl. African Lovegrass control by WMCN Contractor  Complete    
2010  Weed Control Broadleaf and grassy weeds incl. African Lovegrass control by WMCN Contractor  Complete    
2011 May Ecological Burn Burn required to reduce biomass of dead African Lovegrass.      
2011 July Weed Control Broadleaf and grassy weeds particularly African Lovegrass before Pimelea spinescens regrows      

Species List

Indigenous Flora

                   

Weeds Present                 

      
Pimelea spinescens
Senecio macrocarpus
Stipa Sp
Themeda triandra
  

African Love Grass
Artichoke Thistles
Brassica sp
Chillean Needle Grass
Ox Tongue
Serrated Tussock

  Large dense infestation