Belmont Bush Reserve
This 1.02 hectare reserve has many important flora and fauna species. It is one of a number of isolated reserves within Montmorency that form a habitat corridor. There are mown areas by the entrance at Belmont Crescent and along the reserve’s top ridge.
The reserve is managed by Banyule's Bushland Management Unit with help from local volunteers. If you are interested in helping out, join the Friends of Montmorency Bushlands.
History
Belmont Reserve was once part of the Quinn Estate, and was later divided between the Guymers (Guymer Court), Macdonalds and an unknown family.
According to the Metropolitan Planning Scheme (1954), 2.08 acres of the estate was to be reserved as open space. Eltham Shire Council reviewed its open space requirements for the estate in 1979, a time when much of the land was owned by the council. It considered 2.08 acres too large for open space from a planning and financial perspective.
A subdivision was drawn up, with a request to re-zone 17 allotments from open space to residential. A small triangular area became Belmont Reserve.
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Flora and fauna
The vegetation is valley grassy forest and yellow box, and is listed as regionally threatened. It lies within the highlands–southern fall bioregion.
The reserve has 2 conservation areas where mowing is restricted and the flora is allowed to grow. There are many significant species, including greenhood orchids and other rare and threatened species.
Fauna
| Common name |
Scientific name |
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Australian magpie
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Cracticus tibicen
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Brushtail possum
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Trichosurus vulpecula |
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Common ringtail possum
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Pseudocheirus peregrinus
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Eastern blue tongue lizard
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Tiliqua scincoides
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Musk lorikeet
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Glossopsitta concinna
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Sugar glider
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Petaurus breviceps
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Tawny frogmouth
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Podargus strigoides
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Flora
| Scientific name |
Common name |
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Acacia acinacea
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Gold dust wattle
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Arthropodium strictum
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Chocolate lily
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Bossiaea prostrata
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Creeping bossieae
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Brachyscome multifida
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Cut-leaf daisy
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Bulbine bulbosa
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Bulbine lily
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Bursaria spinosa
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Sweet bursaria
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Dianella amoena
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Matted flax lily
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Eucalyptus melliodora
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Yellow box
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Goodenia blackiana
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Black's goodenia
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Pterostylis curta
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Blunt greenhood
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Rytidosperma sp.
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Wallaby grass
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Themeda triandra
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Kangaroo grass
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Tricoryne elatior
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Yellow rush lily
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Location
25 Belmont Crescent, Montmorency 3094 View Map
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25 Belmont Crescent ,
Montmorency 3094
25 Belmont Crescent ,
Montmorency 3094
Belmont Bush Reserve