Fricker Hill Reserve

Fricker Hill Reserve landscape

This reserve provides views of Banyule from a bushland setting. Walking trails provide access to the nearby Plenty River Trail and Montmorency Park. It is managed by the Banyule Bushland Management Unit helps to maintain and increase its biodiversity. If you would like to help out, join the Friends of Plenty River. They meet on the second Sunday of each month.

Flora and fauna

This reserve forms part of the important Plenty River Wildlife Corridor that connects to the Yarra River. The reserve's vegetation provides colour from many wildflower species.

Fauna

Common name Scientific name

Brushtail possum

Trichosurus vulpecula

Eastern blue tongue lizard

Tiliqua scincoides

Laughing kookaburra

Dacelo novaeguineae

Musk lorikeet

Glossopsitta concinna

Rainbow lorikeet

Trichoglossus moluccanus

Sugar glider

Petaurus breviceps

Tawny frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

Flora

Scientific name Common name

Bursaria spinosa

Sweet bursaria

Correa glabra

Rock correa

Eucalyptus melliodora

Yellow box

Pultenea pedunculata

Matted bush pea

Rytidosperma sp.

Wallaby grass

Themeda triandra

Kangaroo grass

Wahlenbergia luteola

Bronze bluebell

Location

Fricker Avenue, Greensborough 3088  View Map

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