Greensborough Escarpment

This area is one of the most species diverse sites along Banyule’s Plenty River. With nearby Partingtons Escarpment, they contain four different vegetation communities: escarpment woodland, 2 variations of cliff-escarpment shrubland and box-stringybark woodland.

Its 4.94 hectares form a crucial part of the Plenty River corridor, connecting Plenty Gorge to the Yarra River to the south. It gives local wildlife a safe corridor of vegetation, providing food and shelter. Within it there are many native wildflowers and orchids, some of which are of national and state significance. A range of wildlife species use the reserve, including wombats, echidnas and a variety of birds. 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

The area conceals contains many remnant plants, including orchids, lilies and a range of pea wildflowers. The reserve is made up of 2 threatened vegetation communities; grassy dry forest/box-stringybark woodland (endangered within greater Melbourne) and herb-rich foothill forest (threatened within greater Melbourne). It is managed by Banyule’s Bushland Management Unit.

Fauna

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Common name	Scientific name
Brushtail possum	Trichosurus vulpecula
Eastern blue tongue lizard	Tiliqua scincoides
Gang gang cockatoo	Callocephalon fimbriatum
Laughing kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae
Musk lorikeet	Glossopsitta concinna
Rainbow lorikeet	Trichoglossus moluccanus
Short-beaked echidna	Tachyglossus aculeatus
Sugar glider	Petaurus breviceps
Sulfur-crested cockatoo	Cacatua galerita
Tawny frogmouth	Podargus strigoides
Tiger snake	Notechis scutatus
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus funereus

Flora

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Scientific name	Common name
Acacia acinacea	Gold dust wattle
Acrotriche serrulata	Honey pots
Arthropodium strictum	Chocolate lily
Brunonia australis	Blue pincushion
Bursaria spinosa	Sweet bursaria
Cassinia longifolia	Shiny cassinia
Dichondra repens	Kidney weed
Exocarpos cupressiformis	Cherry ballart
Hovea heterophylla	Common hovea
Pterostylis melagramma	Tall greenhood
Pterostylis nutans	Nodding greenhood
Pultenea pedunculata	Matted bush pea
Rytidosperma sp.	Wallaby grass
Thysanotus patersonii	Twining fringe lily
Wurmbea dioica	Early nancy

Location

Greensborough Park, Greensborough 3088  View Map

-37.69995,145.1062043

Greensborough Park , Greensborough 3088

Greensborough Park , Greensborough 3088

Greensborough Escarpment