Harry Pottage Reserve

This 4.2 hectare reserve 1.7 hectares of grassland. There is a path running through the middle and, the open space area has a playground and a rotunda. The natural grassland area to the south of the reserve is connected to the Cherry Street Reserve, a 13.21 hectare grassland reserve managed by Darebin City Council.

Dogs must be under the effective control with a chain, cord or leash.

Flora and Fauna

The grassland has 2 vegetation communities; plains grassy woodland, exposed plain slope, river red gum and plains grassy woodland, terrace/valley, river red gum. It is managed by the Banyule Bushland Management Unit.

The area has 3 species listed as rare and threatened. Other plants on this site include the yellow rush lily and creeping bossiaea.

History

This reserve is named after Harry Pottage, a councillor in the 1960s and 1980s, who prevented the site becoming a housing development.

Fauna

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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
Tawny frogmouth	Podargus strigoides
Superb fairy-wren	Malurus cyaneus

Flora

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Scientific name	Common name
Acacia melanoxylon	Blackwood
Arthropodium strictum	Chocolate lily
Bossiaea prostrata	Creeping bossiaea
Bursaria spinosa	Sweet bursaria
Goodenia ovata	Hop goodenia
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River red gum
Rytidosperma sp.	Wallaby grass
Themeda triandra	Kangaroo grass
Tricoryne elatior	Yellow rush lily
Xerochrysum viscosum	Sticky everlasting

Location

128-150 Wungan Street, Macleod 3085  View Map

-37.723132, 145.067467

128-150 Wungan Street , Macleod 3085

128-150 Wungan Street , Macleod 3085

Harry Pottage Reserve