Price Park
This 7 hectare reserve sits on hills surrounded by roads and houses. Most of the reserve is mown grassland with a mix of exotic, native and remnant indigenous trees.
History
European settlement cleared the area for farmland. The reserve was named after HP Price, a shire secretary from 1895 to 1933.
Flora and fauna
The reserve is in the Gippsland Plain bioregion, and has many vegetation communities, including: plains grassy woodland/river red gum (exposed plain-slope), grassy dry forest/box–stringybark woodland, yellow box (hill–slope) and plains grassy woodland/river red gum (sheltered plain-slope). It is managed by Banyule's Bushland Management Unit.
There are many important species, including the nodding salt bush, wallaby grass and yellow box.
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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Laughing kookaburra
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Dacelo novaeguineae
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Rainbow lorikeet
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Trichoglossus moluccanus
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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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Acacia melanoxylon
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Blackwood
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Arthropodium strictum
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Chocolate lily
|
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Bursaria spinosa
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Sweet bursaria
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Cassinia longifolia
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Shiny cassinia
|
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Dianella amoena
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Matted flax lily
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Dichondra repens
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Kidney weed
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Einadia nutans
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Nodding saltbush
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Eucalyptus melliodora
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Yellow box
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Hardenbergia violacea
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Purple coral pea
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Indigofera australis
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Austral indigo
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Rytidosperma sp.
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Wallaby grass
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Location
55 Meyrick Crescent, Viewbank 3084 View Map
-37.736081, 145.086595
55 Meyrick Crescent ,
Viewbank 3084
55 Meyrick Crescent ,
Viewbank 3084
Price Park