BOX-GUM GRASSY WOODLANDS
Site assessment and management options
Site 23 – Devenish
Map Sheet 1:25,000
MGA Reference
Location
Tenure
Land Manager
Local Government
Biosite Number
Size
Rapid Hab/Ha Score
EPBC listed
EVC
Bioregion
Saint James (8025-2-1) 041 757
Zone 55 4 041 00 59 757 00
East End Rd and Lawson Rd near Devenish.
Public/Private
Parks Victoria/Private/Shire
Benalla
8102
39 ha
21st December 2005
Yes
Grassy Woodland/Ironbark Forest
Northern Inland Slopes
Site description
Site consists of three connected areas.
1. Mineral and Stone Reserve (11ha) – Multi aged White Box with many significant older trees along
edges. Blakleys Red Gum and She-oak also present. Scattered shrub layer and dominant cover of
native grasses including Wallaby, Kangaroo and Spear. Moderate to adundant deadfall.
2. Private farmland (11ha) adjoins on nw edge of site 1. White Box overstorey and ground cover
comprising mainly Spear Grass. Shrub layer absent.
3. East End Rd roadside (17ha) comprises mutliaged White Box and ground cover of predominantly
native grasses including Wallaby, Spear, Wheat and Kangaroo. Paddock to the north contains
good patches of Kangaroo Grass. Abundant ground litter and moderate deadfall. Gravel extraction
area to the south contains abundant regeneration of White Box and Blakleys Red Gum with
dominant groundcover of native grasses.
Threats
Area 1
Future gravel extraction.
Scattered rubbish dumping.
Fenceline down on western boundary.
Vehicle access.
Area 2
Removal of deadfall.
Grazing.
Exotic grasses and weeds.
Degraded connectivity to site 1.
Site 3
Exotic grasses and weeds.
Removal of deadfall.
Management Options
Site should be managed as one entity.
Area 1
-Erect signage to highlight sites values and constraints.
-Revegetate gravel pit using site specific species.
-Close boundary track and rehabilitate.
-Conduct Spring flora and fauna surveys.
Area 2
-Liaise with landholder
-Retain all deadfall
-Exclude grazing
BOX-GUM GRASSY WOODLANDS
-Conduct Spring flora and fauna surveys.
-Contact relevant government (DPI/DSE/CMA) agencies and private organisations (TfN) to find out
information on management and environmental incentives.
Area 3
-Shire Planning Schemes (Zoning/Overlays/Roadside Management Plans) to reflect sites values.
-Conduct Spring flora and fauna surveys
-Monitor of exotic grasses and weeds.
Area 1 - Boundary track and gravel pit.
Area 3 – East End Rd.
Area 2 - Private farmland
Flora species
Common name
Spear Grass
Kangaroo Grass
Wallaby Grasses
Varnish Wattle
Gorse Bitter Pea
Everlasting
Buloke
Scientific name
Austrostipa spp
Themeda triandra
Austrodanthonia spp
Acacia verniciflua
Davesia ulicifolia
Bracteantha viscosa
Casuarina spp
Weed species
Common name
Exotic Grasses & weeds.
Scientific name
BOX-GUM GRASSY WOODLANDS
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