Revegetation of School Wetlands

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Revegetation of wetlands

Here are the list of plants I was thinking of purchasing from Latrobe Uni to plant around the wetlands. I’m open to suggestions.

Edge Plantings

  • Plantings at the edge of water and within the first metre or so in the water (to a depth of 20cm)
  • Example species include:
    • Gregiflorus,
    • australis,
    • amabilis,
    • pauciflorus,
    • pallidus
    • Cyperus spp. (appressa, fasicularis, Lucidus and tereticaulis)

Middle Plantings

  • Middle plantings my help to reduce the growth of more invasive species such as Juncus and Carex
  • Floating plants and submerged plants include:
    • Curly pond weed Potamongeton crispus submerged (only after turbidity settles in the future)
    • Azolla rubra – float (I will remove this to use as mulch when necessary)
    • Floating pondweed potamogeton cheesemanii
    • Water ribbon – cycnogeton procerum (bush tucker)

Riparian Plantings

  • Appropriate riparian wetland species ensure that there is little space for any phragmites seeds to blow over and germinate from the creek.
  • Some species could include
    • Swamp everlasting daisy (CE) xerochrysum palustre 40cmxspread butterfly and native bee. V.rare in Melb (Gisborne, roxberg park, lower plenty)
    • Matted flax lily (endangered) Dianella amoena
    • Curly sedge (endangered) Carex tasmanica
    • Swamp wallaby grass Amphibromus nervosus (plump SWG is En) inund 5cm