Revegetation of School Wetlands

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