The ‘Significant plants of the Brisbane Ranges’ conservation project will target the Brisbane Ranges National Park, surrounding private properties, local government reserves and roadsides, covering an area of 32,811 hectares.

To identify and then enhance important native vegetation of this area including the Grassy Eucalypt Woodland and Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain and associated species, the project will incorporate an extensive landholder incentives and engagement program to assist with the mapping of a selection of plant species significant to the Brisbane Ranges area that are locally endemic, are part of a disjunct population and are locally rare or unusual across public and private land. The project will undertake large-scale targeted pest plant and animal control works, stock exclusion fencing, targeted revegetation works, and permanent protection around the targeted plant species. All with the aim to increase our knowledge of the distribution, protection, and enhancement of the significant plant species and their vegetation communities that support them.

The project will target the following pest plants; Sallow Wattle, Gorse, Serrated Tussock, South African Weed Orchid, Bluebell Creeper and Phytophthora cinnamomi.

This collaborative partnership, cross tenure project will provide a great example on how working together to protect and enhance the significant plants of the Brisbane Ranges can really work.