MURRAY GARDEN RESERVE BUSHCARE SITE PLAN

TRIM Number: Z14/422135 Produced by : Conservation Natural Area Management Function Review Date: CONTACT INFORMATION

Group Name: Murray Garden Reserve Bushcare Group

Contact: Bob Dowd

Tel: 4244 0973

Mobile: 0450 980 173

Email: rwdowd@gmail.com Reserve Name: Murray Garden

MEETING TIMES

Third Saturday of the month – 1:00pm

PRESENT CONDITION

Murray Garden Reserve

Disturbance: X Mild Moderate Severe

Resilience: Poor Moderate X Good Excellent

Structural Diversity Poor Moderate X Good Excellent

Habitat Value: Poor Moderate Good X Excellent

Impacts: X Garden rubbish dumping X Garden escapes

X Storm water Disturbed soil

Rubbish dumping X Bike tracks

Mowing Grazing

X Informal tracks Light

Running water X Feral animals

X Disturbance by people Feeding animals/birds

1. BUSHCARE GROUP GOALS

The Murray Garden Reserve Bushcare Group’s goal is to rehabilitate the Murray Garden reserve, following large scale woody weed removal of Privet and lantana. The priority goals for the group are as follows:

1. Maintain existing planted areas for weeds and deal with deer issue. 2. Hand pull weedy saplings, cut and paint small woody weeds and

frill mature Privets 3. Plant suitable tubestock; if natural regeneration is not sufficient to

increase structural diversity

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2. VEGETATION COMMUNITY

The vegetation community at this site is has been highly disturbed. The original vegetation at this site would have been mapped as:

Moist Box Red Gum Foothills Forest

Illawarra Dry Subtropical Rainforest

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3. MURRAY GARDEN RESERVE BUSHCARE GROUP ACTIVITIES TABLE (to be in conjunction with attached site map) NOTE: Priority should be rated as 1 = High (within 12 months); 2 = Medium (1-3 years); 3 = Low

GROUP ACTION PRIORITY METHOD TIME Control weed vines such as Madeira, cape ivy and moth vine.

1

Control woody weeds and re shooting Lantana. Woody weeds include, large leaf and small leaf privet, Ochna and Senna. Start by cutting and painting young privets, Senna and Ochna while systematically frilling mature Privets in suitable areas and leaving to die in situ to aid in habitat value.

2

Replant suitable plant species to increase canopy cover to shade out weeds in open areas and increase diversity. This includes planting ground and mid story mesic species for small bird habitat and species diversity. #there may be no need for this in some areas of the reserve if there is sufficient natural regeneration. Deer will most likely be a problem with young plants.

3

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5. BUSHCARE GROUP WH&S & EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

Type of Activity Yes

Manual weed control (cut & paint, scrape and paint etc)

Chemical control (herbicides)

Planting

6. COUNCIL SUPPORT

a) Technical advice and contractor support

b) Tools and first aid kit

c) Materials/plants (within limit of budget)

d) Provide casual on ground weed maintenance

e) Training support

7. HAS A SITE HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT BEEN COMPLETED FOR

THE BUSHCARE SITE?

Yes

8. LIST THE PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR

VOLUNTEERS WHILST WORKING ON THE SITE

PPE Equipment Required Date Issued

First Aid Kit

Gloves

Sunscreen

9. EXISTING GRANT

Project Funding Source

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10. PLAN WILL BE REVIEWED EVERY THREE YEARS

Next review date:

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11. Major Weed Problems

Scientific Name Common Name Control Method Lantana camara Lantana Hand pull smaller plants or cut and

paint larger ones

Ligustrum lucidum Large leaf privet Hand pull smaller plants or cut and paint larger ones

Passiflora spp Passionfruit Hand pull

Cestrum parqui Green ceastrum Hand pull, scrape and paint

Senna pendula Senna Hand pull smaller plants or cut and paint larger ones

Sida rhombifoloia Paddy Lucerne Hand pull

Ochna serrulata Micky mouse plant Hand pull, scrape and paint

Anredera cordifolia Madeira Vine Hand pull, Scrape and paint

Protasparagus aethiopicus Ground asparagus Remove crown

Araujia hortorum Moth vine Hand pull from ground and removed fruit

Delairea odorata Cape Ivy Hand pull, scrape and paint

Ligustrum sinense Small leaf privet Hand pull saplings, cut and paint small trees and frill mature trees to leave in situ.

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12. BUSHCARE SITE SPECIES LIST

Scientific Name Common Name Native Species

Pseuderanthemum variabile Pastel Flower

Hydrocotyle tripartita Hydrocotyle Parsonsia straminea Common Silk Pod

Alocasia brisbaniensis Alocasia Gymnostachys anceps Settlers Flax

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana Bangalow Palm Livistona australis Cabbage Palm

Asplenium flabellifolium Necklace Fern

Pandorea pandorana Wonga Vine

Doodia aspera Rasp Fern

Stellaria flacida Forest Starwort

Cassine australis Red Fruit Olive-plum

Celastrus australis Staff Vine

Aneilema biflorum Mini Aneilema

Commelina cyanea Scurvy Weed

Dichondra repens Kidney Weed

Carex appressa Carex

Ehretia accuminata Koda

Breynia oblongifolia Coffee Bush

Croton verreauxii Native Cascarilla

Glochidion ferdinandi Cheese Tree

Scolopia braunii Flintwood

Geranium homeanum Native Geranium

Juncus usitatus Common Rush

Prunella vulgaris Self Heal

Cryptocarya microneura Murrogun

Melia azaderach var. australasica White Cedar

Sarcopetalum harveyanum Pearl Vine

Acacia implexa Hickory

Acacia maidenii Maidens Wattle

Acacia mearnsii Black Wattle

Wilkiea huegeliana Wilkiea

Ficus coronata Sandpaper Fig

Ficus macrophylla Moreton Bay Fig

Ficus rubiginosa Port Jackson Fig

Maclura cochinchinensis Cockspur Thorn

Streblus brunonianus Whalebone Tree

Rapanea howittiana Muttonwood Rapanea variabilis Brush Muttonwood

Acmena smithii Lilly Pilly

Backhousia myrtifolia Grey Myrtle

Callistemon salignus Pink Tips

Eucalyptus botryoides x saligna Bastard Blue Gum

Eucalyptus quadrangulata White Top Box

Eucalyptus tereticornis Forest Red Gum

Melaleuca styphelioides Prickly Leaved Paperbark

Syncarpia glomulifera Turpentine

Syzigium paniculatum Magenta Lilly Pilly

Notelaea venosa Mock Olive

Oxalis chnoodes Native Oxalis

Eustrephus latifolius Wombat Berry

Geitonoplesium cymosum Scrambling Lily

Pittosporum multiflorum Citirobatus, Orange Thorn

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Pittosporum revolutum Hairy Pittosporum

Pittosporum undulatum Sweet Daphne

Entolasia marginata Wiry Panic

Oplismenus aemulus Basket Grass

Oplismenus imbecillis Basket Grass

Pteris tremula Tender Brake

Alphitonia excelsa Red Ash

Morinda jasminoides Jasmine Morinda

Alectryon subcinereus Native Quince

Guioa semiglauca Guioa

Pouteria australis Black Apple

Smilax australis Smilax

Urtica incisa Stinging Nettle

Clerodendron tomentosa Hairy Clerodendron

Lomandra longifolia Mat Rush

Weed

Acokanthera oblongifolia Bushmans Poison

Colocasia esculenta Taro

Monstera deliciosa Fruit Salad Plant

Phoenix canariensis Canary Island Date Palm

Hedera helix English Ivy

Tetrapanax papyrifer Rice Paper Plant

Araujia hortorum Moth Vine

Asparagus aethiopicus Asparagus Fern

Asparagus officinalis Tall Asparagus Fern

Asparagus plumosus Climbing Asparagas

Ageratina adenophora Crofton Weed

Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle

Delairea odorata Cape Ivy

Euryops chrysanthemoides African Bush Daisy

Senecio angulatus Climbing Groundsel

Senecio tamoides Canary Creeper

Anredera cordifolia Madiera Vine

Senna pendula var. glabrata Cassia

Canna generalis Canna Lily

Cerastium glomeratum Mouse Ear Chickweed

Stellaria media Chickweed

Tradescantia flumiensis Wandering Jew

Nephrolepis cordifolia Fishbone Fern

Erythrina x sykesii Coral Tree

Trifolium repens White Clover

Stachys arvenis Stagger Weed

Cinnamomum camphora Camphor Laurel

Morus nigra Mulberry

Ochna serrulata Mickey Mouse Bush

Jasminum polyanthum Jasmine

Ligustrum lucidum Large Leaf Privet

Ligustrum sinensis Small Leaf Privet

Plantago lanceolata Common plantain

Erharta erecta Panic Veldt Grass

Duchesnea indica Mock Strawberry

Eriobotrya japonica Loquat

Raphiolepis indica Hawthorn

Veronica anagallis-aquatica Blue Water-Speedwell

Solanum mauritianum Wild Tobacco

Celtis sinensis Chinese Celtis

Lantana camara Lantana

Hedychium gardneranum Wild Ginger

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13. BIRD SPECIES SEEN IN MURRAY GARDEN RESERVE

Bird Species

Australian King Parrot

Australian Magpie

Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike

Brown Cuckoo Dove

Common Blackbird

Common Koel

Common Starling

Crested Pigeon

Crimson Rosella

Eastern Rosella

Eastern Spinebill

Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Yellow Robin

Galah

Ganggang Cockatoo

Green Catbird

Grey Butcherbird

Grey Cuckoo-Dove

Grey Fantail

House Sparrow

Little Wattlebird

Laughing Kookaburra

Lewin’s Honeyeater

Magpie Lark

Noisy Miner

Olive-backed Oriole

Rainbow Lorikeet

Red Browed Finch

Rufous Fantail

Satin Bowerbird

Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Turtle Dove

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

Superb Fairy Wren

Tawny Frogmouth

Topknot Pigeon

White Browed Scrubwren

Wonga Pigeon

Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo