Jackass_Flat_Nature_Conservation_Reserve

Jackass Flat Nature Conservation Reserve

Jackass Flat Nature Conservation Reserve

Protected area in Victoria, Australia

Jackass Flat Nature Conservation Reserve is a 73.4 hectares (181 acres) reserve, located in Jackass Flat, a northern suburb of Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. The reserve was established in 1980 and is managed by Parks Victoria.[1]

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The dominant tree species within the reserve are ironbark (Eucalyptus tricarpa), red box (Eucalyptus polyanthemos) and grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa).[2] Flowering shrub species include totem poles (Melaleuca decussata), violet honey-myrtle (Melaleuca wilsonii), common fringe-myrtle (Calytrix tetragona), sticky boronia, (Boronia anemonifolia), fairy wax-flower (Philotheca verrucosa), goldfields grevillea (Grevillea dryophylla), shrub violet (Hybanthus floribundus) and the rare star hair (Astrotricha linearis).[2] Other plant species include golden pennants (Glischrocaryon behrii) as well as numerous orchids.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Jackass Flat N.C.R". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Experience Bendigo Outdoors - City Map" (PDF). Bendigo Tourism. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. [3]
    Sprague, Marilyn (3 October 2008). "Wild Bush Delights". The Bendigo Miner. p. 13.
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