Craigieburn Landscape Planning

Landscape Plans for Craigieburn Zone - Victorian Volcanic Plain Bioregion - May 2003

The Landscape Plan for the Craigieburn Landscape Zone is published as a component of this document (above). Only sections relevant to the Craigieburn Landscape Zone are shown below.

Craigieburn Landscape Plan

This Landscape Plan for the Craigieburn Landscape Zone - revised May 2003, was produced in collaboration between J. Ross - Environmental Consultant - New Zealand; K. Lowe, C. Boyle & A. Moorrees - Parks, Flora, Fauna Division, DSE.

This document covers the Craigieburn Landscape Zone, which consists predominantly of undulating volcanic plains and stony volcanic plains with deeply incised rivers and a number of prominent volcanoes. Average annual rainfall varies from 560mm to 695mm and generally increases to the north and east. The plains of the Craigieburn Zone formerly supported extensive areas of Plains Grassy Woodland communities, often in a mosaic with Plains Grassland communities. Although the native vegetation has been extensively cleared and altered for agricultural, urban and industrial use, there are relatively large remnants of predominantly native vegetation. There is a relatively high diversity of flora and fauna in the zone, which includes significant populations of Curly Sedge, Plump Swamp Wallaby-grass, Tough Scurf-pea, Striped Legless Lizard, Plains-wanderer, Swift Parrot and Grassland Earless Dragon. The zone contains a number of small conservation reserves in addition to small reserves managed by local government or state authorities that have high conservation significance in the region.

Image: Victorian Voclanic Plains Craigieburn

Landscape Plan for Craigieburn Zone - Victorian Volcanic Plain Bioregion - May 2003 (PDF - 6638)
Landscape Plan for Craigieburn Zone - Victorian Volcanic Plain Bioregion - May 2003 (DOC - 7415 KB)

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