South West Goulburn Landscape Planning

Landscape Plans for Goulburn Broken CMA - South West Goulburn Broken Zones - August 2003

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

South West Goulburn Landscape Plan

This Landscape Plan for the South West Goulburn Landscape Zone - August 2003, was produced in collaboration between S. Way & E. Moysey - Ecology Australia, Fairfield; K. Lowe & H. Anderson - Biodiversity and Natural Resources Division, DSE; M. Howell - Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority.

Image: South West Goulburn Landscape Zone

The South West Goulburn Landscape Zone consists mainly of the Central Victorian Uplands bioregion, with the Highlands - Northern Fall bioregion extending southeast of Kilmore. The South West Goulburn Landscape Zone has been extensively cleared for agriculture and only remnants of the original vegetation occur on freehold land. A small number of reserves, significant roadside verges and disused railway reserves provide the best examples of pre-1750 vegetation. The predominant EVCs include Herb-rich Foothill Forest, Grassy Dry Forest and Shrubby Dry Forest. The limited amount of native flora and fauna persisting determines the importance of remaining biodiversity assets and their priority for protection throughout South West Goulburn Landscape Zone. Overall, the South West Goulburn Landscape Zone retains a low level of biodiversity significance due to the relatively large areas used for agriculture. There are several important reserves, including Mount Piper Education Area which contains the uncommon Lemon Starbush, five species of Wallaby Grasses, and also supports populations of the Large and Small Ant-blue Butterfly and Golden Sun Moth. The main threat to biodiversity in the South West Goulburn is the continued loss of connectivity between remnant vegetation through the degradation of riparian and roadside habitats, impacts of grazing and dryland salinity.

South West Goulburn Landscape Plan (PDF - 1123 KB)
South West Goulburn Landscape Plan (DOC - 562 KB)
South West Goulburn Landscape Plan Maps (PDF - 1443 KB)
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Landscape Plans for Goulburn Broken CMA - South West Goulburn Broken Zones - August 2003 (PDF - 13564 KB)
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Other Landscape Plans in the South West Goulburn Broken Zones

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