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Grasslands are not invisible
Incredibly, no decent, ground-truthed map of our grasslands exists. That shows how ignored and under-resourced our grasslands are. No wonder they are critically endangered.
This database and accompanying map are very much a work in progress. They are put out into the wild to grow with your help. We’d love any feedback. Please send us corrections, content, links, pics and thoughts on useability.
Ironically, we’re using ecommerce product catalog software, so feel free to shop around! Who says a ‘Green Wall Street’ can’t work?
Ajax Road Grassland
Nationally significant grassland with Critically Endangered Spiny Rice-flower and rare salt-tolerant Kangaroo Grass. Adjacent to state-significant Truganina Swamp and linked to Ramsar wetlands. Privately owned and poorly managed. GPN and local council blocked attempts to develop and clear the grassland. Part of a proposed Hobsons Bay Coast to Grassland biolink.
Main photo: Looking east, over the edge of Truganina Swamp, and rare salt-tolerate Kangaroo Grass
2: A vast sea of Kangaroo Grass
3: Embedded rock, never ploughed
4: Expanse of Kangaroo Grass less obvious now after several years of La Nina
5: Looking north from a management track on the southern edge
6: Looking west
7: Occasionally waterlogged
8: On a residential street, passive recreation could provide a positive buffer
9: The grassland interface is unsightly here, with dumping and rampant weeds
Many thanks to Ben Courtice, Dave Kendal, Dee Smith and Dylan Wishart for their work on this. And to Friends of Grasslands, who generously funded some of the work.
Feedback
Please use the form below.
If you want to submit details about a few grasslands, you can use this word doc.
If you want to provide feedback on numerous grasslands, email us and we’ll send an excel doc.
Email photos, naming the pics with their captions and photo credit.
Polygons as geopackages please, for those who know what that means.
Victorian Grasslands Map Feedback Form
Do you have any feedback to offer us about our map? Drop us a line.