Since 2022 we have had a grant-funded program of revegetating diversity into the understory and building small exclosure plots to protect plantings. We annually collect local seed, and commission the Dalki Garringa nursery to propagate these into seedlings ready for planting with suitable protection from grazing. A number of small exclosure plots have been recently erected and planted on private landholdings throughout the Range, adding to those existing on public and private landholdings from group efforts since the 1990s.
The Program intends to:
increase the distribution and resilience of indigenous understory plants throughout the Range providing a seed supply of local provenance for future revegetation work.
protect vulnerable existing and yet-to-be-planted indigenous understory flora species at threat from feral and native herbivore grazing pressure.
enable knowledge and skills exchange amongst Black Range landholders.
consider suitability of plot locations as sites for a future program of remote camera monitoring of invasive animals and native herbivore grazing pressure.
Priority is given to plantings into small exclosure plots distributed throughout the Range. The recommended small exclosure fence design of a 155cm high fence x 50metre perimetre (90cm mesh lower, ringlock upper, 3 wires, 240cm posts) aims to be the most cost/material efficient fence to exclude rabbits and deter wallabies, deer, goats and roos, whilst minimising disruption of native animal movement and corridors.
Planting into individual plant/tree guards is the next best option, but must be maintained, monitored and upgraded as plants grow and/or are damaged/threatened by animal grazing.
Advice from knowledgeable group members is available for landholders on exclosure plot location and suitable plants for different conditions.
What to consider in choosing a location for an exclosure plot and revegetation work on my landholding?
What understory needs to be protected / needs to be revegetated where?
What plants / what density will be appropriate to plant in the chosen location of a plot?
Which land area will remain for native revegetation for the long term?
Is the location accessible for fence installation and maintenance?
How does an exclosure plot get constructed on my landholding?
An equal quantity of fencing materials (50m roll of rabbit-proof netting wire, ringlock mesh, steel posts and wire as per the recommended design) is available to participating landholders.
Each landholder chooses how to erect the fence: as part of a BRLMG working bee, DIY; team up with a neighbour; pay someone to install; or however you like!
Each landholder decides the size/proportion and location of the plot(s) and/or planting protection guards, with support and advice from expertise within BRLMG.
Are there any obligations associated with a plot on my landholding?
Fencing materials and plants must be used for the above purpose for which BRLMG was granted funds.
Each landholder to email to BRLMG a photograph of completed fence, and GPS coordinates, for our reporting to our funder.
Each landholder has independent control over any plots and plantings on their landholding, including permission for others to access it into the future.
How does reveg planting work?
Each year we intend to have a collection of Black Range Indigenous seedlings, grown from local collected seed. Landholders are able to request suitable species from those available, based on suitability to exclosure locations, which are shared equitably amongst interested landholdings.
What next?
Make sure you are eligible as a current paid up BRLMG member.
Seek out knowledge and advice from the group and decide the location(s) for plantings and for an exclosure plot on your landholding.
Consider how your fence might be constructed by whom.
2024 INVITATION TO LANDHOLDERS
Complete your request for Plants and/or Exclosure Plot fence as part of the 2024-25 Membership Form
2024 Plants Available
Allocasuarina misera - Dwarf Sheoke
Allocasuarina muelleriana - Slaty Sheoke
Allocasuarina verticillata - Drooping Sheoke
Arthropodium fimbriatum - Nodding Chocolate Lily
Arthropodium strictum - Chocolate Lily
Billardiera cymosa - Sweet apple berry
Callistemon rugulosus - Scarlet Bottlebrush
Callitris rhomboidea - Oyster Bay Pine
Dodonaea boroniifolia - Hairy Hop-bush
Hakea decurrens ssp physocarpa - Bushy Needlewood
Hakea rostrata - Beaked Hakea
Indigofera australis - Austral Indigo
Kennedia prostrata - Running Postman / Scarlet Runner / Scarlet Coral Pea
Melaleuca parvistamenae - Rough-Barked Honey-Myrtle
Ptilotis macrocephalus - Featherheads, Green Mulla Mulla or green pussytails
Xanthorrhoea glauca - Grey Grasstree
