I'art iii the walcr reserve (due 

 west nl Dimluiu.irtiili I. which was 

 sui\e\ed in dayliyhl, consisted ol ,i 

 llal. I.nrh uniform, mid-dense to 

 open lorest it( Swamp Oinii (/ 

 Mhiw). Manna Gum ft. vimtinili.s) 

 and Snow Gum lor White Sallec) 

 (/-.. /Kiiuillara) wilh isolated dense 

 clumps ot Red Stritigyhark. Mess- 

 mate ami Narrow leased Peppermint 

 (h. mdiaia) and one or two single 

 Wild Cherries {kuwarpin ni/ncwi 

 lofnix). There was virtually no 

 shrub layer, except near a watct 

 channel, and the giouiul layei con 

 xisted of a close cropped covet of 

 grass with a few small heibs. I Ins 

 gave a park-like appearance with 

 lone \icws through Ihe trees There 

 were many signs nl pig-tooling, 

 though no feral pigs were seen. 



Survey The smvey Carnp was 

 situated on Ihe main pialeau which 

 at this point earned a fairly uniform 

 covet of mid-dense lo dense forest 

 with the canopy at 40 to Will. I his 

 was dominated liy Red and Brown 

 Stliniryhark (£, huh rnnliym h,i and 



Ked Iroiiha.k rff/r/tuy/rw) and 

 I ong leaved lit i s. 1/ tOHtOCUtyx) 

 A mixed lussock grassland sclcrophyll 

 shrub stratum occulted helow the 

 lice canopy, dominated In Grass 

 tec and Silver Tussock i fhmrlionio 

 pn'iidii). wild Dinhxiii cvxmhosu. 

 A< :iurifhf \rrnilnt\i. Ptotv'ohtitni 

 (ibiinaimii'tiin. ItpHFfh imprrsxti anil 

 Pu'ii'tififti iiimnii. 



There were a few thickets of Silvei 

 Wattle saplings \Ac„ci<\ tJ.'itlfuit,,* 

 With a few mature trees. Ground 

 rover was of Small herbs and glasses, 

 not giving a very dense cour. The 

 vegetation ot the gully slopes ua-> 

 complex and diflercd on the north 

 and south facing slopes In general 

 this was y grassy woodland to open 

 forest co-dommaled by Red Stnnnv- 



hai k and I ong leased Ht>\ wi'h , M1 



iindeistiin\ id OunthotUa paltt& 

 I'va iui.\iiidi.\, //n/f/. i.e/i Wragfty 



and Sciicui) tliiinliuhiiiiiins, nuis^ 

 and lichens On ihe souihern aspeeu 

 this dillcrcd in tli.it Messmate .„■,,, 

 long-leaved Box occurred wilh ., 

 mixture ot Red Ironbark. Etatyg 

 Strmgybatk and Red Box ffi, m>h- 

 aiiihcntos) , covering 3 dense gnmmi 

 layer dominated by feu unumth 

 Gully floors were covered by a mid. 

 dense to open canopy Ol Mev.nu. 

 and l ong leaved Bos with occa- 

 sional Manna Ciuin and Red Box. 

 with a dense herbaceous sward donii- 

 WaKd hs Pou HtuMtlif I broad leal 

 lot in) wilh patches of Wucirra.sx ami 

 SOfliC Swoid grass. A delailed account 

 of the vegetation of iho. urea is 

 available in the Gtoup> hlc. I he 

 was no luiinmug water withm the 

 itrea at the lime uf lh« .survey but 

 recent rams had filled all depressions. 



Sii/eev .<: I his Survey was centred 

 at the junction ol Mannus Giillv 

 and Sutherland's (reek (named after 

 Rohe.l Sutherland who campeil here 

 in 1S16. in Ihe driest part of tbc 

 Brisbane Ranges wlieie Ihcre was .. 

 ve.s thin covet of sandy gravel nr. 

 the plateau anil lucky slopes Italian 

 down to die nauow creek hed and 

 lo the 0fS£fi bed of Ihe gully "I hi 

 area was mud. mined and pitted ami 

 there were a number of brick and 

 s-ouc house foundations On ihe 

 plateau Red Sti lugv hark was doriini 

 hi: glowing to about $S ft., with 

 White Ironbark I/.. i,-n, ,.j\l,.n K Red 

 Box Narrow-leaved Peppermint, an 

 occasional Wild Cherry and Sheokc 

 f| HtumttUl tiitorulii). together form 

 org u raiddclise to open cauopv o> 

 t '•mature and slimlcd Ircrs Tht 

 shrub layer was composed aim'"' 

 en'iicly ol Grass-tree which was vers, 

 dense in places but w.is limned |0 

 the llat lop of Ihe plalc.m. Ground 



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