with Ihc soil characteristics, has 



rosuiii'.i .n :i typical wci sclwteJhyli 



vcjk i.iiion winch has however hivn 

 modified hy flf* and mechanical 

 dcaijllg, I his modification has 



resulted in fhe vegetation being pom 

 posed ol mature 01 overmature lire 

 damaged euealypts with -.1 low, 

 dense shrub layer ol legenciatiug 

 shruhs and trees. I he iiee layer was 

 tall with a very open canopy, and 

 composed mainly of i.malvpan 

 qhti^tfa Willi some / . vadloia and ;i 

 few isolated A". nemj/u. all about 

 30 m high. I heic was a small grove 

 of mature Aiocin iiicluim-wlun about 

 SQffl tall 111 the souih-wcsicm lornri 

 ol Ihe block, tuit these ts^VB m«Hfi 

 been felled. 



The undcrstorey . t)\ average lu-i^hi 

 ShS m . with some eucalypt sapling 

 h-N ni lall. was dominated by I'omu- 

 t&rtrtt wspent, bin also present weic 

 HiJfanlit) saliiimi. Annul itwltiit 

 oxylon. A. vcrlicillalu. Oh'tirui UfgO- 

 phyllo ami f uwiniu u< ulculu with 

 sc. meted lh (Ivnuyn iinviniifolui, 

 Oleuria llnilii Piimlfn ffgUsMffH, 

 CooJia lolilolni and Indi.voijliora am- 

 truth I ower shrubs included I'im 

 tiett milium. Ht-lir hrywim iti'rtrfmi- 

 cftfapl. Lomulio ffjtgeff und young 

 jibim of most of the taller shrub 

 species present 



A ilense held layei to 1.2 m 

 formed thick cover over most of the 

 area but there were some open 

 areas of grass, mainly tussocks of 

 Km Diishalix. The field layer was 

 composed of I'tfHiliiim t'Mtileiiiiini . 

 Lepklovpciniti ttuliux, I'olvsthliHin 

 (<tnUt\ft<ir), C Inyunlhrmoiclcs numlli- 

 ictn. Dioiirllii uummuni, Tclnirrhinu 

 luniea and two species of Rutins. 

 t?lirnbiug plants such as Clcnniiiv 

 iiri.\lnta and Ruhm tripliylhif (— R- 

 !/:,' viBOf (0 ) were scattered throngh- 

 out the area. Low herbaceous plants 

 completed the dense ground ever. 



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including Smrcio vqgiut, S. Hnn$, 

 Mlus. GcKwiiim sofnmJifii Siolfaa 

 tlaaulti. Acaena tiinerinijoliu, <_ tn . 

 hiiinmi inimi.\. Cvnpiilouiiiii Imi- 



loiitim and Q'ardam itwrHorttx. 



Many tunnels and runway-, wen 

 preseni at ground level, Two ol Ihc 

 recent Mumiu whu, the male and |fa 

 luveuile, wcic caught at one Ifyrj 

 station on a well defined iuii\s.i\ nr.. 

 ,. fallen log. The adult female wis 

 caiighi at the eniranic in ,1 hiniui 

 in a dense patch »l Vttttori 

 luttceu. 



Ihc most abundant small m;i:n 

 mal in the area was the hush r,j\ 



ftM/iti fiisciptot dttimUts, but 



swamp .at Rmri/v Imavlm. black Rj 

 Ratlin, mm and house- mouse M,. 

 tatlS&tdus were also Irappcd it 



ibrosMi phascog.ilc ) anil A, wmii 

 Mill (Swainson's phascoi-alc) ww 

 also present, as was Ihc shurt-noscci 

 bandicoot, luinitnn tihixitlm. h g 

 possible that .Ww.vmt o/m.s will 

 become extinct ai 1 his localuv. ..s 

 much ol the suitable habitat has been 

 cleared I biv habitat type is. how. 

 ever. I.mk >.\ idcspie.ul in the Dai. 

 .leimngs and section 2 records the 

 presence of .1 lui liter Dandc-nons 

 K. 111e.es colony 



2. fle/.etme 



In mid-July IW). N A. Wakefield 

 and A Hrugrnan. of Moi\a>!> 

 I cachets Cllc.ce. located a small 

 colony ol M<i\iMtimy.\ in w 

 sehleroph^ll forest neai Belgrave. ir 

 the Oandenong Ranges i Lit. 37 $1 

 S, long. 145' 22 El. Field SUtdUb 

 ate In prioress on this colons Ml 

 rhe results of these studies will V 

 published in due course. WakclkiJ 

 fpcrs. comm. I has icpoitcd that \W 

 colony consists of about (wv-nls fiv 

 individuals, and lh.it four spcemieiii 

 (19,.' ! ). which were accident..! 

 deaths m this colony durmy tit. 



V.cf. Nat Vol 88 



