Revegetation
BENEFITS OF PLANTING INDIGENOUS PLANTS
- Provide habitat, food and shelter for local wildlife
- Are consistent with the natural amenity of the local area
- Help recreate vegetation communities that existed on the Mornington Peninsula prior to extensive land clearing and disturbance
- Are well suited to the soil type and therefore more likely to survive
- Require little water, are relatively low maintenance
- Act as excellent shelter belts for stock, protecting them from the extremes of wind, rain and sun
- Reduce surface water runoff – reducing soil loss and increasing soil water retention
- Improve soil structure and nutrient cycling through year-round addition of organic matter (leaf litter, root mass)
- Reduce wind erosion of soil
- Will not genetically pollute nearby remnant bushland or escape to become environmental weeds
- Assist with eligibility for the Mornington Peninsula Shire Conservation Land Rate
PRACTICE THE 3 ‘R’s OF PLANT RESTORATION
- RETENTION – Our remnant bushland is precious, hollow bearing trees and complex biodiversity cannot be simply replaced so first retain what you have
- REGENERATE – Give our remnant bush a chance to recover by removing weeds that outcompete Indigenous plants. For large infestations seek advice on how to stage removal
- REVEGETATE – Plant with local provenance Indigenous tube stock or seed in areas or with species that are unlikely to regenerate on their own
SHIRE PLANTING GUIDES
Find out which plant species are Indigenous to your local area:
REGION 1 BALCOMBE
Mount Eliza, Mornington, Moorooduc (western half), Mount Martha, Safety Beach, Dromana (also includes part of McCrae)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-1-Balcombe-Pg1.pdf(PDF, 321KB)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-1-Balcombe-Pg2.pdf(PDF, 168KB)
REGION 2 HASTINGS
Baxter, Pearcedale, Moorooduc (eastern half), Somerville, Tyabb (also includes part of Hastings,Tuerong)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-2-Hastings-Pg1.pdf(PDF, 327KB)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-2-Hastings-Pg2.pdf(PDF, 180KB)
REGION 3 TUERONG
Tuerong, Merricks North, Balnarring, Bittern (also includes part of Moorooduc, Tyabb, Red Hill, Arthurs Seat, McCrae)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-3-Tuerong-Pg1.pdf(PDF, 334KB)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-3-Tuerong-Pg2.pdf(PDF, 174KB)
REGION 4 SOMERS
Crib Point, Stony Point, HMAS Cerberus, Somers, Balnarring, Balnarring Beach (also includes parts of Bittern)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-4-Somers-Pg1.pdf(PDF, 282KB)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-4-Somers-Pg2.pdf(PDF, 163KB)
REGION 5 FLINDERS
Point Leo, Shoreham, Flinders, Main Ridge, Merricks Beach (also parts of Merricks, Red Hill, Red Hill South)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-5-Flinders-Pg1.pdf(PDF, 328KB)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-5-Flinders-Pg2.pdf(PDF, 175KB)
REGION 6 ROSEBUD
Covers Boneo, Rosebud, Capel Sound, Cape Schanck (also includes part of Tootgarook, Main Ridge)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-6-Rosebud-Pg1.pdf(PDF, 352KB)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-6-Rosebud-Pg2.pdf(PDF, 162KB)
REGION 7 NEPEAN
Fingal, Tootgarook, Saint Andrews Beach, Rye, Blairgowrie, Sorrento, Portsea (also covers part of Cape Schanck)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-7-Nepean-Pg1.pdf(PDF, 251KB)
Download: Reveg-Guide-Region-7-Nepean-Pg2.pdf(PDF, 175KB)
ECOLOGICAL VEGETATION CLASSES
Native vegetation in Victoria has been classified into distinctive groups know as Ecological Vegetation Classes or EVCs. In 2006 the Mornington Peninsula Shire commissioned the Arthur Rylah Institute to map the EVCs on the Mornington Peninsula. The Shire also commissioned Jeff Yugovic to develop profiles for each EVC which describe the structure, environment it occurs in, conservation status, past and present distribution and major species specific to the Mornington Peninsula.
Using EVC mapping and profiles can assist greatly with appropriate species selection for planting in your area. For information regarding which Ecological Vegetation Classes are likely to have occurred on your property and to help select appropriate species contact facilitator@mplandcare.org.au
LOCAL INDIGENOUS PLANT NURSERIES
Local Indigenous nurseries stock Indigenous plants from locally sourced seed on the Mornington Peninsula.
- Conservation Collective – Somerville
http://www.conservationcollective.com.au/
- Ecolink Bushworks – Moorooduc (Aquatic plants)
Phone: 0405 358 395
Email: ecolinkbw@bigpond.com
- Kinwendy Trees – Boneo
Phone: 0425 829 053
Email: galaxias@bigpond.com
- Mornington Peninsula Shire Nursery at The Briars – Mt Martha
https://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Activities/The-Briars/Shire-Briars-Nursery
- Peninsula Bushworks – Bittern
16 Hunts Road, Bittern
Phone: (03) 5983 6633
Email: penbush@satlink.com.au
- Peninsula Plants – Fingal
34B Placadena Rd, Fingal
Phone: 0407 466 523
Email: drew@peninsulaplants.com.au
- Seawinds Nursery – Arthurs Seat
791 Arthurs Seat Rd, Arthurs Seat
Phone: (o3) 5987 3093
Email: seawindsnursery@gmail.com
- Willum Warrain Aboriginal Association
10C Pound Rd, Hastings VIC 3915
Phone: (03) 5979 1391 Mobile: 0403 528 034
https://www.willumwarrain.org.au/
HOW TO PLANT GUIDE
This ‘How to Plant’ guide was developed for a recent National Tree Day planting event.