Thank you to those you attended today’s Porter Scrub planting session of threatened species.

This was our fourth planting session of threatened species.

We had 7 volunteers in attendance and NPWS rangers Shirley and Orkun.

Today we split into two groups and planted 250 plants in clusters, mostly in the exclosure, with 25 Clover glycine guarded outside.

Once planted each tubestock was marked with a small stake 5cm south of the plant. This will help us to monitor the species. We placed natural mulch around the plants to stop them drying out and then watered them in.

Each planting cluster was GPS and pinned with pink tag with the date of planting, initials of species name and number planted. This will also help us to monitor the species.

The species we planted included:

  • Viola betonicifolia ssp. betonicifolia (Arrowhead violet, Showy violet), x 100, Endangered status in SA
  • Veronica gracilis (Slender speedwell) x 50, Vulnerable status in SA
  • Glycine latrobeana (Clover Glycine) x 50, Vulnerable status in SA
  • Mentha diemenica (Slender mint) x 50, Rare status in SA

The weather was perfect. Spirits were high. As usual, we ended the session with refreshments.

Our Partnership grant is coming to an end and has been a collaboration of many – Porter Scrub Volunteer Action Group, Upper River Torrens Landcare Group, National Parks & Wildlife, Friends of Parks, Department for Environment & Water, Hills & Fleurieu Landscape Board, SA Seed Conservation Centre, Kieran Brewer, Phil Barron and private landholder Paul Guthrie with a focus around conservation of plant threatened species, weed control and bird monitoring. Volunteer members from other groups such as Charleston CP and Lobethal Bushland Park have also attended our activities over the last 3 years.

A big thank you to Greg Sproule for growing the plant for us and volunteering much of his time behind the scenes.

If you are into data, much of what we have collected over the years has been submitted to the Biological Database of SA and you too can view it through NatureMaps.