Native Vegetation - Flora
Native Vegetation - Flora
Apsley District has a huge variety of trees and native vegetation.
The varied landscape and soil types provide the right environment for a vast assortment of trees/shrubs to grow.
Springtime is special when the Stringy bark scrubs come alive with color. The wildflowers including heaths and orchids are beautiful.
The wetlands are splendid at this time of year with aquatic flowers, reeds, sedges and rushes. Flowers consist of Broughton Pea, Wallaby Grass, Fairy Aprons, Swamp Billy-Buttons and Yellow Stars.
Large varieties include:
Red Gums White Gums Stringy Bark
Messmates Apsley Moonahs (Ti-Tree) Buloke
Grey Box Banksia Wattles
Hops Bush lignum
Hollow red gums are a feature of the West Wimmera Shire. They are protected as they are nesting sites for the Endangered Red Tail Black Cockatoo.
Bulokes are also special as they produce the favourite feed source for the RTBC. The RTBC also feeds on Stringy-bark seeds.
The Nature Walk, which starts and finishes in the Apsley Town travels through a diverse range of native vegetation, from red gum scrub to a large wetland across a sandy dune.