Yarra Ranges Local Plant Communities

Do you want to know what used to grow in your area? Or what still does? 

This directory describes the vegetation communities in Yarra Ranges. Each community has a list of the plants which occurred in that zone and a list of generally available, reliable plants to use in your garden.

This directory was compiled by Marilyn Gray for Yarra Ranges Council

Please click on the links below to view the plant communities

• 01 Alpine Ash Montane Damp Forest
• 02 Shining Gum Montane Wet Forest
• 03 Narrow-leaf Peppermint Montane Damp Forest
• 04 Alpine Ash Montane Wet Forest
• 05 Mountain Ash Forest - Central Highlands
• 06 Mountain Ash Wet Forest - Dandenongs
• 07 Mountain Grey Gum Damp Forest - Central Highlands
• 08 Mountain Grey Gum Damp Forest – Dandenongs
• 09 Myrtle Beech Cool Temperate Rainforest
• 10 Southern Sassafras Cool Temperate Rainforest
• 11 Manna Gum Riparian Forest - Central Highlands
• 12 Manna Gum Riparian Forest – Dandenongs
• 13 Manna Gum Riparian Forest - Upper Yarra
• 15 Scented Paperbark Riparian Thicket –
• 16 Messmate Shrubby Foothill Forest –
• 17 Messmate Herb-rich Foothill Forest – Central Highlands
• 18 Messmate Shrubby Foothill Forest – Dandenongs
• 19 Long-leaf Box Herb-rich Foothill Forest
• 20 Messmate Lowland Forest
• 21 Broad-leaf Peppermint Heathy Dry Forest
• 22 Silver-leaf Stringybark Heathy Woodland
• 25 Long-leaf Box Grassy Dry Forest
• 26 Red Stringybark Grassy Dry Forest – Middle Yarra
• 27 Red Stringybark Grassy Dry Forest – Dandenongs
• 28 Red Box Grassy Dry Forest – Christmas Hills
• 29 Green Scentbark Herb-rich Foothill Forest
• 30 Swamp Gum Swampy Riparian Woodland
• 31 Candlebark Grassy Forest
• 32 Silvertop Ash Shrubby Foothill Forest
• 33 Mountain Swamp Gum Swampy Riparian Woodland
• 34 Manna Gum Floodplain Riparian Woodland
• 35 Floodplain Wetland Complex
• 36 Scented Paperbark Riparian Thicket – Central Highlands
• 37 Yarra Gum Grassy Woodland
• 38 Yellow Box Valley Grassy Forest – Middle Yarra
• 39 Sedge Wetland Complex
• 40 Snow Gum Grassy Woodland
• 42 Yellow Box Valley Grassy Forest – Christmas Hills
• 43 Buxton Gum Swampy Riparian Woodland
• 44 Grassy Wetland Complex
• 45 Lemon Bottlebrush Rocky Outcrop Shrubland
• 46 Silvertop Ash Heathy Dry Forest
• 47 Open Water (Reservoirs, lakes etc)