New plantings will help form a continuous habitat corridor from the creek to the ridges

Great to see the final plantings for round 2 of our Koala Habitat Restoration Partnership Program (KHRPP) in the ground!
In the first photo you can see the new plantings in the foreground, previous KHRPP revegetation in the middle, and Queensland Blue Gum regional ecosystems 12.3.7 and the endangered 12.3.3. in the back.

New tree planting site with visible tree guards and remnant ecosystems and forest in the back.

This picture, facing more or less south) shows the new plants in the foreground, previous KHRPP revegetation in the middle ground, and the (12.3.7) Queensland Blue Gum, River Oak and Weeping Bottlebrush fringing woodland and Endangered (12.3.3) Queensland Blue Gum woodland on alluvium (sediment deposit of loose materials like clay, silt, sand, and gravel deposited by running water).

This picture shows the linkage of the other portion of this revegetation to another koala significant (but previously isolated by cleared paddocks) regional ecosystem (12.9-10.3 – Of Concern) Gum-topped Box open forest on sedimentary rocks; and further to (12.9-10.7 – Of Concern) Narrow-leafed Ironbark with Queensland Blue Gum, Moreton Bay Ash, Apple Gums and Silvery Ironbark woodland on sedimentary rocks.  All of these Regional Ecosystems are known to provide suitable habitat for koalas, and this portion of revegetation connects them all, essentially forming a continuous corridor from the creek to the ridges.

 

Can’t wait to see how the trees and habitat continue to grow.
The KHRPP is funded by the Queensland Government and implemented by QTFN.

 

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