Management+of+the+Heath+2011

- //Hannah Revell & Tully Hiscock & Shari Barmos// We propose that an addition to the previous ideas put forward to assist in the management plan; a fence should be properly installed in the front section of the school, adjacent to Golf Links Rd. This fence will create a barrier to protect the wildlife in the area from straying onto the road, which if not in place, will create a hazard to important species within the ecosystem. One of the problems the ecosystem is facing at the moment, without the fence line, is an abundance of foreign objects (litter) such as rubber, non-decomposable (in the time span of 50 years) items such as aluminium foil, glass bottles and cans. Putting this fence line in place will not only stop some of the animals travelling onto the road, but it will also stop the litter travelling from the side of the road to the designated conservation area.
 * __Woodleigh Management Plan__**

Throughout our studies in the front section of the school, we have taken observations of all the Diversity, Abundance and Distribution of the various species of flora and fauna in the area. In these studies, we have found a flourishing population of frogs, among other species including a myriad of invertebrates. In our studies of flora however, we have found a huge range of different types of plants, but many of these plants are pests, such as the sweet pittosporum. In order to help the indigenous plants survive and strive over these pest plants, and keep the pittosporum spreading, there must be a course of action undertaken. Reducing the density of the shrub in and around this area will leave more room for indigenous plants to be planted, and will create better ground habitat for small mammals and reptiles. The pittosporum inhibits such animals from living in a healthy ecosystem.

In order to reduce density, and help the indigenous plants flourish, a series of mosaic burning must occur in the front section of the school. This burning must take place in-between homesteads one and three, in the forestation areas, along the fence line until every section of it has been burnt, systematically by 10 by 10 metre sections. This burning will not only help to reduce the density of the shrubbery amongst the trees, but as the indigenous plants of the Mornington Peninsula, they will have always have been subject to bushfires as such, and hopefully they will have more of a chance of surviving the mosaic burning than the pest plants. The fire will also promote regeneration of some of the older trees, inviting more animals to live there and help create a more healthy ecosystem.

Flora: //Acacia longifolia// - Sallow Wattle //Acacia mearnsi// - Late Black Wattle //Acacia melanoxylon// - Blackwood //Acacia paradoxa// - Hedge Wattle //Agapanthus// //Amyema pendula// - Drooping mistletoe //Allocasuarina littoralis// - She oak //Arctotheca calendula// - Cape Weed //Banksia marginata// - Silver Banksia //Bursaria spinosa// - Native Box //Callistemenon salignus// - Willow Bottlebrush //Casuarina stricta// - Coast She Oak //Correa alba// - White Correa //Dianella tasmeniensis// - Flax lily //Eristemon sp.// - Wax flower //Eucalyptus ovate// - Swamp Gum //Eucalyptus pauciflora// - Snow Gum //Eucalyptus sp.// //Eucalyptus viminalis// - Manna Gum //Gahnia radula// - Sword sedge //Leptospermum laevigatum// - Coast Tea Tree //Leptospermum phylicoides// - Burgan //Lomandra longifolia// - Spiny Headed Mat-rush //Melaleuca ericifolia// - Swamp Paperbark //Pinus radiata// - Pine tree //Pittosporum undulatum// - Sweet Pittosporum //Poa contientalis// - Tussock Grass //Prosanthera sp//. - Mint bush //Pteridium esculentum// - Bracken //Pterostylis nutans// - Nodding Greenhood //Rubus fruticosus// - Blackberries

Fauna: 100+ x Land hopper – //Arcitalitrus sylvaticus// - Insecta: 2 x darkling beetle (and larvae) – Adelium similatum - Malacostraca 7 x Common pillbug – //Amadillidium vulgare// 5 x Garden slater – //Porcellio scaber// - Arachnida: 1 x Black rock scorpion – //Urodacus manicatus// 1 x Social huntsman spider – //Delena cancerides// 6 x Daddy longlegs – //Pholcus phalangioides// 1 x Wolf spider – //Lycosidae sp.// 1 x Common huntsman spider – //Holconia Montana// 3 x St. Andrews cross spider(?) – //Argiope sp.// 7 x Water spider(?) – //Dolomedes sp.// - Chilopoda 2 x Scolopendrid centipede – //Scolopendridae// - Diplopoda 5 x Julid Millipede – //Julidae// 100+ x Earthworm – //Oligochaeta// - Reptilia 3 x Garden skink – //Lampropholis sp.// - Amphibia 2 x Southern brown tree frog – //Litoria ewingi// 1 x Striped marsh frog – //Limnodynastes peroni// 6 x Spotted marsh frog – //Limnodynastes tasmaniensis// 33 x Banjo frogs – //Limnodynastes dumerilii// - Gastropoda 3 x Garden snail – Cantareus aspersa
 * __ Arthropoda: __**
 * Crustacea**
 * Hexapoda**
 * Chelicerata**
 * Myriapoda**
 * __ Annelida: __**
 * __ Chordata: __**
 * __ Mollusca: __**

Soil pH and conductivity was tested using a (manufacturer name/product name). We used a soil to distilled water ratio of 1:2. In order to find the conductivity of the solution, salinity must be measured because sodium chloride (salt) is full of charged particles that conduct electricity. Therefore, a solution with more micro Siemens per cm (µS/cm) will be more conductive. pH: 6.13 Conductivity: 108.5µS/cm pH: 5.83 Conductivity: 263.5
 * __ RESULTS of the soil tests: __**
 * Soil near Golf Links road:**
 * Soil in front of Homestead 1:**