Grasslands Species of Wyndham
With less than 1% of the original grassland community left in Victoria, the Western Victorian Basalt Plains Grasslands is one of the states most endangered vegetation communities and features prominently in rural Wyndham, although it is under threat from urban expansion, weed invasion and land management practices.
The native grasslands are habitat for flora and fauna species that are endangered, rare and threatened in Victoria, eg. Striped Legless Lizard, Plains Wanderer, Button Wrinklewort and Spiny Rice-flower.
During spring and summer, areas of native grasslands form a tapestry of colour as a variety of native flowers come into bloom and native grasses flower and form seed heads.
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Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides (Button Wrinklewort)
Pimelea spinescens (Spiny Rice-flower)
Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil)
Agrostocrinum scabrum (Blue Grass Lily)
Wahlenbergia stricta (Native Bluebells)
Stackhousia monogyna (Creamy Candles)
Pimelea curviflora (Curved Rice-flower)
Calocephalus citreus (Lemon Beauty head)
Leucochrysum albicans (Hoary Sunray)
Burchardia umbellate (Milkmaids)
Convolvulus erubescens (Pink Bindweed)
Leptorhynchos tenuifolius (Wiry Buttons)
Tricoryne elatior (Yellow Rush Lily)
Themeda triandra (Kangaroo Grass)
Dichelachne crinita (Long-hair Plume Grass)
Bothriochloa macra (Red-leg Grass)