Grey Box Reserve

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Coordinates: 33°49′33″S 150°55′53″E / 33.825713°S 150.9313571°E / -33.825713; 150.9313571
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Grey Box Reserve
Boothtown Reserve, just south of the contiguous Grey Box Reserve
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TypeNature reserve
LocationGreystanes, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates33°49′33″S 150°55′53″E / 33.825713°S 150.9313571°E / -33.825713; 150.9313571
Area6.5 hectares (16 acres)
Operated byCumberland City Council
StatusClosed for public

The Grey Box Reserve, or Greystanes Grey Box Reserve, is a small nature reserve situated in the suburb of

Western Sydney, Australia.[1] A remnant bushland of the Cumberland Plain Woodland, it mainly features native vegetation.[2] The reserve is so-named because of its abundance of Eucalyptus moluccana, reflecting the pre-European cultural landscape of the area.[3][4]

Geography

The reserve is bounded by Silverthorne Road to the west in

Wianamatta Shale Group. The reserve is primarily composed of Shale Hills Woodland, an ecological constituent of the Cumberland Plain Woodland.[1][5]

The Reserve is connected to five main environment corridors of remnant vegetation and fauna habitats within the vicinity, such as the Lower Prospect Canal Reserve Cycleway, which features disjunct patches of CPW and Alluvial Woodland, Prospect Creek and the Alluvial Woodland within the Long Street Park, the Prospect Reservoir woodland to the west and Greystanes Creek, which ties the Reserve to the major habitat corridors within the City of Parramatta including Toongabbie Creek, Quarry Branch Creek and Lake Parramatta.[6]

Biota

Native species include Pimelea spicata and eucalyptus sp., though ground cover is covered by a mixture of exotic and native grasses. The main weeds found in the reserve are, Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata and Lantana camara in the mid storey, in addition to grass and annual weeds in the ground cover, such as Eragrostis curvula.[1]

Native animals include three frog species such as

Ninox strenua. Meridolum corneovirens is also present.[7]

In 2003, hollow bearing logs and artificial

bat boxes were installed in some of the trees to supply extra perching sites for microchiropteran bats and other cavernous-dependent fauna.[8]

Access

The reserve is closed to public access, therefore there are no walking tracks in the area nor any recreational access; a 1.8 meter tall chain-wire fence exists along the southern and eastern boundary of the reserve on Greystanes Road, in addition to a three-strand wire perimeter fence on some of the other boundaries of the reserve. Though a walking track from Silverthorne Road does edge through the northwestern boundary of the reserve. Boothtown Reserve, an abutting park that features a

hazard reduction burns.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^
    Delfin Lend Lease
    . October 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. ^ SPECIAL PRECINCT AND SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS Cumberland DCP – Part F1 –Residential Site Specific Development Controls
  3. ^ National Parks and Wildlife Service (1994) Native Vegetation of the Cumberland Plain Hurstville, Australia.
  4. ^ PemulwuyResidential Controls Holroyd Development Control Plan 2013. Page 651. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  5. ^ Buchanan R. (1989). Bush Regeneration: Recovering Australian Landscapes. Open Training and Education Network, TAFE NSW, Strathfield.
  6. ^ Cumberland Ecology (2004) Nelson’s Ridge Southern Residential Lands Flora and Fauna Assessment prepared for Delfin Lend Lease
  7. ^ National Parks and Wildlife Service (1997) Urban Bushland Biodiversity Survey State 1 Western Sydney Native Flora of Western Sydney Hurstville, Australia.
  8. ^ Hoye, G. (2004) Results of inspection of bat boxes and echolocation call survey for Delfin Greystanes letter report, Fly By Night Bat Surveys Pty Ltd.
  9. NSW Rural Fire Service
    . Retrieved 22 October 2022.
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