The John Colahan Griffin Nature Reserve is a 96 ha
conservation reserve
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Conservation reserves by country Australia
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in north-central
Victoria
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, south-eastern
Australia
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. It lies 185 km north-west of
Melbourne
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. It was acquired in 2011 by
Bush Heritage Australia as a result of a legacy from John Colahan Griffin.
Description
The reserve lies between
St Arnaud Range National Park
The Kara Kara National Park is a national park located in the Wimmera/Goldfields region of Victoria, Goldfields region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The national park is situated approximately north-west of Melbourne, west of th ...
and Dalyenong Nature Conservation Reserve. It contains
old-growth eucalypt woodland, including
long-leaved box and
yellow gum trees, some of which are very large and likely to be over 300 years old.
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Flora and fauna
Vegetation communities represented are grassy woodland, heathy dry forest, box-ironbark forest and alluvial terraces herb-rich woodland. Nationally endangered red cross and Stuart Mill spider orchids are present. Animals recorded from the reserve include swift parrots, brown treecreepers, crested bellbirds, painted
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and black-chinned honeyeater
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s, fat-tailed dunnarts, lace monitors and woodland blind snakes.[
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References
External links
Bush Heritage Australia
Bush Heritage Australia reserves
Nature reserves in Victoria (Australia)
2011 establishments in Australia
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