Field Day on Plant Community Diversity and Restoration Practices in Natural Areas (2022)

WALGA hosted a field day in Perth's eastern suburbs in October 2022.  The field day covered vegetation communities ranging from saltmarshes along the Swan River to a wetland and Banksia woodland on Bassendean dunes. Restoration projects in reclaimed river foreshores, seasonal wetlands and an old farmland site were also visited.  

Resources from the day can be found here:

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Field Training on Plant Recognition and Restoration in Natural Areas (2021)

WALGA hosted a field day in Perth's south eastern suburbs in August 2021, focusing on providing the practical, on-ground knowledge need for the conservation of natural areas. The field day covered eight different vegetation communities on the Swan Coastal Plain, moving from the Bassendean Dunes through to the Pinjarra Plain and the Foothills.   Sites included a large-scale banksia woodlands restoration project, Banksia woodland Threatened Ecological Communities, and a conservation category wetland. 

At each site, attendees learnt about the key characteristics of each vegetation community, the use of Bush Forever Reference Sites, and the restoration projects underway.  

Resources from the day can be found here: WALGA regularly hosts field days in various regions to cover a range of topics. Explore our past events or contact the Environment Team for more information.
 

Field Training on Plant Recognition and Restoration in Natural Areas (2020)

WALGA hosted a field training day in Trigg Bushland Reserve in October 2020.  The training focused on providing the practical, on-ground knowledge need for the conservation of natural areas.  Attendees visited a variety of vegetation communities, starting from the coastal heathlands at Trigg Beach, through to the open woodland communities of tuart, banksia and jarrah.  At each site, attendees learnt about the key characteristics of each vegetation community, and the restoration projects underway.  Also discussed were management considerations for Threatened Ecological Communities, and using Bush Forever Reference Sites to identify representative plant communities and inform restoration projects.

Resources from the day can be found here:


Field Training on Plant (Native and Weed) Recognition in Natural Areas (2019)

WALGA provided field training on Plant (Native and Weed) Recognition in Natural Areas in September 2019, in the southern Perth metropolitan region. The training focused on the key diagnostic characteristics of three vegetation complexes, ranging from the Swan Coastal Plain (coastal heath and banksia woodlands) through to the Darling Scarp (jarrah forest). Identification of common weed species in the four main weed groups (grasses, broadleaf, bulb and woody weeds) in wetland and dryland environments was covered, as was the distinguishing features of native and weed species with a similar growth form (e.g. grasses).

 

Resources from the day can be found below: