Protect and manage tall forests in Otway Ranges, preserving habitats for species like the Otway Black Snail.
Wilderlands
Australia
76 ha
Permanent
Wilderlands - Biological Diversity Unit
Home to mountainous vistas, tall trees, and fern-rich gullies, lies Crowes Lookout, only 170 kilometres south-west of Melbourne near the scenic town of Lavers Hill in the Otway Ranges. Crowes Lookout is characterised by towering trees of Mountain Grey-gum (Eucalyptus cypellocarpa), Southern Blue-gum (Eucalyptus globulus), and Messmate Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua), reaching over 60 metres tall and providing an arboreal ecosystem of micro-bats, gliders, and birds. The king of them all is the Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans), reaching over 90 metres tall and claiming the title of tallest tree species in the world.
The dense undergrowth at Crowes Lookout provides the perfect shelter for the Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) and the Eastern Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti). Of particular significance is the Otway Black Snail (Victaphanta compacta), a shiny-black carnivorous snail that lives only in the Otway Ranges.
In joining the Wilderlands project, Crowes Lookout is adding to the overall protection of wet forest ecosystems of the Otway Ranges.
T2.5 Temperate pyric humid forests
Mixed
On-chain
Off-chain
15. Life on Land
13. Climate Action
2: Restoration
4: Extinction
3: Conservation
6: Alien species
8: Climate change
10: Social / Biodiversity and agriculture
Genetic material
Global climate regulation
Nursery population and habitat maintenance
Soil and sediment retention
Soil quality regulation
Water flow regulation
Broad-toothed Rat
Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae)
Otway Black Snail
Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)
Satinwood
Slender-tree Fern
Southern Blue-gum
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