Heatherbank Reserve
This small relic of original woodland is conserved for the flora and fauna it contains.
Heatherbank Reserve is an area of 0.32 hectares containing a diverse relic of the ancient woodland that the early European settles called "The Black Forest". From here, The Black Forest stretched to the South Parklands in the west and south to Black Forest, Unley and Mitcham. The main species of tree is Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) which has dark bark.
This reserve contains over 60 species of indigenous plant species including many that occur nowhere else in the City of Burnside and are regionally rare. They require specialised woodland habitat to survive. Many of these plants are tiny and fragile and are easily damaged by trampling.
In a climate of winter rain and summer drought, native flora changes its appearance during the course of the year. Most of the plants flower in spring, set seed and dry off in summer, in autumn, even the shrubs can begin to dry off before the winter rains bring everything to life again.
Sign at Heatherbank Reserve, removed in 2023.
At their meeting on 18 June 2024, Council declared new dog on-leash areas in Chambers Gully Reserve, Heatherbank Reserve, Michael Perry Reserve and the wetland area at Kensington Gardens Reserve/Kensington Wama (C62024/13719).
Location
43 Heatherbank Terrace, Stonyfell 5066 View Map
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43 Heatherbank Terrace ,
Stonyfell 5066
43 Heatherbank Terrace ,
Stonyfell 5066
Heatherbank Reserve
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