Lower Glenelg River National Park

Introduction
The Lower Glenelg River National Park is a park with great ecosystem diversity. It is also a traditional land of the Gunditjmara and Buandig people (Lower Glenelg National Park). There was no specific information exists on the Aboriginal people of the Lower Glenelg River National Park area. However they still work on these areas with the park management.

The park has extraordinary diversity with about seven hundred native plant species. It contains the tree ferns from the westernmost Australia and over sixty plant species which are found no further west (Australian NATIONAL Parks 2015). Also over fifty species of native orchids flower were found in the heath, fringing forest and around swamp and river. The park has featured area

During the dry season from November to March, the highest temperature could be up to 28.1℃. And the minimum rainfall was 17.3mm in January. By comparison, the wet season from April to October was much cold and humid. The lowest temperature was 7.0℃ in July and the maximum rainfall could be up to 59.7mm.

The park is thickly forested landscapes (Cobboboonee & Lower Glenelg National Parks 2013). Some of the areas had preserved for conservation. The park mainly contains Eucalyptus bushland such as open Swamp Gum forest, low Stringybark forest and health. It has enormous significance for reserving the vegetation from detrimental impacts of past land uses. The main existing vegetation communities including: Eucalyptus baxteri (Brown Stringybark)/ Eucalyptus obiqua (Messmate Stringybark) open forest, Messmate Stringybark low open forest and Eucalyptus ovata (Swamp Gum) woodland that was listed as endangered vegetation.

The park is covered by five main EVCs included (Figure 2):
 EVC 8 Wet Heath Land – Mainly covered by medium shrubs. Usually treeless and understorey is often dominated by a range of sedges, grasses and shrubs (Department of Sustainability and Environment

Choose one spot near the site for transects. Prepare a one meter long ruler. Mark the two points of the end of the ruler on the ground. Hold the ruler with two hands and work for one meter. Again mark the points of the ruler and the quadrat is created. All plant species within the quadrat should be identified counted and marked the location. Photos and samples could be taken. Take some close-up shots showing the feature of the plant. Then randomly choose other two quadrats and repeat the methods above. Integrate data and compare with the data collected from transects.

Plant collection
Carefully cut the plants with garden shears. Collect branch with twenty to thirty millimeters long and leaves. Also include fruits and flowers for identifications. Remove the soil if the plant is collected with root. Avoid insect-damaged plants. Avoid collecting threatened species if it is not necessary. Spray some water on collected plants in hot weather to remain the colour and structure of the plants. Record the location, date, number of collection, and habitat information. Also record the height, colour, abundance of the plants.

OHS, Codes of Practice and