Phytophthora cinnamomi (Cinnamon Fungus) and Bush Dieback
Site observations - Track 16
Photographs are being prepared that contrast the condition of this track immediately after construction, after 3 months of use and then after the 2008 Otway Odyssey mountain-bike race.
The density of grass-trees in this area is unusually high. The track builders cut out numerous plants, including some that were up to a metre in height. Grasstrees grow about 1 cm per year, so a plant of that size would be about 100 years old.
The track winds through one of the largest blocks of uninfected grass-tree dominated woodland in the Yaugher Bush. Track 17 nearby passes directly through phytophthora outbreaks, so the risk of phytopthora being spread to this block is very high.
Image sets
1) 07 August 2007
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