Mount Bellarine Volcanic soils

Zone 2 is made up of older volcanic clay loams on gentle slopes which are poorly drained. The average rainfall is 62 centimetres.

This area was once predominantly all open grassy woodland with an understorey made up of various shrubs and grasses. Tree species including the Drooping Sheoke grew with other species such as Blackwood and Cherry Ballart.

Shrub species including Kangaroo Apple Silver Banksia and Sweet Bursaria occasionally occurred. Kangaroo Grass dominated the ground flora.

In riparian and damper areas Hop Goodenia Shrub Everlasting and Tussock Grass grew. Creeklines were characterised by stands of River Red Gum and Blackwood. Grasslands were present in patches across most of the inland area.

Tree species
Common name	Botanical name	Size (height by width in metres)		1	2
Lightwood	Acacia implexa	5-15	4-7	Y	-
Black Wattle	Acacia mearnsii	8-25	6-10	Y	-
Blackwood	Acacia melanoxylon	5-30	4-15	Y	Y
Golden Wattle	Acacia pycnantha	3-10	2.5	Y	-
Drooping Sheoke	Allocasuarina verticillata	4-11	3-6	Y	-
Silver Banksia	Banksia marginata	1-10	1-5	Y	-
River Red Gum	Eucalyptus camaldulensis	12-35	15-35	-	Y
Cherry Ballart	Exocarpos cupressiformis	3-8	3-5	Y	-
Shrub Species
Gold-dust Wattle	Acacia acinacea	0.5-2.5	2-4	Y	-
Hedge Wattle	Acacia paradoxa	2-4	2-5	Y	-
Sweet Bursaria	Bursaria spinosa var macrophylla	2-6	2-3	Y	-
Hop Goodenia	Goodenia ovata	1-2.5	1-3	-	Y
Sticky Boobialla	Myoporum viscosum	0.5-2	1.5-2	X	-
Shrub Everlasting	Ozothamnus ferrugineus	2-6	1-3	Y	Y
Sea Berry Saltbush	Rhagodia candolleana	2	1-2.5	Y	-
Kangaroo Apple	Solanum laciniatum	1-3	1-3	Y	-
Groundcover and Tussock Species
Berry Saltbush	Atriplex semibaccata	0.1-0.3	1-3	Y	-
Black Anther Flax-lily	Dianella revoluta	0.5	1.5-2.0	Y	-
Tussock Grass	Poa labillardieri	0.8	0.8	-	Y
Kangaroo Grass	Themeda triandra	0.3	0.3	Y	-
Y - species is present in areas of remnant vegetation
X - species once occurred in this area