LARC20001 DESIGNING LIVING SYSTEM Assignment 4 - Urban Wildlife Park designGalada Avenue Reserve, Parkville Tutor Name: Rhys Cousins Studio Number : 10 Student Name: Jessie (Jiaqi) Sun Student Number: 1174124
SCHEMATIC MASTER PLAN
Rock embankment create the boundary between wetland, waterfeature and grassland. According to water seepage, rock embankment will protect grassland soil from crushing down.Rock will also slow the water flow.
Larger rock piece on water feature allow people to stand and lay above to enjoy the dense natural wildlife experience.
Curved timber bench around the natural pond for visitor to sit and rest. Timber material will provide more natural feeling. Timber bench will sit on sand bed. Also existed trees and yellow box canopy may provide shade for bench area.
Perspective section B
LEGEND Small tree and Shrub A
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Wetland Planting Existing Tree River Red Gum Yellow Box Canopy Softfall Mutch
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Timber Deck
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Topping Path
Detail Plan Section
Meadows Perspective section A
Children playground on softfall mutch and wooden chips, to ensure children’s safety. Facilities in the playground mainly using wood material to correspond wuth trees and timber deck.
Water Body Sand Bed Sediment Macadam
Design Intent
According to the main flora and fauna that have been researched, the main colour that formed in this wild life park is green and yellow. The design allows for connected ecosystem, Whole site may split into three parts, the north-most is the static state of experiencing waterfeature , the middle part is the dense wild life ecosystem, and the south-most part is the dynamic state of experiencing wild life feature. Designed elements allows visitor to feel the natural element up close but not allowed to interference the their life.
Topping path around the wild life park leading visitor walk around the site and experience different ecosystem. Plants aside the path provide view. According to main focused flora and fauna, the main colour throughout the site except from green, is yellow, from goldenrod beetles and hard head daisy.
Circular timber deck surround to allow visitor experience the grassland scene. On the left hand is the waterfeature and on the right hand is the grassland.
N Scale 1:1000 @ A2
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DETAIL PLAN
CODE Sciencetific Name IT
Immature Canopy Tree
Euc ca
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Euc mel Eucalyptus melliodora
Common Name
Coverage
QTY
Height
Sup Species
River Red Gum
15%
25
40m
Aphid
Yellow Box
15%
16
30m
Aphid
Hard-head Daisy
100%
300
2-15cm
Beetle
MH
Medium Herb
Bra li
Brachyscome lineariloba
SH
Small or Prostrate Herb
Dro whi
Drosera whittakeri ssp. aberrans
Scented Sundew
50%
900
13-25cm
Aphid, Beetle
Pti spa
Ptilotus spathulatus f. spathulatus
Pussy Tails
50%
1200
40cm
Aphid, Beetle
B/L SM
Bryophytes/Lichens Submerged Marsh
Val aus
Vallisneria australis
Eel-grass
50%
600
150cm
Myr cri
Myriophyllum crispatum
Upright Water-milfoil
50%
700
60cm
DM
Deep Marsh
Ele sph
Eleocharis sphacelata
Tall Spike Rush
50%
200
180cm
Bol flu
Bolboschaenus fluviatilis
Tall Club-Rush
50%
170
180cm
SHM
Shallow Marsh
Ele acu
Eleocharis acuta
MTG
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid
Aus sca
Austrostipa scabra ssp. falcata
Rough Spear-grass
25%
70
Aphid, Beetle
Ely sca
Elymus scaber var. scaber
Common Wheat-grass
25%
70
Aphid, Beetle
Lom fil
Lomandra filiformis
Wattle Mat-rush
25%
70
Aphid, Beetle
Aus se
Austrodanthonia setacea
Bristly Wallaby-grass
25%
70
Aphid, Beetle
MFS
Meadow Full Shade
Xer vis
Xerochrysum viscosum
Sticky Everlasting
25%
300
45cm
Aphid, Beetle
Dia lon
Dianella longifolia
Pale Flax-lily
25%
300
50cm
Aphid, Beetle
Dia cae
Dianella caerulea
Paroo Lily
25%
300
60cm
Aphid, Beetle
Common Wallaby Grass
25%
300
80cm
Aphid, Beetle
Mar dru Marsilea drummondii
Nardoo
50%
1000
20cm
Aphid, Beetle
Lom lon Lomandra longifolia
Spiny-headed Mat rush
50%
800
90cm
Aphid, Beetle
Aus cae Austrodanthonia caespitosa
MPS
MFS, Qty:483
MTG, Qty:209 MH, Qty:189 SM, Qty:294
Common Spike Rush
700
SM, Qty:387 DM, Qty:95 DM, Qty:117 SM, Qty:237 SM, Qty:290
50cm
Opening to the stree
B/L, Total Qty:2594
Bryophytes and lichens grow on rocks MPS, Qty:1307 MTG, Qty:212 MFS, Qty:952
A tion Sec
Meadow part shade
GFS
Grassland Full Sun
Pim hum
Pimelea humilis
Common Rice-flower
40%
10
50cm
Aphid, Beetle
The tri
Therneda triandra
Kangaroo Grass
40%
10
80cm
Aphid, Beetle
Cor alb
Correa alba
White Correa
20%
5
120cm
Aphid, Beetle
GPS
Grassland Part Shade
Gah tri
Gahnia trifida
Coast Saw-sedge
15%
15
14cm
Aphid, Beetle
Utr ten
Utricularia tenella
Pink Bladderwort
55%
55
12cm
Aphid, Beetle
Poa sie
Poa sieberiana
Grey Tussock-grass
20%
20
60cm
Aphid, Beetle
A tion e S c
SH, Qty: 1827
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Stone island for human activity above
B tion Sec
Euc ca, Qty:25
Euc mel, Qty: 16
Topping Path B tion Sec
Timber Deck Stone island
Timber deck around grassland N Scale 1:250 @ A2
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Stone island allow people to active above and experience the natural feature, but no BBQ in the site to avoid damaging the environment.
Timber deck allows people to walk around and feel the natural element of grassland and water pond. The rounded timber deck also lead people to the side of the wetland, so that people may step onto the stone island and dense experience the natual pond and wetland.
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Meadow Full Shade
Grassland Full Sun
Small or Prostrate Herb
Shallow Marsh
Deep Marsh
Submerged Marsh
Bryophytes/Lichens
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Medium to Small Tufted Graminoiid
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Submerged Marsh
Rock embankment embrace thewaterfeature and wetland to stop water overflow and
Deep Marsh
Shallow Marsh
Small or Prostrate Herb
Meadow Part Shade
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoiid
Meadow Full Shade
Hard-head daisy planted in the second layer from the path. Hardhead daisy normally grow up to 15cm. The yellow daisy will attract goldenrod beetles. In this way will again encourage its predation of oak aphid
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Living Habitat
Hard-head daisy is a plant that generally can be found in a variety of habitat including subsaline edges of salt flats. They are labeled as ‘medium herb’ in plain grassy woodland, and they cover about 30% of this bioregion.
2-15cm
Growing Overview
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Hard-head daisy will grow annually up to 15 cm. Leaves 1-8mm long. Mostly basal and divided into 3-9 lobes. They have varied colours, but most commonly having white petals and yellow spitil. This yellow colour is the favorite of Goldenrod Soldier beetles.
Dec-Feb
Mar-May
Hard-head Daisy
Western dusky-winged oak aphid is a common insect that appear in park, grassland and garden. They are heavily attracted by bur oak. It is a harmful insect that will damaging plants by sucking sap from leaves and stem. Oak aphid’s egg will typically laid around buds and stem on bur oak.
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Mutualistic/ Mutual benefit relationship
Dec-Feb
Mar-May
Predator-to-Prey relationship
Goldenrod soldier beetles are feed for soft-bodied insects such as aphid. They will hunt adult aphid and find their egg and larvae to eat as well. Due to the harmful action from aphid, Goldenrod soldier beetles considered as beneficial insect for plants and even human.
Chauliognathus pensylcanicus
Golden soldier beetles will help Hard-head daisies to pollinate, correspondingly the golden-yellow colour of Hard-head daisies will attract Golden soldier beetles and provide a cover colour for them while prey.
Brachyscome linearilob
Goldenrod-Soldier beetle
Dec-Feb
Mar-May
Myzocallis Alhambra
Larve status
Western dusky-winged oak aphid
Host Plant
Replace plant Sep-Nov
Goldenrod soldier beetles are normally in golden-yellow colour with about 9-12 mm long. They are the human friendly insect who prey for other insects especially harmful ones.
Jun-Aug
Sep-Nov
Jun-Aug
Sep-Nov
Jun-Aug
Habitat Flower period from August to October
Leaves mostly basal, usually pinnatisect
Solidago
Goldenrod
Oak: Oak aphid always climb on my leaves and stems, they hurt me badly. But Goldenrod beetles could prey them, so I should grow stronger and provide shade for Goldenrod beetles so that they will keep active and contribute to every plant.
Goldenrod soldier beetles can be found on melliferous flowers in open fields, grasslands, prairies and corn fields. As their name described, they are heavily attracted by goldenrod. They also have a deep affection on golden-yellow daisies. They likely to active from may to october. Their active will benefit the plants by softening the soil while searching for eggs and larvae underground.
Western dusky-winged oak aphid: I am a really harmful insect for plant, especially oak! I will chew their stems and leaves, and I will produce sticky honeydew that will attract other insects to injur the plant.
Sticky Honeydew will produced on plants by oak aphid. The sticky honeydew that produced on plant will not only affect the appearance of pant but also attract other insects such as ants, wasps and flies. The absence and increase number of these species will again injuried the plant.
Goldenrod soldier beetle: I love yellow flower! I will stay on these yellow daisies, helping them to pollinate and waiting for predation. I will climb unground as well to find eggs and larvae for feed.
Hard-head daisy: I can be planted here! Plains grassy woodland is very suitable for me to live. And Goldenrod beetles could stay upon my body and help me pollinate so I can spread wider!
Aphid rely on its host plant oak and gum tree, they bite the stem and leaf of the tree
Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow box
Upright Water-milfoil Bryophytes/Lichens grow on macadam in wateer feature
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