Campbell Town Golf Course

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Area Data 
https://grasslands.ecolinc.vic.edu.au/sites/default/files/Campbell%20Town%20Golf%20Course.geojson
Description 

Campbell Town Golf Club is a nine-hole (par 70) flat course. There are bunkers on some greens and long, flat fairways. The rough is protected as it contains lowland native grassland dominated by Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra) with many rare varieties of orchids and at least 78 native species.

State 
Tasmania
Location 

Corner Torlesse Street and Midland Highway Campbell Town, 70 km south of Launceston

Facilities 

Car park on Torlesse street. The golf course has a licensed bar and meals are available for groups

Size 
The golf course is 29 ha but not all of the course is native grassland
Owner 
Campbell Town Golf Club
Manager 
Campbell Town Golf Club
Contacts 

PO Box 58,
Campbell Town,
TAS,
Australia, 7210 
Ph 03 6381 1209

History 

The Campbell Town Golf Course was established decades ago, on a block of crown land leased by the municipal council. Before this, the block was used as a horse-track, cow common, and bicycle track. When the golf club applied to purchase the land in 1995, they readily agreed to a voluntary covenant that binds the club to managing the significant grassland vegetation on the course.

Signifigance 

The vegetation of the golf course is in excellent condition with a high level of diversity. It contains 11 plants that are rare, vulnerable or endangered as well as a host of native grasses, orchids and other wildflowers. The endangered plants include a new species of leek orchid that has not been found anywhere else and another that only occurs in one small colony in Victoria. Such features make the golf course a unique place with very significant conservation values.

Vegetation Communities  
What to look for 

Wildflower displays in the golf course "roughs", a diversity of orchids, stray golf balls!

Management activities and priorities 

Conservation objectives will be met by continuing to manage the rough as a dry and open native grassland habitat. This will maintain or enhance the diversity of the flora and will ensure that the populations of threatened species will continue to thrive in perpetuity. The main management issues are frequency and timing of slashing, use of fire, application of fertilisers, irrigation, planting of shrubs and trees, and weed management. 

Local Requests 

Please check with golf course staff before walking on the course as you must not interupt play

Flora Species 

Acacia dealbata, Acaena echinata, Ajuga australis, Arthropodium milleflorum, Arthropodium minus, Asperula conferta, Asperula scoparia, Astroloma humifusum, Austrodanthonia caespitosa, Austrodanthonia carphoides, Austrodanthonia laevis, Austrostipa mollis, Austrostipa stuposa, Banksia marginata, Bossiaea prostrata, Brachyloma ciliatum, Bulbine glauca, Bursaria spinosa, Caladenia anthracina, Carex breviculmis, Centrolepis aristata, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, Convolvulus erubescens, Craspedia aff. glauca "Tunbridge", Craspedia variabilis, Cynoglossum suaveolens, Dianella longifolia, Dichelachne crinita, Dichondra repens, Diuris chryseopsis, Diuris sulphurea, Drosera sp., Ehrharta stipoides, Einadia nutans subsp. nutans, Elymus scaber, Eriochilus cucullatus, Eucalyptus ovata, Eucalyptus pauciflora, Euchiton collinus, Geranium potentilloides, Geranium solanderi, Hakea microcarpa, Coronidium scorpioides, Hibbertia hirsuta, Hibbertia prostrata, Isolepis marginata, Lepidosperma curtisiae, Leptorhynchos squamatus, Leucochrysum albicans, Linum sp., Lomandra nana, Luzula meridionalis, Microtis parviflora, Microtis unifolia, Ophioglossum lusitanicum, Oxalis perennans, Pentapogon quadrifidus, Pimelea humilis, Plantago varia, Poa labillardierei, Poa rodwayi, Prasophyllum correctum, Prasophyllum olidum, Prasophyllum tunbridgense , Pterostylis cycnocephala, Pultenaea prostrata, Ranunculus sp., Schoenus absconditus, Schoenus apogon, Scleranthus biflorus, Scleranthus diander, Senecio glomeratus, Stackhousia monogyna, Thelymitra imbricata, Thelymitra pauciflora, Themeda triandra, Thysanotus patersonii, Wurmbea dioica