The Reserve

Below is a representation of the many threatened and vulnerable species that are listed and utilise the Bottle Bend Reserve as home. There are four dominant vegetation systems that support many flora species within the Bottle Bend Reserve - Black Box and Red Gum areas, Lignum and open Lignum.

Saline shrublands and open Native Grasslands that provide a safe habitat for many vulnerable and endangered species.

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
- Critically Endangered
(photo courtesy of CSIRO)

Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)
- Vulnerable
(photo courtesy of Sarah Holmes)

Silver Perch, Bidyan (Bidyanus bidyanus)
- Critically Endangered
(photo courtesy of Neil Armstrong)

Corben's Long-eared Bat (Nyctophilus corbeni)
- Critically Endangered
(photo courtesy of Bruce Thomson - All About Bats)

Southern Bell Frog (Litoria raniformis)
- Vulnerable
(photo courtesy of Matt Clancy)

Rigid Spider-Orchid (Caladenia tensa)
- Vulnerable
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