The thin green line
Foreshore vegetation has always formed a fragile fringe along the bay. On one side are windy, salt-washed, sand dunes and cliffs and, inland, heathland that has now given way to suburbia. The Mordialloc Creek environs have also faced major urban and industrial pressures, yet indigenous habitat remains and is home to a wide variety of native wildlife. These survivors make a living connection with our pre-european landscape.
Four plant communities are found along Mordialloc Creek: Tall Marsh, Estuarine Scrub, Swamp Scrub and Brackish Wetland. The foreshore supports three: Coastal Headland Scrub, Coastal Dune Scrub and Sand Heathland.
