Alfred National Park
The Alfred National Park is a national park located in the East Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. The 3,050-hectare (7,500-acre)[2] national park is situated approximately 388 kilometres (241 mi) east of Melbourne and was declared in 1925.
| Alfred National Park Victoria | |
|---|---|
IUCN category II (national park) | |
 Ferns within the Alfred National Park | |
  Alfred National Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Cann River |
| Coordinates | 37°34′17″S 149°21′37″E |
| Established | 1925[1] |
| Area | 30.50 km2 (11.8 sq mi)[2] |
| Managing authorities | Parks Victoria |
| Website | Alfred National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of Victoria |
It is currently closed due to widespread bushfire damage.
The park is dissected by the Princes Highway, between Cann River and Genoa.
Features
The park reserves examples of warm temperate rainforest, particularly the jungle of Mount Drummer. Compared to the tropical rainforests of Queensland and New South Wales, this is a floristically depauperate forest, representing as it does the southern limit of this flora. This region is biogeographically interesting as the meeting point between the subtropical flora of the north of Australia and the cool temperate and arid zone floras of the south and west. The rainforest community consists of a closed canopy of Lilly Pilly Acmena smithii with numerous lianas, ferns, and epiphytes. The park is particularly known for the occurrence of four varieties of tree ferns and epiphytic orchids such as the orange-blossom orchid Sarcochilus falcatus and the rock orchid Dendrobium speciosum. In the 1983 'Ash Wednesday' bushfires, the park was burned very badly.
References
- "Alfred National Park". Parks Victoria. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- Alfred National Park Visitor Guide (PDF). Parks Victoria. April 2008. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
External links
- "Lind and Alfred National Parks Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. August 1998. ISBN 0-7306-6265-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.