M5 to Plant 5000 Trees this Year

More than 5000 plants will be planted along the M5 South West Motorway this year, M5 General Manager Rex Wright said today.

Announcing the tree-planting effort on National Tree Day, Mr Wright confirmed all the new plants would be native, with the vast majority native to the local area.

“The M5 landscaping team will work hard to create and maintain the type of Cumberland Plain Woodland that is the area’s original native vegetation,” he said.

Mr Wright said the new plants would include:
* Grey Box Eucalypt
* Forest Red Gums
* Narrow-Leaved Ironbarks; and
* Spotted Gums

“These new plants will add to the 150 hectares of existing bushland along the M5 corridor which is home to a variety of native birds, insects and reptiles.”

Mr Wright said that the M5 would also continue to be a proud sponsor of the Mount Annan Botanic Garden -Australia’s largest botanic garden.

He said the Botanic Garden was home to over 4000 native plants as well as native mammals including the Wallaroo and Swamp Wallaby and remnant Cumberland Plain Woodland.