Urban wetlands in Green Adelaide get a boost

Posted at 27 Feb 2025 at 11:33h in News, Urban wetland restoration by
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Aquatic plants are important for wetlands and play a key role in contributing to a healthy wetland ecosystem. Aquatic plants provide critical habitat for many aquatic organisms, oxygenate the water, stabilise sediment, filter excess nutrients from the water, and help regulate water temperature. Unfortunately, submerged aquatic plants are missing from a large number of wetlands in South Australia. In partnership with Green Adelaide, and with the support of the City of Adelaide, SA Water, and the City of West Torrens, we have been planting aquatic vegetation including Vallisneria and Ottelia at specially selected wetlands and river sites in the Green Adelaide region.

Tessa planting a Vallisneria mat into the River Torrens
Vallisneria woven into jute matting, ready for planting into the river bed
Planting Vallisneria into a wetland – rocks are required to secure the plants until their roots take hold
Sylvia with a tub of Vallisneria ready to go in
May hands make light work – council staff planting individual Vallisneria plants into a wetland
Showing off a Vallisneria plant – CIty of Adelaide wetland
An Ottelia plant

This project is funded by Green Adelaide,
with support from the City of Adelaide, SA Water, and the City of West Torrens.

Sylvia Zukowski