page_title: Birrarung Marr, Melbourne
section_title: Horticulture
hierarchical_section_title: Birrarung Marr, Melbourne / Features and facilities / Horticulture
caption_attribution_description: English: A diverse range of plants, including the Doryanthes shown, were planted at Birrarung Marr. Author: Evan Cottle Source: http://www.evancottle.net/gallery2/v/rail/melbourne-sep05/yarra/IMG_1252.jpg.html
context_page_description: Birrarung Marr is an inner-city park between the central business district in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and the Yarra River. It was opened in 2002. The name means 'river of mists' and 'river bank' in the Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people, the Indigenous inhabitants at the time of European settlement of the Melbourne area.
context_section_description: In addition to the mature elms along the river bank and at Speakers Corner, about 200 new trees were planted in the park during its construction. The new plantings focus on Australian species including a mass planting of Macrozamia communis (cycads) on the embankment overlooking Speakers Corner.  Also in this area are several Doryanthes excelsa (gymea lilies) and Lepidozamia peroffskyana (pineapple zamia, another cycad). Hundreds of smaller Australian native plants are also present although construction of the William Barak Bridge, which was not part of the original design for the park, destroyed one of the major display plantings on the north-facing embankment of the middle terrace.
  Additional tree planting for shade and shelter was envisaged for the level areas of the upper and middle terraces, but has not yet been implemented.
caption: Doryanthes excelsa near the middle terrace.
exif: {"Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon PowerShot A30", "Image Orientation": "0", "Image XResolution": "180", "Image YResolution": "180", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image DateTime": "2005:09:20 14:33:53", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image ExifOffset": "184", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "1494", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "6421", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/640", "EXIF FNumber": "14/5", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2005:09:20 14:33:53", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2005:09:20 14:33:53", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "3", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "10753/8192", "EXIF ApertureValue": "97349/32768", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "97349/32768", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "173/32", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1280", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "960", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "1412", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "1280000/207", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "192000/31", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "2", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard"}