Stretching from Bairnsdale in the east to the eastern portion of Melbourne in the west, they typify one of Victoria's most threatened and disconnected indigenous ecosystems.

[4] The open grasslands of the Central Gippsland Plains used to cover about 600 km2 of land and the Forest Red Gum Grassy Woodland around 1200 km2 at the time of European settlement, but are now most likely nonexistent.

The Forest Red Gum Grassy Woodland is situated on Lower Pleistocene gravels, sands, silts and clays, with some Tertiary alluvium.

[1] The groundcover features many different wildflowers, including Arthropodium strictum, Chrysocephalum apiculatum and Xerochrysum palustre, Dianella revoluta, Diuris punctata, Acaena echinata, Hypericum gramineum, Dianella amoena, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, Dichondra repens, Drosera peltata, Hydrocotyle laxiflora, Poranthera microphylla, Thysanotus patersonii, Tricoryne elatior and Wurmbea dioica, which inhabit the areas between tussocks.

[1] Animals include Lathamus discolor, Anthochaera phrygia, Litoria raniformis, Dasyurus maculatus and Isoodon obesulus.