What JC Griffin Reserve protects
Animals: Swift Parrot (nationally endangered), Lace Monitor (endangered in Victoria), Crested Shrike-tit, Diamond Firetail (threatened in Victoria), Hooded Robin (threatened in Victoria), Black-chinned Honeyeater.
Plants: Yellow Box, Red-cross Spider-orchid (endangered in Victoria), Stuart Mill Spider-orchid (endangered in Victoria), Southern Swainson Pea, Old growth Long-leaved Box, Old growth Yellow Gum, Grass Trees.
Vegetation communities: Grassy woodland (vulnerable), Heathy dry forest, Box and Ironbark forest, Alluvial terraces herb rich woodland.