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Showing posts with label Flora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flora. Show all posts
Monday, January 10, 2011
South Cape Bay - 7th November 2010
South Cape Bay - 7th November 2010
Had a nice walk to South Cape Bay. This fellow was happily munching ants along the track and was quite unconcerned about me, at least until the camera's flash became annoying.
Lots of interesting flotsam on the beach, including this sponge.
Stormy weather had washed up large mounds of kelp, which makes for interesting foregrounds in photos at least.
I wondered about harvesting some pieces to see if I could make some of those lovely water-carriers and other items the Aboriginal ladies make. Then of course I remembered it's a national park...
There were quite a lot of dead shearwaters around. I've also seen significant numbers on Fortescue Bay Beach.
Stormy weather had altered the beach quite a lot. There was lots of exposed rock and sand had been stripped from most parts of the beach.
The Tasmanian Laurels (Anopterus glandulosus) were in flower along the track, noticeably in the old sand dunes behind the beach.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Mount Wellington - 30th October 2010
Mount Wellington - 30th October 2010
I've left a lot of walks un-noted and photos unpublished. Trying to catch up now. This was a nice walk up the Zig-Zag track, with some botanical photography thrown in.
Kerosene Bush, Ozothamnus ledifolius - Photo here also.
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Hartz Peak - 11th January 2010
Hartz Peak - 11th January 2010
Early start today, and some nice early light for photos. This gave way to increasing heat. Today has reached 37 degrees at Grove, 29 degrees at Keoghs Pimple (at Hartz). The P&WS were busily putting out the Fire Ban signs this morning. I note that they have removed the water tank from the Waratah barbecue shelter - better take your own water if you're heading there to cook and picnic. The Mountain Rocket (Bellendena montana) and other flowers are providing some summer colour right now.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Mt Wellington - 9th September 2009
Mt Wellington - 9th September 2009
Another rainy day. Had a nice walk on the lower western slopes of Mt Wellington though. In the end the worst I got was drizzle. There are plenty of tracks low down that can be walked in almost any weather.
Some of the plants are starting to flower in recognition of the arrival of "Spring". Wasn't very obvious there last week, although it hasn't been very cold. This is Hakea lissosperma, known as the Needle Bush. One book says it flowers in late Spring (October to December in another book), and is one of the earliest flowers in the subalpine area.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Mt Field Flora - Tarn Shelf Walk
Mt Field Flora - Tarn Shelf Walk
Cheeseberry, Cyathodes straminea. "A much-branched sprawling shrub rarely more than 1m tall. The white bell-shaped flowers are clustered amongst the leaves at the ends of the branches. The drupes (false berries) are usually shiny red, and are flattened, resmbling an Edam cheese. Old flowers sometimes hang on to the fruits." (From Alpine Wildflowers of Tasmania, Plant Identikit.)
Mountain Rocket, Bellendena montana. The petals have fallen off the flower stalks here.
The Pandani (Richea pandanifolia) are in flower. These red flowers are tucked under the higher leaves on the plant.
I wasn't entirely sure what this one was at first, however I've decide it's a Curly Mountainheath, Dracophyllum milliganii. However, the flowers do seem a little coloured for this species, although the rest of the plant fits, so while I'm pretty sure its a D. milliganii, I'll stand corrected. It was comfortably co-existing here with some Pineapple Grass (Astelia alpina).
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Bellendena montana, Mountain Rocket
Bellendena montana, Mountain Rocket
Interestingly these ones lacked the red colouring of most of the other specimens.
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Hartz Mountains flora
Hartz Mountains flora
Leptecophylla juniperina, the Mountain Pinkberry. This species was previously a Cyathodes, and seems to have been formed by classifying C. parvifolia and C. juniperina together. They now form two sub-species, (parvifolia and juniperina) and I'm not clear how to tell those apart. Subspecies parvifolia appears to be more likely on mountains and juniperina on coastal heaths, but my book is ambiguous about those habitats. However, based on the size of the leaves and fruit, I think this L. juniperina subsp. parvifolia.
Milligania densiflora, the Silky or Common Milligania. Thes plants have some similarity to Astelia alpina, the Pineapple Grass, and I think that sometimes when people refer to Pineapple Grass, they have seen Milligania. There are several species of Milligania, and I'm not entirely sure how to tell them apart when they're not flowering. The colour of the leaf surfaces seems to be the key, but I'll have to see what the difference really is between green and blue-green.
Donatia novae-zelandiae, the Western Cushion Plant. In the 4th edition of "Flowers and Plants of Tasmania" (Launceston Field Naturalists Club) it appears to me that the photograph of this species has been confused with that of Dracophyllum minimum, which will confuse some people. The flowers appear to be the most obvious distinguishing feature.
Richea scoparia, known simply as Scoparia, or sometimes #@#!%& Scoparia. This was the only reasonably intact flower I saw, most others having shrivelled already.
Telopea truncata. There were still Waratah bushes at Hartz last weekend with flowers on them, although most had finished.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Seaweed at South Cape Bay
Seaweed at South Cape Bay
The seaweed actually makes for some interesting photos (I reckon).
This is the huge mass of roots with which this kelp clings to the rock.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Tasmanian Waratah (Telopea truncata)
Tasmanian Waratah (Telopea truncata)
The Waratah bushes on the Hartz Plateau had flower buds on them the other day, so it won't be too long before they're out in bloom.
The open seed pods are interesting too.
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Plants from Crescent Bay, Mt Brown area
Plants from Crescent Bay, Mt Brown area
OK, I admit this first one is a lichen, but it provides some bright colouration to the rocks of the foreshore. In places it looks like someone has painted the rocks bright yellow.
Although I've had trouble before identifying Allocasuarinas, I'm fairly sure this one is Allocasuarina monilifera, the Necklace Sheoak. This was on the heath between Remarkable Cave and Mount Brown.
The Native Pigface, Carpobrotus rossii, adds attractive bright pink and green to the landscape.
The Swamp Honeymyrtle, Melaleuca squamea, is part of the attractive heath between Remarkable Cave and Mount Brown which is flowering quite copiously at present.
This one stood out, and I suspect it's a weed. I can't identify it yet anyway.
The (apparent) flowers on this one were superficially similar to the previous weedy-looking plant. However the leaves were very different. Denis Wilson noted it looked like new leaf growth on Banksia, and he's right. There was another similar one with old bottlebrushes on it. We speculated on a Banksia when we were looking at it, but we were misled by this new growth. Thanks to Denis for helping. By a very rapid process of elimination then, these are simply Banksia marginata, although seeming quite different to the tree form I have seen on mountains. No mystery at all.
This is the Common Heath, Epacris impressa. The flower colours vary, as seen clearly.
Teatree, Leptospermum scoparium. The flowers on these vary in the colour of the nectar disc. Some are green, others a deep red, but they seem to be the same plant. I'll stand corrected if I'm wrong.
Common Everlasting, Chrysocephalum apiculatum.
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