maxcampbell's Identifications
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Craspedia canensObserver
jackiemilesDescription
Just the one plants seen. At nearly 4 years post-fire the sedges and shrubs are well recovered and there isn't a lot of room for forbs any more. Plus the spring has been a bit dry to date. It keys to canens and not variabilis on account of the tangled woolly hairs on the leaves.
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Whisky Grass (Andropogon virginicus)Observer
jackiemilesDescription
Four plants in the unmown grass at one end of the cemetery, the start of an infestation if not dealt with.
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Acacia georgensisObserver
jackiemilesDescription
These are a couple of cultivated specimens, about 5 years old, currently flowering. We visited the Kianinny population last week and it was showing no sign of bud or flowers. I've noticed with wild populations of A. georgensis that they don't flower in dry seasons. Comes of growing on infertile, skeletal soils no doubt.
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Aglaosoma variegataObserver
jackiemilesDescription
Matches caterpillars we have had identified as this in the past, although the blue raised bits at the base of the lateral hair tufts are a bit more subtle on this animal then previous ones. Just saw the one, on Lomandra longifolia in Melaleuca armillaris scrub.
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Golden Weather-Grass (Hypoxis hygrometrica)Observer
jackiemilesDescription
Only noticed one flowering plant in this small heath patch at c. 14-15 months post-fire. This is often one of the first species to reappear in burnt heath, but we haven't recorded it on earlier post-fire visits to this heath.
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Coarse Stinkweed (Opercularia aspera)Observer
jackiemilesDescription
Only seen in an unmown island within the cemetery.
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Common Wood-Rush (Luzula meridionalis)Observer
jackiemilesDescription
Persisting, though not common, in the mown area of the cemetery.
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Stinking Pennywort (Hydrocotyle laxiflora)Observer
jackiemilesDescription
You'd think this low-growing species might manage to persist in the mown parts of the cemetery but I only spotted it in the unmown edges. Exotic forbs dominate in the mown area.
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Cherry Ballart (Exocarpos cupressiformis)Observer
jackiemilesDescription
This sapling has evaded the mower by coming up on a grave. It has an adjacent Black Wattle to feed it.
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Banjo and Marsh Frogs (Genus Limnodynastes)Observer
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Cassinia maritimaObserver
jackiemilesDescription
On edge of road and drain just north of Merrica River causeway. Plants have declined since I checked on them in the 1st year after the 2020 fires. Only found 5 at this location and very few on the south side of the river (also road verge).
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