Wednesday Walk on a Mayfield Road Property – 28 September 2011

Mayfield Road runs off Cullulla Road not far from Tarago, NSW. We visited the property on a cold day in June then returned to see some spring flowers. The property is heavily wooded in parts but also has some grassland and a creek. We saw a great display of many Pomaderris elliptica in full flower, also the Pultenaea villifera was quite spectacular - a hillside of it. We also saw lots of Stypandra glauca, Rhytidosporum procumbens, Lissanthe strigosa and Leucopogon fraseri flowering and evidence of many Patersonia sericea and P. longifolia flowers and some spectacular Acacia decurrens just finishing. A highlight for the owner was the recording of 6 orchid . We found many Petalochilus fuscatus flowering, a few P. carneus (just starting), some good patches of Pterostylis pedunculata, one Diuris pardina, some Microtis sp. leaves and some rosettes which we marked for checking when flowering.

Pultenaea villifera Image by Roger Farrow Carpet of lichen Image by Roger Farrow Pomaderris elliptica Image by Roger Farrow

Lissanthe strigosa Image by Roger Farrow Diuris pardina Image by Roger Farrow Petalochilus fuscatus Image by Roger Farrow

Rhytidosporum procumbens Image by Roger Farrow Leucopogon fraseri Image by Roger Pterostylis pedunculata Image by Roger Farrow Farrow

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Society, Canberra Region List for Mayfield Road Property - 22 June 2011 & 28 September 2011

? indicates that those present were unsure of the plant name

Acacia ? deanei ssp. paucijuga Gonocarpus tetragynus Acacia decurrens Goodenia hederacea Acacia falciformis Haloragis heterophylla Acacia mearnsii Helichrysum leucopsideum Acacia terminalis Hibbertia calycina Amyema pendula Hibbertia obtusifolia Aristida ramosa Hydrocotyle laxiflora Asplenium flabellifolium Hydrocotyle tripartita Astroloma humifusum Hypericum gramineum Austrodanthonia sp. Indigofera australis Austrostipa bigeniculata Joycea pallida Austrostipa densiflora Juncus sp. Austrostipa rudis ssp. rudis Kunzea ericoides spinulosa Kunzea parvifolia Billardiera scandens Lagenophora stipitata buxifolia Lepidosperma gunnii Lepidosperma urophorum Brachyloma daphnoides Leptospermum multicaule Carex inversa Leucopogon fraseri Cassinia aculeata Lissanthe strigosa Cassinia arcuata Lomandra filiformis ssp. coriacea Cassinia longifolia Lomandra longifolia Centella asiatica Lomandra multiflora Centipeda ? cunninghamii Lomandra obliqua Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia ilicifolia Chrysocephalum apiculatum Luzula densiflora Comesperma ericinum Melaleuca parvistaminea Cryptandra amara var. amara Melichrus urceolatus Cymbonotus lawsonianus Mentha diemenica Daviesia latifolia Microlaena stipoides Daviesia leptophylla Microtis sp. Dianella revoluta Monotoca scoparia Dichondra repens Opercularia hispida Dillwynia sericea Ozothamnus diosmifolius Diuris pardina Panicum effusum Drosera peltata Patersonia glabrata Echinopogon sp. Patersonia longifolia Elymus scaber Patersonia sericea Entolasia stricta Persicaria prostrata Eucalyptus globoidea linearis Eucalyptus dives Petalochilus carneus Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Petalochilus fuscatus Eucalyptus mannifera Pimelea curviflora Eucalyptus melliodora Poa meionectes Eucalyptus radiata Poa sieberiana Eucalyptus sieberi Pomaderris elliptica Euchiton sp. Pomax umbellata Geranium sp. Poranthera microphylla Gompholobium minus Pratia pedunculata

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region Pteridium esculentum Pterostylis pedunculata Pultenaea ? daphnoides Pultenaea microphylla Pultenaea villifera Pultenaea subspicata Rhytidosporum procumbens Schoenus apogon Solanum linearifolium Solenogyne dominii Stackhousia monogyna Stylidium graminifolium Stypandra glauca Themeda triandra Velleia paradoxa ? Veronica calycina Veronica plebeia Viola betonicifolia Vittadinia muelleri Wahlenbergia gracilis Xanthorrhoea concava

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region