Wildflowers Orchids & Ferns Grasses Lilies Lilies of the Foothills and Mountains of Northeastern This brochure shows a selection of wildflowers from the foothills and mountains in the Goulburn-Broken and Northeast catchments (see map at back). The photos may assist Wildflowers in identifying some of the more common groundlayer species. The bioregion colour codes and the distribution map will help you with your identification (bioregion descriptions can be found at the DSE website listed below). The symbol ~ indicates that no other species in that are likely to be encountered. Photos show in Wildf l of the Foothills and Mountains flower, however some colours may vary depending on location. This brochure provides a good starting point, but many species can look very similar. of Northeastern Victoria See the references below for accurate species identification.

Also refer to the guide for the Wildflowers of the Plains and Low Hills in Northeastern o

Victoria – some of those species are also found here. Aquatic, alpine and annual plants wers Wattle Mat-rush Spiny-headed Mat-rush Many-flowered Mat-rush are generally excluded from this guide. Common Bird-orchid Golden Moths Nodding Greenhood Red-leg Grass ~ Long-hair Plume-grass Weeping Grass ~ Pale Vanilla-lily Chocolate Lily Small Vanilla-lily Lomandra filiformis ssp. coriacea Lomandra longifolia ssp. longifolia Lomandra multiflora ssp. multiflora HOW CAN I HELP? Chiloglottis valida Diuris chryseopsis Pterostylis nutans Bothriochloa macra Dichelachne crinita Microlaena stipoides Arthropodium milleflorum Arthropodium strictum Arthropodium minus ■ ■ PG ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ IH To help to conserve places where wildflowers persist, you can: ■ ■ ■ IH ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ RZ ■ ■ ■ JH ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ MT • Join a local Field Naturalists, Environment, Friends of, or Landcare group. of the Foothills and Mountains Northeastern Victoria • Ask your Shire to include any wildflower areas you know of in their roadside Sedges conservation plan. If you own or manage land: • Avoid any kind of earthworks in areas with wildflowers and native grasses. • Avoid the application of herbicides and fertilizers. • Talk to DSE Biodiversity Officers about ecological burns and kangaroo grazing management. • Talk to CMA and DPI officers about fencing and grazing management. • Control rabbits. • Identify and remove perennial weeds. • Talk to Trust for Nature Victoria about Conservation Covenants. For more information: Goulburn-Broken Catchment Management Authority Rosy Hyacinth-orchid Austral Ladies' Tresses ~ Slender Sun-orchid Bristly Wallaby-grass Flower CSU Common Hedgehog-grass ~ Milkmaids ~ Bulbine Lily Yellow Rush-lily ~ (03) 5820 1100 www.gbcma.vic.gov.au roseum Spiranthes australis Thelymitra pauciflora Austrodanthonia setacea Echinopogon ovatus Burchardia umbellata Bulbine bulbosa Tricoryne elatior 20 sp of Wallaby-grass North East Catchment Management Authority MT EC BC LR PG PM MT MT Common Woodrush Common Bog-sedge Tassel Sedge (02) 6043 7600 www.necma.vic.gov.au ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Luzula meridionalis Schoenus apogon Carex fascicularis Departments of Sustainability and Environment, and Primary Industries ■ ■ ■ IH ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ TD ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ PG Benalla (03) 5761 1611 or Wodonga (02) 6043 7900 www.dse.vic.gov.au www.dpi.vic.gov.au OTHER REFERENCES Corrick, M. & Fuhrer, B. 2001. Wildflowers of Victoria Costermans, L., 1992. Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Cunningham, G., Mulham, W., Milthorpe, P. & Leigh, J. 1981. Plants of Western Lunt, I., Barlow, T. & Ross, J. 1998. Plains Wandering Viridans. 2007. Wild Plants of Victoria (CD) Walsh, N.G. & Entwistle, T.J. 1999. Flora of Victoria ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Thanks to those who provided comments on this guide. Thanks also to Leigh Common Maidenhair Necklace Fern Green Rock-fern Dense Spear-grass Flower MT Kangaroo Grass ~ Common Fringe-lily Twining Fringe-lily Common Early Nancy ~ Catchment Group for allowing the use of their brochure format. Map produced Adiantum aethiopicum Asplenium flabellifolium Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia Austrostipa densiflora Themeda triandra Thysanotus tuberosus Thysanotus patersonii Wurmbea dioica ssp. dioica Variable Sword-sedge Leafy Flat-sedge Pale Rush by Phi-R Pty Ltd 15 sp of Spear-grass ■ ■ ■ ■ RZ ■ ■ ■ PG ■ ■ ■ IH ■ ■ ■ IH ■ ■ IM ■ ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ RZ ■ ■ ■ MT Lepidosperma laterale Cyperus lucidus Juncus pallidus Compiled by Mary Titcumb for Department of Sustainability and Environment, ■ ■ ■ LR ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ MR-K ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ TD and Sally Mann. Published by GBCMA © Copyright of content owned by GBCMA, 2009. Citation: Titcumb, M. (DSE) & Mann, S. (2009) Wildflowers of the Foothills and Mountains of Northeastern Victoria, Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, Shepparton. ISBN: 978-1-920742-18-8 Disclaimer: This information may be of assistance to you but the State of Victoria and its employees do not guarantee that the information is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate to your purposes and therefore disclaims liability for any errors, loss or other consequences which may arise from you relying on this information. Cover Photo by Glen Johnson Fishbone Water-fern Mother Shield-fern Austral Bracken ~ Common Tussock-grass Flower CSU Red-anthered Wallaby-grass ~ Black-anther Flax-lily Tasman Flax-lily Nodding Blue-lily ~ Tall Sedge Thatch Saw-sedge Red-fruit Saw-sedge Designed by Colourfield Creative www.colourfield.com.au 2013 Blechnum nudum Polystichum proliferum Pteridium esculentum Poa labillardierei Joycea pallida Dianella admixta Dianella tasmanica Stypandra glauca Carex appressa Gahnia radula Gahnia sieberiana 20 native, 6 introduced sp MT IM MT MT MT IM MT MT MR-K PG ©Copyright - Design - Colourfield Creative 2013 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Herbs Herbs Herbs Sub-Shrubs & Twiners Bioregions of the Foothills and Mountains, Northeastern Victoria Tocumwal

Cobram Corowa Yarrawonga Nathalia Albury Numurkah Chiltern Wodonga Tallangatta Corryong

Wangaratta Shepparton Variable Plantain Small Poranthera ~ Small St John's Wort Southern Tick-trefoil Kidney-weed ~ Prickly Woodruff Many-stemmed Bluebell Tall Bluebell Rock Isotome Honey-pots Creeping Bossiaea Blue Finger-flower ~ Plantago varia Poranthera microphylla Hypericum gramineum Desmodium gunnii Dichondra repens Asperula scoparia Wahlenbergia multicaulis Wahlenbergia stricta Isotoma axillaris Acrotriche serrulata Bossiaea prostrata Cheiranthera cyanea var. cyanea Glenrowan ■ ■ ■ PG ■ ■ ■ IM ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ PG ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ IM ■ ■ ■ KW ■ ■ ■ PM ■ ■ ■ CF ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ IM ■ ■ ■ MT Mitta Mitta Benalla Myrtleford Murchison

Bright Euroa Mount Beauty Nagambie

Seymour Mansfield Omeo Blue Pincushion ~ Austral Bear's-ear ~ Common Bottle-daisy Shady Wood-sorrel Showy Violet Ivy-leaf Violet Slender Dock Common Raspwort Hill Raspwort Common Hovea Dwarf Boronia Common Rice-flower Alexandra Brunonia australis Cymbonotus preissianus Lagenophora stipitata Oxalis exilis Viola betonicifolia Viola hederacea Rumex brownii Gonocarpus tetragynus Gonocarpus elatus Hovea heterophylla Boronia nana var. hyssopifolia Pimelea humilis Broadford Yea Eildon ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ IH ■ ■ ■ PC ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ IH ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ TD ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ MT Snobs Creek

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WEBSITES Biodiversity Information Resources and Data (BIRD) www.bird.net.au CSU Herbarium www.csu.edu.au/herbarium Environment Australia www.ea.gov.au Variable Billy-buttons Button Everlasting Scaly Buttons Stinking Pennywort Hairy Speedwell Austral Bugle ~ Variable Willow-herb Tall Sundew Grass Triggerplant Running Postman ~ Love Creeper ~ Common Apple-berry FloraOnline http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Craspedia variabilis Helichrysum scorpioides Leptorhynchos squamatus Hydrocotyle laxiflora Veronica calycina Ajuga australis Epilobium billardierianum ssp. cinereum Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata armeria Kennedia prostrata Comesperma volubile Billardiera mutabilis Greening Australia www.greeningaustralia.org.au ■ ■ ■ CF ■ ■ ■ TD ■ ■ MT ■ ■ RZ ■ ■ PG ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ IM ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ EC ■ ■ ■ CF ■ ■ ■ MR-K ■ ■ ■ IM Landcare Gateway www.landcarevic.net.au Land for Wildlife www.dse.vic.gov.au/notes/ National Herbarium of Victoria Legend www.rbg.vic.gov.au/research_and_conservation/herbarium Nature Web www.natureweb.org.au North East SWIFFT www.swifft.bird.net.au Central Victorian Uplands VicVeg Online www.vicveg.net.au Highlands - Northern Fall PHOTOGRAPHY: All photographs shown here (apart from Paul Gullan/Viridans Images) have Victorian Alps been donated. The initials of the photographer/organisation is listed below each image. BC Brad Costin, CF Chris Findlay, CSU Charles Sturt University East Gippsland Uplands Herbarium, EC Eileen Collins, IH Ian Higgins, IM Ian McCann courtesy of The Streambanks and Wetlands State of Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment collection, JH Jo Heard, KW KarenWales, LR Lyndall Rowley, MR-K Mike Robinson-Koss, MT See "Wildflowers of the Plains and Mary Titcumb, PC Dr Peter Curtis, PG Paul Gullan/Viridans Images, PM Paul Low Hills of Northeastern Victoria" Clustered Everlasting Australian Buttercup Creamy Candles Variable Crane's-bill Bidgee-widgee Prickly Starwort White Elderberry ~ Rough Fireweed Scrub Nettle Twining Glycine Purple Coral-pea ~ Mountain Clematis McKenna, RZ Reto Zollinger, TD Tim D’Ombrain. Chrysocephalum semipapposum Ranunculus lappaceus Stackhousia monogyna Geranium sp. 2 Acaena novae-zelandiae Stellaria pungens Sambucus gaudichaudiana Senecio hispidulus Urtica incisa Glycine clandestina Hardenbergia violacea Clematis aristata ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ ■ IM ■ ■ ■ IH ■ ■ MR-K ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ TD ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ ■ ■ MT ■ ■ IM