Wednesday Walk in Kowen Forest and The Pound - 8 Setpember 2010

This is a small TSR with a wealth of interesting plants. It is on the Kings Highway between and (NSW) and is open woodland with a wonderful display of grassland plants in spring/summer. Highlights are Eryngium rostratum (Blue Devils), Podolepis jaceoides (Showy Copper-wire Daisy), Calotis scabiosifolia var. integrifolia (Mauve Burr Daisy) and Lotus australis (Australian trefoil). On the latest visit Crytandra amara var. longiflora, Hovea hetrophylla, Acacia gunnii, Cymbonotus lawsonianus and Wurmbea dioica were flowering well. All images by Bill Willis.

Morning tea Acacia gunnii Hovea heterophylla

Wurmbea dioica (male) Ranunculus lappaceus Lissanthe strigosa buds

Leucochrysum albicans bud Ajuga australis Podolepis jaceoides leaves with buds forming

Cymbonotus lawsonianus Brachyloma daphnoides buds Drosera peltata

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Region Plant List for Kowen Forest & Pound – 20 November 1996, 25 October 2000, 23 January 2008 & 8 September 2010

? indicates that those present were unsure of the plant name

Acacia dealbata Dianella revoluta Acacia genistifolia Dichelachne sp. Acacia gunnii Dichondra repens Acacia implexa Dillwynia sericea Acaena ovina Dipodium roseum Acrotriche serrulata Diuris sulphurea Ajuga australis Drosera peltata Amyena pendula Echinopogon sp. Aphanes ? australiana Einadia nutans Aristida ramosa Eleocharis sp. Arthropodium minus Elymus scaber Asperula conferta Eryngium rostratum Astroloma humifusum Eucalyptus blakelyi Austrodanthonia carphoides Eucalyptus bridgesiana Austrodanthonia laevis Eucalyptus mannifera Austrostipa scabra var. falcata Eucalyptus melliodora Billardiera scandens Eucalyptus nortonii Bossiaea buxifolia Eucalyptus rossii Bossiaea prostrata Eucalyptus rubida Bothriochloa macra Exocarpos cupressiformis Brachyloma daphnoides Exocarpos strictus Brachyscome rigidula Gallium gaudichaudii Bulbine bulbosa Geranium sp. Bursaria spinosa ssp. lasiophylla Glossodia major Callitris endlicheri Glycine clandestina Calocephalus citreus Gompholobium huegelii Calotis scabiosifolia var. integrifolia Gonocarpus tetragynus Carex appressa Goodenia hederacea Carex inversa Goodenia pinnatifida Cassinia hewsoniae Haloragis heterophylla Cassinia aculeata Hardenbergia violacea Cassinia longifolia Helichrysum rutidolepis Cassinia quinquefaria Helichrysum scorpioides Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia Hibbertia obtusifolia Chrysocephalum apiculatum (green and grey) Hovea heterophylla Chrysocephalum semipapposum (green and grey) Hydrocotyle laxiflora Clematis microphylla Hydrocotyle sp. Convolvulus erubescens Hypericum gramineum Craspedia variabilis Indigofera australis Crassula sieberiana Isoetopsis graminifolium Cryptandra amara var. longiflora Isotoma fluviatilis Cullen microcephalum Joycea pallida Cymbonotus lawsonianus Juncus sp. Cynoglossum australe Leptorhynchos squamatus Cynoglossum suaveolens Leucochrysum albicans ssp. albicans var. tricolor Daucus glochidiatus Lissanthe strigosa Daviesia genistifolia Lomandra filiformis ssp. coriacea Daviesia mimosoides Lomandra filiformis ssp. filiformis Desmodium brachypodum Lomandra multiflora Desmodium varians Lotus australis Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region Luzula densiflora Senecio hispidulus Lythrum hyssopifolia Senecio quadridentatus Melichrus urceolatus Solenogyne dominii Mentha diemenica Solenogyne gunnii Microlaena stipoides Stackhousia monogyna Microseris lanceolata Stuartina meulleri Microtis sp. Stylidium graminifolium Opercularia hispida Tetratheca ericifolia Oreomyrrhis eriopoda Thelymitra sp. Ottelia ovata Themeda triandra Oxalis perennans Thysanotus patersonii Panicum effusum Tricoryne elatior Pimelea curviflora Triptilodiscus pygmaeus Pimelea linifolia Velleia paradoxa Plantago varia Veronica calycina Poa meionectes Viola betonicifolia Podolepis jaceoides Vittadinia cuneata Pomaderris eriocephala Vittadinia muelleri Poranthera microphylla Wahlenbergia communis Pultenaea procumbens Wahlenbergia gracilis Ranunculus lappaceus Wahlenbergia stricta Sarga leiocladum Wurmbea dioica Scleranthus biflorus Xerochrysum viscosum

Bird List Common Bronzewing Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Crimson Rosella Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo - display, chasing each other around the top of a tree, mobbed by thornbills Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Pallid Cuckoo - display, male call and response by female who visited Fan-tailed Cuckoo - display, female swooped calling male Laughing Kookaburra White-throated Treecreeper Superb Fairy-wren Striated Thornbill Buff-rumped Thornbill, nest with young, adults carrying food into nest found in very large, burnt out, old stump Striated Pardalote Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird Varied Sittella, Swooped an-tailed cuckoo Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Grey Shrike-thrush Australian Magpie Pied Currawong Grey Currawong Grey Fantail Australian Raven Magpie-lark White-winged Chough Scarlet Robin, male and female

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