Wednesday Walk in Wanna Wanna Nature Reserve – 4 April 21012

Wanna Wanna Nature Reserve is hidden away off Pony Place (off Clydesdale Road) in Carwoola, not far from Queanbeyan. It is quite a large Reserve – 33 hectares – and this time, we decided to cover as much of it as we could. We first walked the length of the northern boundary then took a ridge line diagonally to the south-eastern corner, then followed the eastern boundary back. There were some lovely trees with countless habitat holes - (flowering), E. goniocalyx, E. mannifera (flowering), E. rossii and E. polyanthemos. We saw a good selection of autumn orchids - Eriochilus cucullatus (several), Corunastylis cornuta (1), Diplodium truncatum (lots of patches) and finally D. reflexum (most finished but one good specimen). Other flowers were Astroloma humifusum (several covered with flowers), Stylidium graminifolium, Goodenia hederacea, urceolatus, Xerochrysum viscosum, Wahlenbergia stricta, W. communis, W. gracilis and W. multicaulis. There were a few flowers on some of the Pultenaea procumbens and many flowers on Brachyscome rigidula - white through to mauve. We added quite a lot of new plants to the list and feel that we're getting a bit more familiar with this Reserve.

General view of the reserve Image by Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Image by Diplodium truncatum Image by Martin Roger Farrow Martin Butterfield Butterfield

Eriochilus cucullatus Image by Diplodium reflexum Image by Pultenaea procumbens Image Brachyscome rigidula Image by Graeme Kruse Graeme Kruse by Roger Farrow Roger Farrow

Astroloma humifusum Image Wahlenbergia stricta Image by Wahlenbergia gracilis Image Goodenia hederacea Image by by Graeme Kruse Graeme Kruse by Graeme Kruse Graeme Kruse List for Wanna Wanna Nature Reserve - 12 January 2000, 9 November 2011 & 4 April 2012

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Acacia dawsonii Glycine clandestina dealbata Gompholobium huegelii Acacia falciformis Gonocarpus tetragynus Acacia gunnii Goodenia hederacea Acacia mearnsii Haloragis heterophylla Hardenbergia violacea Acacia rubida Helichrysum scorpioides Acrotriche serrulata Hibbertia obtusifolia pendula Hovea heterophylla Aristida ramosa Hydrocotyle laxiflora Asperula conferta Hypericum gramineum Astroloma humifusum Indigofera australis Austrodanthonia ? carphoides Joycea pallida Austrodanthonia laevis Juncus sp. Austrostipa scabra ssp. falcata Kunzea ericoides Billardiera scandens Kunzea parvifolia Brachyloma daphnoides Lachnagrostis filiformis Brachyscome rigidula Lepidosperma laterale Cassinia longifolia Leptospermum myrtifolium Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia Leucopogon fletcheri ssp. brevisepalus Chrysocephalum apiculatum Lissanthe strigosa Corunastylis cornuta Lomandra filiformis Cymbonotus lawsonianus Lomandra longifolia Daucus glochidiatus Lomandra multiflora Daviesia genistifolia Luzula densiflora Daviesia mimosoides Melichrus urceolatus Daviesia ulicifolia Microlaena stipoides Dianella revoluta Microseris lanceolata Dichelachne sp. Monotoca scoparia Dillwynia sericea Pimelea curviflora Dillwynia sieberi Pimelea linifolia Diplodium reflexum Poa meionectes Diplodium truncatum Pomaderris eriocephala Diuris sulphurea Poranthera microphylla Einadia nutans Pultenaea procumbens Elymus scaber Schoenus apogon Eriochilus cucullatus Scleranthus biflorus Eucalyptus dives Senecio quadridentatus Eucalyptus goniocalyx Solenogyne dominii Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Stylidium graminifolium Eucalyptus mannifera Themeda australis Eucalyptus nortonii Thysanotus patersonii Triptilodiscus pygmaeus Eucalyptus rossii Veronica calycina Exocarpos cupressiformis Vittadinia muelleri Galium gaudichaudii Wahlenbergia communis Wahlenbergia gracilis Grey Shrike-thrush Wahlenbergia multicaulis White-throated Treecreeper Wahlenbergia stricta White-eared Honeyeater Xerochrysum viscosum Australian Magpie Spotted Pardalote Bird List Grey Fantail Wedge-tailed Eagle White-winged Chough Superb Fairy-wren Buff-rumped Thornbill Crimson Rosella