Wednesday Walk in Monga Forest – Loop off Reidsdale Road – 4 March 2009

We left cars at both ends of this loop (shown on the 1:25,000 Monga map) which is on the southern side of Reidsdale Road. We started at the top, ie the western end, and were in tall forest with a moist understorey of an interesting array of including many tree ferns (Dicksonia antarctica and Cyathea australis), Goodenia ovata, Persoonia linearis, Platysace lanceolata, Coprosma quadrifida, Leucopogon lanceolatus. The first part of the track was easy to follow but the second part was overgrown and covered in debris – easily missed.

Image by Jean Geue Image by Jean Geue

Loop track Image by Jean Geue Persoonia linearis Image by Roger Farrow

Polyscias sambucifolia fruit Image by Roger Farrow Smilax australis fruit Image by Roger Farrow

Xerochrysum bracteatum Image by Jean Geue Platysace lanceolata Image by Jean Geue

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region List for Reidsdale Road Loop – Monga Forest – 4 March 2009

? indicates that those present were unsure of the plant name

Acacia ? falcata Lepidosperma laterale Acacia falciformis Leucopogon lanceolatus Acacia obtusifolia Lomandra longifolia Acacia trachyphloia Lycopodium deuterodensum Acaena novae-zelandiae Opercularia hispida Adiantum aethiopicum Oxalis sp. Amperea xiphoclada Ozothamnus ? argophyllus Arrhenechthites mixta Persoonia linearis Bedfordia arborescens Pimelea ligustrina Billardiera scandens Plantago debilis Blechnum nudum Platysace lanceolata Bursaria spinosa Poa meionectes Carex appressa Polyscias sambucifolia (fern leaf) Carex inversa Pomaderris aspera Cassinia aculeata Pomaderris elliptica Cassinia longifolia Poranthera microphylla Clematis aristata Pratia purpurascens Coprosma quadrifida Prostanthera lasianthos scorpioides Prunella vulgaris Cotula alpina Pteridium esculentum Daviesia ulicifolia Pterostylis sp. Dianella caerulea Schoenus melanostachys Dianella tasmanica Smilax australis Dichondra repens Spiranthes sinensis Dicksonia antarctica Stackhousia monogyna Dipodium sp. Stylidium armeria Echinopogon sp. Tasmannia lanceolata Entolasia stricta Tylophora barbata Eragrostis sp. Veronica ? notabilis Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Viola hederacea Wahlenbergia sp. Eucalyptus obliqua Xerochrysum bracteatum Eucalyptus sieberi Euchiton gymnocephalus Eustrephus holopetalus Exocarpus cupressiformis Exocarpus strictus Gahnia sp. Galium sp. Gonocarpus tetragynus Gonocarpus teucrioides Goodenia ovata Hakea eriantha elatum Helichrysum leucopsideum Hemarthria uncinata Hydrocotyle laxiflora Hypericum japonicum Lagenophora stipitata Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region