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ISS. N'S FRAMEWORK - 7 THINKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING OR RE- ESTABLISHING A GARDEN ? As mentioned, drawing up a plan is necessary before any planting occurs. This isoften called Not sure what style? Before you rush out to the framework from which you will work buy plants think about the area you want to from, and generally contains three layers of have for a garden, and what you wish to plants. Thes~?are the understorey, the middle achieve overall. Some examples are: layer and the taller canopy plants. The upper layer (canopy) contains the larger trees and low maintenance, simple, affordable shrubs which form the outline, si~an?33d to provide shelter or for relaxation coverage of the overall garden.The second or to provide colour or fragrance middle layer provide: the structure of massed a natural 'bush garden' mimicking the foliage plants against the lawest layer 37 bush, and encouraging wildlife understorey of decorative plants, flowers. suitable for young families and herbs and graundcovers. In a bushland setrlng incorporating play areas or other structured garden you may have specific plants, or collector's garden more than three layers, however three is a formal or informal gardens or rooms good target to aim for. For rural property traditional or seasonal, rainforest or easements or edges two layers may be coastal sufficient proving a row of larger trees and a cottage or gardens with walking trails second roy of shrubs In time, a th~rdrow contemporary, or solely Australian could be cohs~deredsuch as saltbusn species, withlwithout borders or other or smaller ground covers features and edgings The frameyork and structure levels planned If you have a large rural piece you may only on paper and put into practice will become want to plant areas such as entrances, around the evolving garden over time Consider the the house, shelter belts, creek lines or even plant speciles with such things as colour, plants for fodder, bush foods, cut flowers or shape, texture, fragrance and form. Choose other interest towards farm diversification . wisely a spkcies that is known to do well in the particular area in which you intend to Only when you have decided this, can you plant. It's no use planting a plant that likes to realistically proceed to the next stage, of have wet feet, if you are planting in a desert drawing up some sort of organised plan, or dry area.^ which can change over time, and then a species list. Once this is done you can start Plant according to local conditions.

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1 ANPSA DOMAIN NAME BE INSPIRED BUT REMEMBER, IN SMALL AREAS YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL. SOME USEFUL FREE INFORMATION ABOUT WHY PUT NATIVE SPECIES IN PONDS? AUSTRALIAN PLANT NAMES articles by By Chris Jones (an answer to article by B. lees, E.Hegarty & ,I.Sked. SGAP Q1d.BulletinSept.2010. Native Plants of NS W October 2010.p.28) Qld.'s DERMwildlife online website: Why not? Any wet area or object holding water becomes a breeding ground for wrigglers and mosquitoes. Anyone that has suffered from Ross River Fever, dengue, offers lists of species so far recorded in malaria or Encephalitis and survived - will tell 4 hundreds of Parks and reserves, Local you that these are mosquito nkdiseases Government areas (Councils) and other sites which can have serious con&&es. My in Qld. These lists can help with identification husband spent five days in a coma as a result of some plant (or ) that you might see of Viral Encephalitis and it was ' touch and go' on a field trip or in your local area. on a number of occasions. He was bitten numerous times by mosquitoes in one day, The website states: "The department's wildlife and had what we believed to be a heavy head databose contains recorded wildlife sightings cold. We all know better now that this was and listings of plants, fungi, protists, the start of the disease . Fortunately, ne is one mammals, birds, , of the lucky ones. With the severe natural freshwater fish, marine cartilaginous fish ond floods that much of eastern Australia has butterflies in Queensland. This website experienced, people need to be aware that enables you to access a list of wildlife that the with these floods can come the influx, department has recorded for areas such as breeding and dispersal of large numbers of National Parks, Stote Forests and Shires, or mosquitoes and mosquito-borne disease. areas defined by the user. " b','ater whether a saucer full or a river call become a breeding ground. The information is available as a PDF file- download specific or can be emailed to you. So if you have a pond or wet area why Other useful sites include wouldn't you put a natural control http://www.anbg.gov.au/anb~/index- mechanism in place to counter the problems photo.htm which gives access to photographs that will occur. If you have bog plants in pots of native plants. in the water as well as other aquatic loving plants partly inlout of the water, and a few The Virtual Herbarium homepage is : rocks, you have the natural environment for http://www.ersa.edu.au/avh/ now gives links and fish. Add native Australian fish not to access the State Herbariums and many exotic fish, to feed on the insects. Birds, frogs other sources of local information. and reptiles will find vour pond. A pJmp will assist aeration of the pond and you can use a solar pump. If your pond is set up properly you will not need to clear, it If you do happei? BOTANICAL JARGON to have a large volume of insects your fish won't need feeding unless you wish to Adnate - United to a part or organ of a different kind, asstamens attached to petals. supplement them. They should get all they need from the natural environment. Cover Connate - Closely joined or united to a similar your pond with netting. If really successful part or organ. you will have birds drawn to your garden.

Water features such as ponds and fountains are very soothing and add another dimension to your garden. possums. Bees had also established a hive in nearby trees, and were actively VALUING TREE PLANTING collecting honey from the flowering When you have been planting trees as eucalypts. A number of reptiles and other protection and revegetation measures how insects (native bees, wasps, mosquitoes) do you value the success of such an were sighted. But it was the bird species action? Believe me, it's not by how many which were the best ecological indicators. plants planted, or the numbers of years Try this in your revegetation patch. If you you have,been doing so. So how do we live in an urban area, you'll probably measure success? notice birds returning to areas, often not Simply, by the numbers of species seen in the vicinity for quite some time. returning to an area. Birds are the ideal This in itself is valuable in 'returning an ecological indicators - they are in general area to its previous condition' .The birds conspicuous, vocal, ubiquitous and that return assist pollination, seed diverse. There are birds in nearly every dispersal, insect control and nutrient landscape as well as species for all niches recycling all of benefit to the overall - from nectar feeders to top level environment. predators. Therefore number and type of Why not conduct a bird survey on your species can give us a picture of habitat revegetation plot? Make it count by quality. registering your interest with Birds Revegetation sites provide excellent sites Australia who can assist you with specific for bird surveying. In one of our forms etc. Interested in growing trees or revegetation sites we planted a range of planting out raised tube stock? Give local species and a trial patch of eucalypts Greening Australia, Trees for Life, CALM, grown for their timbers, bark and or local group etc. a call . botanicals, with local shrubs and ground covers. In the first 12 months the insects came and then the birds. Surveys were OUR NATIVE FAUNA conducted at 2 years, 5 years and 10 years to review progress of growth, and There are many species of Australian return of biodiversity. Each time we fauna just as there is with Australian flora. surveyed, regardless of the season, there Did you know that there are several were quite a large number of avian species of viombats (Vombatus) :- sturdy, species - insectivorous and nectar burrowing marsupials that may weigh 25 feeders (eg. the wattlebirds, pardalotes, kg. or mcre. Wombats used to be honeyeaters, weebills, babblers) as well common in the uplands of the south as larger species (currawongs, owls and eastern corner of Australia. falcons). Admittedly in the beginning, the The largest marsupial family includes the return of species seemed lower than that kangaroos and wallabies. The Scrub which was occurring within our heritage Wallaby inhabits the edges of thick scrub adjacent. But with time, the species vegetation in parts of Queensland and appeared to extend their area by including New South Wales. The forested the revegetated section. More and more birds appeared in both areas. Not only countryside of the eastern states is the main stronghold of the Eastern grey birds, but native fauna could be sighted as Kangaroo. well- kangaroos, emus, echidna, and VIRUS THREAT Rusts are highly transportable. Their spores can be carried by means of A number of viruses In the plant world contaminated clothing, infected plant threaten our native plants and . In material and equipment, insect movement, a media release from SABC in August and by wind dispersal. These rusts affect 2010 referred to indigenous Western commercial growing operations and native Australian plants, including the kangaroo ecosystems. paw (the floral emblem of WA) said to be under threat from introduced viruses. How the threats impact on biodiversity, conservation, remediation and the wildflower industry were yet to be determined. Under an ARC project grant Dr. Stephen Wylie (WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre) and other partners, will focus on the rofe plant viruses play in affecting the sustainability of Australia's floral heritage, and in developing strategies to limit vrrus spread between native plant populations

Manyviruses are known to be spread by aphids. Australia has 13 indigenous species recorded, yet there are over 150 aphid species introduced from overseas. Many of these have facilitated movement of damaging viruses into and out of native populations

Dr. Wylie has also discovered that 70% of rndividuals of the wetland plant species, Triglochin, were infected at one site alongside the Swan River, by the Introduced Bean Yellow Mosaic Virus (BYMV). The corm of the Triglochinwas a valuable Abor~ginal bush food, and the plant species plays a large ecological role in filtering grey water, nitrates and

Nevi! hiye4,, -- bright - ydlar punulk of lyrtlci(wt phosphates from waterways. .. , . ii :.>;' . ?-;,..: ,.>. ,. . . : .t+,<~+~~;;~;&:?~,' TuqWee. .: .. - *...... -, :, . :. ...fi . . ., , . .,. ,, . . .;. .;. -.+- -. , - .::-.*- >;,:: ,...,2-,.r-.+,; . ,..,. :.?+:::> ::::.. .??!.--,. , . Anotherinvasive species is myrtle rust, :: ! :.: i; Uredo rangelii. This species is closely Disclaimer: The material In this publicat~onwas prepared from the most up-to-date information related to the fungi causing guava rust, available at the time of publication. It is intended as a and eucalyptus rust, and part of a complex guide only and the publisher accepts no responsibility for errors. of ruststhat infect the Myrtaceae family of plants which include many native Australian plants. Eucryphia October2006 i 4 Eucryphia October 2006

MULCHES AREN'TJUST MULCHES MULCI IGS ARL JUST MULCI-113s (Contmucdjmmpogc 3) Phil Watson Many types of mulcl~are tvatcr wasters not watcr miam sausfying sense of achicvcmcnr can bc enjoyed by cnthusinstic br~shcrrers. pirdcnrrs ULbf carnpnsrd of finc nnd conrsc particlts initially soak up d the rnin and irrigation and landscapers alike. following n revcgctstion or landscape planting fcartlrcs a which rnther thnn allow~n~it rn flow lrccly down into the soil and onwards into thc phnt's root frcsh blankct of'ncatly spread mulch. Thcsc. committed folk takc it for grantctl thal by zone. Ncnce, doc to ~tsspan$:(. likr cffcct, thcrc is a substantial volume of precious water spreading mulch thcy wiIl not only enjoy an ~ttmtt~vchndscapc, but will bc rvwarclcd losr to rhc soil cspcc~alli.dr~rrn~ Ilphr showers. Ulrimately x lot of the watcr held in the .% From an array of wnter-saving, weed reducing, disease mirumis~ng. fwe rcrarrltng :trlc! mulch layer 1s wasted sincc ~t evaporates back into the dcg atmosphcrc. !. nutrient rcicasing benefits. ULM and especially the uncomposted tree mulchcs are notorious for their tendency i Ifowever, rcccnt scicnrific studies, rcportcd in the "Wening ~iusrmlia"rnapfrzll~c to became hydrophobic (watcr rcpclfcnt). sumst that thc ~nucipatedoutcomes don'r evcnmrttc, prinmtily duc rcl poor sclccrior~of Aftcr a few months thcy c<~mp:~ctdown causing the smaller particles to till up the air ! muEch ingcdients and en inconsistent rangc af psrticlc sizes. spaces betwccn thc larger paruclcs resulting in an impervious layer over the soil. Coupled This arcicle aims to provide a solution to the Ercqucntly cxpcricnced gr~wvct's with hsthey Form an ideal cnvirnn~ncntfor rapid grdo€ fungi mycelium and the frusmdons assdatcd with loss of plants as well as planting and growing umc, di~cto rhc white actinomycetcs (thc whitc powder colour in mulch), which tend to strongly bind the poor perfomancc of chc mulch. soil particles into a vcry compact hydrophobic mass. Consequently it is nearly impossible Three types of mulch for water to penetrate into the soil below. The only recourse is to regularly "fluff up" the As a brief background, mulchcs are grouped as elthcr landscape mulch (somctimcs mulch. Interestingly, as a temporary solution, this technique is used on the fine mulches referred to as groundcovcr or rcvcgctauon mulch), sod conditioner mulch or green mirlch spread under play equipment as soft fall to maintain its impact absorbing qualities. (uncomposted shredded trimmings). Chunky rni~lrl~rspromote air flow and limit microbial nastica Soil coridi~iuacr rnulchea (pea straw, Luceme hay, compost, scs grass ctt:l arc CLM allow air to tlow trecly through the network of spaces bemeen the chunky comp~sedof a mixture of coarsc and fine pa&clcs which will decomposc into humus particles, ensuring thc air in the soil (air GUcd porosity) is dscd.AL flow is an ovcr shon periods. As humus, thcse mulchcs crln be dug directly into thc soil. I.Icrc they essential ingrcdicnr to inhillit cxccssivc growth of unwanted diseasc micro organisms contriburc significant amounts of nu&cncs to the sod as weU as improving soil srnicmrc including inkcuous fungl discascs such as root and stern rot fungi &tbium,p&/hpb~, by clumping together soil particles to form pcds. This in turn enhances its watcr holding armiI/un'a ctc.). ULhI acts like a wct sponge during rainy periods which sics on the sod capacity and air flow into the soil (air Ued porosity). forming wet scarf-like bands around the stems and crowns of plants dowing these nasty Thcg arc cxccllcnt for veggic p~rchcsand mulching around fruit wets or Eloxvcr bcds. fungi to dominate. However, since they rapidly break down, they are ol little use as x landscape or CLM on the other hand provides a constant airflow which allows thc good microbes rcvegetation mufch. including the nutrient postmen of the soil qcorrbira and nitrogen fucing rbixobium bacteria Landscape or revegetation mulch (pine or gum barks, cornpostcd recycicd orpnic to dominate at the expense of the bad ones. mulchcs, woodchips, various grades of gravels ctc) arc a spccklised ~oupof mtllchcs Chunky muIchcs arc weed and fire retardant composed of carefully graded chunky picccs which are slow to break down. n~cuniform gndcs of chunky pnrdcles in CLM mulches produce the advantages of Green mulch This is matcd scparatcly as a probIcmatical mulch rppc althoufih it is restricting the germination of nny wind borne weed sccds. The sccd falls frecly or is casily normally considered to be landscape mulch, These popular green mulches slre prc)riuccd flusl~cdby watcr, dccp wirh~nair spaces of the mulch. Ifit docs germinate the seedlings' by thc ucc pmnlng contractors in thcir tub grinders from trcc and shrub pruning or by first shots (plurnulcs) would havc a fight on their hands to teach the surfacc. and the kt the homc gardener cnergetieally stuffing pruning into their domestic mulching mrcllincs. rootlets would find it difficult to pcrmnendy attach to the chunky pkcles. This Although chcaply available, caution shodd bc givcn to its use sincc it docsn'r act like contrasts to the ideal seed gerrmnauon environment provided by the heparticles making landscape mulch. Users should be aware that it slso results in nitrogen dmw down up the surface of most ULM mulches. As a result, this eventuates in proliferation of weed problems and growth inhibiting propcrtics dcrivcd b-om the phytotoxin chcrnjcals mainrcnance problcms, (polpphenols} it contdns. Similarly in explain in^ the fire rcrarding properties of the chunky mulch, thc presence Landscape mulches quirtuniform sired chunky padclcs of uniform chunky. prrdclc. cnsurcs Limited tlamrnabilitg. These chunks are vcy hard to Although many landscape mulches me sprcad with dl the best intentions, thcy lcavc a ignite by abandoned ciprcrre htltts or matches in the wrong hands. In concrash the high rnaintcnancc legacy simply bccause they arc composed of more than thc surprisingly ULM's fine ormnic marcrials arc cxtrcmdy flammable and thcy are hard to cxringuish, small Flgurc of 5% heparticIes. The quality mulchcs (wood chips, chunky barks ctc) arc smouldering for long perlods scrcened to a uniform psrticlc size (I5mm, 20rnrn, 30mm ctc). This sicvcs out the lincr Select your mulch carcft~lly paruclcs, but docs lrnposc a significant incrcase in cosa. Tlus scrccncd fincr In thc light of thc knowlcdgc that mulchcs arcn'r just mulches careful considention orgatvc marcrial is not wastcd as ar supplies an ideal ingeditnt for sail condinontrig should he gIvcn ro cnsurc thc mulch selccted provides thc anticipated bcncfits. This the compost. Summurbed below arc bcncfits dcrivcd from ChunkP Jhndscaoc Mulchc~ I~o~cFulIywill lcad to thc righr mulch (mthcr than being swayed by cheaper alrernativcs) (CLM)In contrast te the inhcrent problems associntcd the Unscrcened with Lnrlscapc and constqucntly a v~goroiislygrow~ng landscape made up of healthy seedlings.@ Mulches (UW: 5 WILDLIFE& HABITATSUPPORT CROUP NEWSLEI -- -:3z. 1:4 DII ~g.~~a1:a:3 XH IWI DI:X~- I Wedge-tailed Eagle YAM DAISY in Victoria The Wedge-tailed Eagle is Australia's Microserrsla?iceoktta Ivt~. Microser~s forsteri) largest bird of prey. With a wingspan of nearly 2.5 metres and an average weight of Aboriginal names: Mirr-n'yong, mumong, 3.5kg, it is the fourth largest eagle in the Gun-nong (Geelong, Vic), muurang, world. Wymong (Vic.), yemt (Lake CondakVic.) Apart from the Little Eagle, the Wedge-tail is Other names: Mumongnative dandelion the only 'true' eagle species in Australia, possessing long legs that are fully feathered to the toes. It is easily identified bv its size. Famile Asteraceae its large diamond-shaped tail and-obvious' Y Climate: Temperate primary feathers that give its wingtips a 'fingered' 7Habitat: Grassy,open plains andforests of appearance. It is usually seen soaring on upswept wings SF Australia,including Tasmania. at heights up to 2km. Form: Small, clumpy peremid,' 10-30cm.in -he~gfrt, dormant fram midsummerto spring. Foliage: Long,narrow, finely toothed bright green leaves Flowers: In spring the drooping buds are fpllowed by deep yellow, daiy-like flowers Like many raptors, wedgies have different colour morphs yrithstrap shaped florets depending on their age. Immature birds are generally Seeds: The flowers turn into a dmdelion- golden in colour, and progressively darken with age to like blow ball in summet achieve the almost entirely black appearance of mature Tubers: White-fleshed, sweet, tuberous adults, which also possess a golden wing-band and roots, shaped like parsnips, 1-2.5qms.long,, chestnut nape (or neck) feathers. mature spring to early summer. Its scientific name Auqila audaxmeans bold eagle, but in T-: T-: likesweet potatoes or parsnips fact they are shy and wary of humans, It is rare to find a Bush food: Main staple food of Aboriginals wedgie that will stand its ground and appear bold even of Victoria & SA. Women and children dug during nesting. However, we did once drive up to a wedgie that was feeding on road kill and reluctant to uplarge numbers of tubers from the sl~allow move. As we came to a halt, it glared at us over the car soil using their wooden disging sticks. The bonnet, underlining how big they are close up. can dug up at mbers be anytime after At breeding time, pairs of eagles circle high over their flowering until they start to grow asain in territories in a display of ownership defending the area aptumn. Old tubers are brown, fresh tubers around their nest from other wedgies. The size of the have a purple skin.Raw tubers are crisp territory varies according to food supply, but is generally yith a bland, slightly bitter taste. May be 30-50 sq km in area. They build their nest in a prominent eaten taw, but generally roasted. Yam daisy location, usually the tallest tree, with a good view of the Qbers contain high amounts of potassium, surrounding countryside. However, if trees are absent, magnesium, sodium, calcium, iron and zinc. they will use shrubs, cliff faces and even the ground. Protein cantent 1.5 %, carboE~ydratecontent The nest is a massive structure, oftel more than 2m t 3.3%. When baked the yamdaisy tubers deep, made of dead branches and sticks lined with green leaves which are added regularly when the young is and become crisp. be out Tubers can present. A nest on our property is big enough for an adult hoiled like potatoes, senled with butter and human to lie down on fully stretched out. Several nests herbs, added to soups. or rried as chips. normally exist in one territory. Little is known about why They may be steamed, cut into matchstick they do this and what makes them choose the one they sized sttips and stir-fried or Imttered and breed in each year, but it is probably related to the *ed. Rather a spicy hot taste. proximity of abundant food resources. Status: Yam daisy is now almost extinct or Breeding times vary from year to year and location to the plains ofWestern Victoria. location, but most eggs are laid in June-August. One to 3sts: livestock, and snails three eggs are laid, Both parents share nest building, incubation and feeding the young. Survival rates depend on local conditions, prey abundance and the amount of 1~formatio11m~rced: Keith K- Irene Smith Grow YourOlwr B~rshf~s, 1999 disturbance. The young fledge when they are 80-90 days old. Usually only one survives, especially if food is scarce, as the oldest and largest chick will kill its smaller siblings. Carrion is an important part of the bird's diet, while live prey ranges from lizards to kangaroos. They favour rabbits when available, while lizards are an important food source in arid areas. Reptiles Frogs Tasmania has no turtles (Order Chelonia) or crocodiles It is amazing that the moss froglet was not found until (Order Crocodilia) so all our reptiles are squamates 1993.It's preference for soggy areas in the moorlands of (Order ): snakes and lizards. Australia has an the south west probably helped keep it hidden from incredible diversity of this order, but Tasmania only hosts scientific view. The discovery of the moss froglet brought a modest eighteen species of lizard and three species of the totai fauna of Tasmaniato a modest 11 species, snake. However, we have a high degree of endemism with two sub-speciesof rhe Banjo frog. with seven species found nowhere else but here. Checklist of Frogs in Tasmania Reptiles in cold climates are usually viviparous (giving ORDER ANURA birch to fully developed young) and that trend continues in Tasmanian fauna, with only three typically Family HYLIDAE oviparous (egg laying) species, the mountain dragon, Tasmznian Tree Frog* Licoria burrowsm delicate and eastern threelined skink. Brown Tree Frog Litoria ewingii Green and Gold Frog Litoria ranifomis Checklist of Snakes and Lizards in Tasmania Family Family ELAPIDAE White-lipped snake Drysdalia coronoides Subfamily LIMNODYNASTES Tiger snake Notechis ater Southern Banjo Fro? Limnodynastes dumerilii Lowland Copperhead Aus trelnps superbw insularis Family AGAMIDAE: h4ottled Dallji) Frog Liinnody~~';lesdulnel-ilii uariegarus h4ountain Dragon Rankinia diemensis Striped Marsh Frog Limnodymtes peronii Family SCINCIDAE: Spotted Marsh Frog Limnodynmtes tasrnaniemis Three-lined skink Acritoscincus duperreyi She-oak skink* Cyclodomorphuscusuannae Subfamily MY OBATRACHIN AE White's skink Egernia whitii Moss Froglet* Bryobatrachtcs nimbus Delicate skink Lampropholis delicata Common Froglet sipifera Bougainvillels skink Lerista bougainwillii Tasmanian Froglet* Crinia tasmaniensis Mountain skink* Niweoscincw orocryptum Tasmanian Smooth Geoninia laeuis Norrhern Snow skink* Niueoscinctcs greeni Froglet Southern Snow skink* Niveoscincus microkpldottcs Southern Toadlet Pseudophryne semiaimo~ata Spotted skink* Niueoscinc~csocellatlu * endemiz Pedra Branca skink* Niueoscincus palfreymani 1 Again for frog> i

Page 6 for \VildlifrNws. Vol I I.March 2006 3. In the above website, also under the Repciles and Bennett5 (Red-necked) M~~opusrufogrisew Frogs heading, if you look in Frogs of Tasmania you wallaby will find recordingsof the calls of all species. Tasmanian w ad em el Thylogaleon* billardierii 4. http://frogs.org.au/frogs/oF/Tasmania/is an excellent Family PETAURIDAE frog website and has inForrnatlon for frogs throughout Common r ingtail possum Psedxkinrsperegn.nu Ausrralia. Sugar glider Petumbreviceps 5. The Fauna of Tasmania Handbookscan all be ordered FAMILYPHALANGERIDAE throughthe post fromthe University of Tasmania. Common brushtail Trichosurus vulpecula Visit their website htp:/lw.zoo.u~s.edu.aflOTZ/ BookletFOThcrn for more informarion. possum Family BURRAMYIDAE Mammals Eascem pygmy possum Cercartetusnanw Lack an of foxes, hopefully ongoing phenomenon, has Litrle pygmy possum Ce~cartetwkpidus meant rhat Tasmania has kept the smaller marsupial species char are either exrinct or on the verge of Family VOMBATIDAE extinction on che mainland of Ausrralia. Thisincludes Wombat Vombat~csursinuc the tiger and eastern quells, the bertong, potoroo and ORDER CHIROPTERA (Bats) Eastern hamdbandicoot. All these species have stable popularions in Tasmania, a facr wc tend to cake for Family VESPERTILIONIDAE granted. And also in our favour we srill have relatively Littlc foresthat large amountsof incact habitaton the island, despite our Southern forest bat high rate of clearfelling.This shouldalso not he taken far Large foresr bac granted. I'm sure I'm noc alone in being able ro see the Chocolate wattled hat huge decrease in remnant vegetation rhat has occurred Goulds wattled bat over the last couple of decades. It isvery interesting to Lesser long-cared bat speak ro the older residents in your area to find out whar Tasmanianlong-eared hat species they notice are not around anymore. Eastern faIsisrrclle

Checklist of Native Terrestrial Mammals in Tasmanla ORDER RODENTIA (Rats and Mice) OYDERMONOTREM 47' 2 Family h,ILIRILlAE Famlly ORNITHORHYCI-IIDAE Water r,:r 1!?+!~ixn?q ( /I~?s,J~P!w, Long-ta~ledmousc* I'c:1~4oln~shlKqmt Platypus hthorhynchwanaclnus NewI?oIIand mouse I'i~icd~~~!gsnoz~ocitolir?~t:I:~c' Famlly TACHYGLOSSIDAE Broad-toothed mousc Mmracmys f14cifi Short-beaked echldna Tmhyglosswacukatw Swamp rat l~ntcrc~irrrrccll~~ *endemic ORDER POLYPROTODONTA (Camlvorous Marsupialsand Band~coots) 1. Once again we are fcrrrtrnateto have 2 great Family DASYURIDAE photographic field guide in Tnrmnnian Mum&: a field guide. by Dave Wac=, chzt gives vou all you need Tasmanian devil* Sarcophilusharrisii in one book. Spocced-tailquoll Dasyunts macuku~cci Eastern quo11 Dayurn tlrwrrintcs 2 However, most mammals tend to be tricky to actually Duskyantechinus Antechinw sutoinson~l see They tend to bc nocturnal and secretive but it11.inthcr s!gnq I':c<('rlCc. Sibamp antechinus Antech~nusnun[mus cornctin~tsyou can of thsr Tracks,scats and ntl~crtracts: a field grridc to Whtte-footed dunnart Smlnthops~skucoptcs Australian mammals. hr R41rt*2raTr~ggh 1996, r~vttb Fam~lyTHYLACINIDAE di'r3il~tin skulls, paw yraii ... d~eain~k r.!:;hLngi oil [rCtba 11n.111

charlgc the way YOU Ii~'!iLII I!IC !~II.F~I.!j;?~l?ilia ti '~IIC'' Fanily PERAMELIDAE expert In ident~fy~ngAuhtrdl~an mammals hy their Eastern barred band~cooc PerameksgiLnn1 11a~r Thls often requlreh 1voL111g at a ha~rIn cross Southern brown Isoodon obesul~cs section She has been an rn\alu?ble resource for

bandicoot researchers throughout Ausrralra tr.110 use hair traps cc, ORDER DIPROTODONTA determine whether a species strll occurs In a part~culat (Possums, Kangaroos and Wombats) area. Hair traps consist of some sort of tube with a delicious smelling somethingat one end {often with Superfamily MACROPODOIDEA (Macropods) pistachio essence included) and double-sided sticky Tasmanianbettong* Bet congia gaimadi cape attached for the animal to hopefully rub against. Long-nosed proroo Pornhidncry!us Hairs are also callecred via predator scats and Forester (Extern grey ) Macropusgigantetci regurg~tations.Now there's a job' kangaroo Therese Smich

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