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Wildlife and Native Plants Sg ANPSA WILDLIFE AND NATIVE PLANTS SG I SS. N'S FRAMEWORK - 7 THINKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING OR RE- As mentioned, drawing up a plan is necessary ESTABLISHING A GARDEN ? before any planting occurs. This is often 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. selecting plant species for planting. , .+ .... -.--,+. -.. , . - 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.Bulletin Sept.2010. Native Plants of NS W October 2010.p.28) Qld.'s DERM wildlife 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 animal) 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, reptiles, amphibians 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 frogs 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 supplement them. They should get all they different kind, as stamens attached to petals. 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 animals.
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