Wednesday Walk – Wanniassa Hills – 24 June 2015

The walk was on the western side of Wanniassa Hills with great views to the Murrumbidgee Corridor and beyond. To return, we crossed under Erindale Drive and walked back on Farrer Ridge. We found great displays of Leucopogon attenuatus and Cryptandra sp. Floriferous (aka C. amara var. floribunda) in full flower - hillsides of the L. attenuatus in fact. They gave off a lovely honey perfume. There were a few flowers on Acacia ulicifolia and A. gunnii and we saw the first Hovea heterophylla of the season, flowering, as well as Indigofera australis. As always, the trees were amazing - some very old Eucalyptus polyanthemos, some supporting big clumps of Amyema miquelii and a couple of on one. We added a few new species to our already long list - Arthropodium minus, Carex appressa, Glycine tabacina, Monotoca scoparia and Thelymitra sp. For images below JG = Jean Geue; MB = Martin Butterfield

Hillside of Cryptandra sp. Floriferous & Leucopogon attenuatus MB Cryptandra sp. Floriferous MB Leucopogon attenuatus JG

Persoonia rigida JG MB Eucalyptus rossii JG

Acacia dealbata JG Acacia dealbata MB Acacia melanoxylon MB

Acacia ulicifolia MB Cheilanthes distans MB

Hovea heterophylla MB

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Society, Canberra Region List for Wanniassa Hills – 24 June 2015

? indicates that those present were unsure of the plant name

Acacia buxifolia Geranium sp. Acacia dealbata Glycine clandestina Acacia decurrens Glycine tabacina Acacia gunnii Gonocarpus tetragynus Acacia implexa Goodenia hederacea Acacia mearnsii Hardenbergia violacea Acacia melanoxylon Hibbertia obtusifolia Acacia penninervis Hovea heterophylla Acacia pycnantha Hydrocotyle laxiflora Acacia rubida Indigofera adesmiifolia Acacia ulicifolia Indigofera australis Acaena ovina Juncus subsecundus Allocasuarina verticillata Kunzea ericoides Amyema miquelii Lepidosperma laterale Aristida ramosa Leucochrysum albicans var. tricolor Arthropodium minus Leucopogon attenuatus Astroloma humifusum Leucopogon fletcheri ssp. brevisepalus Austrodanthonia carphoides Leucopogon virgatus Austrodanthonia sp. Lomandra filiformis ssp. ? coriacea Austrostipa densiflora Lomandra filiformis ssp. filiformis Austrostipa scabra ssp. falcata Lomandra longifolia Bothriochloa macra Lomandra multiflora Brachychiton populneus Luzula densiflora Brachyloma daphnoides Bulbine bulbosa Microlaena stipoides Bursaria spinosa var. lasiophylla Monotoca scoparia Carex appressa Muellerina eucalyptoides Cassinia arcuata Panicum effusum Cassinia longifolia Persoonia rigida Cassinia quinquefaria Poranthera microphylla Cassytha sp. Pultenaea procumbens Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia Rytidosperma pallidum Cheilanthes distans Solanum cinereum Chrysocephalum apiculatum Solenogyne dominii Chrysocephalum semipapposum Stypandra glauca Cryptandra amara var. floribunda Styphelia triflora Cymbonotus lawsonianus Thelymitra sp. Cymbopogon refractus Themeda triandra Daviesia mimosoides Vittadinia cuneata Dianella revoluta Vittadinia gracilis Dichelachne hirtella Vittadinia muelleri Dillwynia sericea Wahlenbergia stricta Diuris sp. Xerochrysum viscosum Eucalyptus blakelyi Eucalyptus bridgesiana Bird List Eucalyptus dives Galah Eucalyptus melliodora Australian King-Parrot Eucalyptus nortonii Crimson Rosella Eucalyptus polyanthemos Rainbow Lorikeet Eucalyptus rossii White-throated Treecreeper Exocarpos cupressiformis Superb Fairy-wren Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region Noisy Miner Red Wattlebird Striated Pardalote White-browed Scrubwren Speckled Warbler Buff-rumped Thornbill Yellow-rumped Thornbill Australian Magpie Pied Currawong Grey Shrike-Thrush Golden Whistler Grey Fantail Magpie-lark Australian Raven White-winged Chough Scarlet Robin

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