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June 2020 A Message from the President Debbie Jerkovic It has been several months since we have been able will be welcome to come and collect your orders. I to meet, and there is no sign of when we will be able to would be happy to show you around my garden and in the future. I don’t know about you, but this has provide tea and coffee, but will have to insist that we provided a wonderful opportunity to get stuck into maintain social distancing at all �mes. some gardening, especially given the great weather we Chris Fletcher is nowhere near as far away as Phil, so have been having. members are asked to contact Chris on 0419 331 325 to Our Commi�ee recently met via Zoom (which was discuss availability of various plants. Once their orders challenging and fun), and discussed various things are placed, members are invited to collect their plants including how to best support our membership. from Chris's nursery in Yarra Glen. Something which many of us have been missing is Another idea was to encourage members to contact access to Chris Fletcher’s plants at our monthly APS Yarra Yarra (Miriam Ford on 0409 600 644) regarding mee�ngs. This sparked discussion about how best to any plants remaining from their recent online sale. Barry support various growers, and it was decided to circulate Ellis was advised that there are s�ll a lot of prostantheras several plant lists (reproduced later in this newsle�er). and some westringias available which might appeal to If there are any plants on Phil’s list which interest our Mint Bush aficionados. -
Plant Tracker 97
Proprietor: Ashley Elliott 230 Tannery Lane Mandurang Victoria 3551 Telephone: (03) 5439 5384 PlantPlant CatalogueCatalogue Facsimile: (03) 5439 3618 E-mail: [email protected] Central & Northern Victoria's Indigenous Nursery Please contact the nursery to confirm stock availablity Non-Local Plants aneura Mulga or Yarran Acacia ramulosa Horse Mulga or Narrow Leaf Mulga Acacia aphylla Acacia redolens Acacia argrophylla Silver Mulga Acacia restiacea Acacia beckleri Barrier Range Wattle Acacia rhigiophylla Dagger-leaved Acacia Acacia cardiophylla Wyalong Wattle Acacia riceana Acacia chinchillensis Acacia rossei Acacia cliftoniana ssp congesta Acacia spectabilis Mudgee Wattle Acacia cognata River Wattle - low form Acacia spinescens Spiny Wattle Acacia cognata River or Bower Wattle Acacia spongilitica Acacia conferta Crowded-leaf Wattle Acacia squamata Bright Sedge Wattle Acacia convenyii Blue Bush Acacia stigmatophylla Acacia cultriformis Knife-leaf Wattle Acacia subcaerulea Acacia cupularis Coastal prostrate Acacia vestita Hairy Wattle Acacia cyclops Round-seeded Acacia Acacia victoriae Bramble Wattle or Elegant Wattle Acacia declinata Acacia wilhelmiana Dwarf Nealie Acacia decora Western Silver Wattle Acacia willdenowiana Leafless Wattle Acacia denticulosa Sandpaper Wattle Acacia caerulescens caerulescens Buchan Blue Acacia drummondii subsp Dwarf Drummond Wattle Acanthocladium dockeri Laura Daisy drummondii Actinodium cunninghamii Albany Daisy or Swamp Daisy Acacia elata Cedar Wattle Actinodium species (prostrate form) Acacia -
Biodiversity Summary for NRM Regions Species List
Biodiversity Summary for NRM Regions Species List What is the summary for and where does it come from? This list has been produced by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPC) for the Natural Resource Management Spatial Information System. The list was produced using the AustralianAustralian Natural Natural Heritage Heritage Assessment Assessment Tool Tool (ANHAT), which analyses data from a range of plant and animal surveys and collections from across Australia to automatically generate a report for each NRM region. Data sources (Appendix 2) include national and state herbaria, museums, state governments, CSIRO, Birds Australia and a range of surveys conducted by or for DEWHA. For each family of plant and animal covered by ANHAT (Appendix 1), this document gives the number of species in the country and how many of them are found in the region. It also identifies species listed as Vulnerable, Critically Endangered, Endangered or Conservation Dependent under the EPBC Act. A biodiversity summary for this region is also available. For more information please see: www.environment.gov.au/heritage/anhat/index.html Limitations • ANHAT currently contains information on the distribution of over 30,000 Australian taxa. This includes all mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and fish, 137 families of vascular plants (over 15,000 species) and a range of invertebrate groups. Groups notnot yet yet covered covered in inANHAT ANHAT are notnot included included in in the the list. list. • The data used come from authoritative sources, but they are not perfect. All species names have been confirmed as valid species names, but it is not possible to confirm all species locations. -
I Is the Sunda-Sahul Floristic Exchange Ongoing?
Is the Sunda-Sahul floristic exchange ongoing? A study of distributions, functional traits, climate and landscape genomics to investigate the invasion in Australian rainforests By Jia-Yee Samantha Yap Bachelor of Biotechnology Hons. A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Queensland in 2018 Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation i Abstract Australian rainforests are of mixed biogeographical histories, resulting from the collision between Sahul (Australia) and Sunda shelves that led to extensive immigration of rainforest lineages with Sunda ancestry to Australia. Although comprehensive fossil records and molecular phylogenies distinguish between the Sunda and Sahul floristic elements, species distributions, functional traits or landscape dynamics have not been used to distinguish between the two elements in the Australian rainforest flora. The overall aim of this study was to investigate both Sunda and Sahul components in the Australian rainforest flora by (1) exploring their continental-wide distributional patterns and observing how functional characteristics and environmental preferences determine these patterns, (2) investigating continental-wide genomic diversities and distances of multiple species and measuring local species accumulation rates across multiple sites to observe whether past biotic exchange left detectable and consistent patterns in the rainforest flora, (3) coupling genomic data and species distribution models of lineages of known Sunda and Sahul ancestry to examine landscape-level dynamics and habitat preferences to relate to the impact of historical processes. First, the continental distributions of rainforest woody representatives that could be ascribed to Sahul (795 species) and Sunda origins (604 species) and their dispersal and persistence characteristics and key functional characteristics (leaf size, fruit size, wood density and maximum height at maturity) of were compared. -
Newsletter No.18
AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS SOCIETY (AUSTRALIA) 1! WARATAH & FLANNEL FLOWER STUDY GROUP NO.18 NOV 2019 ISSN 1838-9082 NEWSLETTER Leader: Maria Hitchcock OAM Welcome to any PO Box 4214 new readers! In this issue. West Armidale NSW 2350 Why not join Ph. 0421961007 Maria writes: p. 2 [email protected] us? It’s free! Waratahs at Springbrook p. 3 From the members p. 4 Telopea truncata p. 5 Actinotus laxus p. 6 Up close and amazing p. 7 Balance Sheet p. 8 Flannels at Sylvan Grove p. 9 Checklist of Telopea species p. 10-11 and varieties Checklist of Actinotus species p. 12 and varieties Website Bookmark it today! waratahflannelflowersg.weebly.com Past Newsletters are available Australian Waratah painting - Amber Gittins on the website Art Lovers Australia The Waratah and Flannel Flower Study Group is afliated with the Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) - ANPSA This is an electronic only group. Newsletters are sent out twice a year (electronic only). Membership is free to individuals and APS (SGAP) groups. There is no deadline for newsletter contributions - send them anytime, sooner rather than later. AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS SOCIETY (AUSTRALIA) 2! WARATAH & FLANNEL FLOWER STUDY GROUP NO.18 NOV 2019 Maria writes: lands are known as cool climate country. This will be my last newsletter. All good things Thankfully I have an independent water source must come to an end. I have just given my but it is restricted. notice to the Study Group co-ordinator that I will be stepping down as Leader of this group My Waratah collection is in big tubs and from 31 December 2019. -
THE WARATAH and OTHER PROTEACEAE
Australian Plants Society NORTH SHORE GROUP Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden Topic 23: THE WARATAH and OTHER PROTEACEAE The Proteaceae is a very ancient family occurring in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South America and Eastern Asia. It contains about 79 genera, 46 of which occur in Australia through about 1110 species TELOPEA This genus was named by Robert Brown in 1810, from the Greek “telepos”, meaning “seen from afar”, and refers to the conspicuous nature of the crimson head of flowers. The Aborigines called these beautiful shrubs Waratah. It is a small genus which contains 5 species only, all of which are confined to the south-eastern regions of the continent and Tasmania. Telopea speciosissima (meaning “most handsome”) occurs in New South Wales from Gosford, Putty and the Blue Mountains, south to Conjola, usually on sandstone. It occurs naturally in the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden. There is an isolated occurrence in the Gibraltar Range east of Glen Innes but this population is now accepted as a separate species, Telopea aspera, and is differentiated by rusty-coloured hairs on stem and leaf under-surface and its wider, rougher leaves. Telopea speciosissima “Wirrimbirra White” Photo J. Plaza ©Royal Botanic Gardens & Photo J. Plaza ©Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia. Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia. Telopea oreades (meaning belonging to the mountains) is the third species occurring in New South Wales. It is found in the Bombala District and far south coast of New South Wales, extending into East Gippsland in Victoria. There is an isolated population in the Mongarlowe Valley, west of Ulladulla. -
Provisional List of Plants Requiring Urgent Management Intervention
WILDLIFE AND THREATENED SPECIES BUSHFIRE RECOVERY EXPERT PANEL Provisional list of plants requiring urgent management intervention Released on 23 April 2020 The 2019-20 bushfires in southern and eastern Australia have had severe impacts on many of the country’s approximately 25,000 plant species. The fires have covered an unusually large area and, in many places, have burnt with unusually high intensity. Although many plants have the capacity to respond positively to fire, the cumulative impact of the 2019-2020 fires and other stressors like high fire frequency or severity, drought, herbivory, or disease places many species at risk. Some species were considered threatened before the fires, and the fires have now likely increased their risk of extinction. Many other fire-affected plant species were not threatened before the fires - or had not previously had an assessment of extinction risk undertaken - but have now been burnt across much of their range, and may lack an ability to recover without help. To support protection and recovery of many of the fire-affected species, conservation action will be needed at many sites. This management will be supported by a wide range of government agencies, non-government conservation organisations, university researchers, Traditional Owner ranger teams, community groups and the public. A national provisional prioritisation was undertaken to assess 19,004 plant species against a set of eleven criteria which combine the proportion of the geographic range that burned, species fire response traits, and the interactive effects of other stressors such as drought, herbivory, disease, weed invasion and erosion. This prioritisation identified 709 plants as being at high risk from the impacts of the 2019-20 bushfires. -
Wednesday Walk to Monga National Park – 12/3/08
Wednesday Walk to Monga National Park – 12/3/08 Our trips to Monga Forest are mainly drives with various random stops on the loop from the western side via Granite Bluff Forest Road, Saddleback Road, Milo Road to River Forest Road – and includes the Penance Grove, Mongarlowe picnic area and Dasyurus picnic area, as well as the link to the Corn Trail. There are maps at both the eastern and western entrances to Monga National Park, as well as at the picnic area. There is wet sclerophyll forest as well as some rainforest. Favourite times are March to see Eucryphia moorei flowering and October for the waratahs – Telopea mongaensis and T. oreades. On 12/3/08 we stopped at the Dasyurus picnic area first and saw a Telopea mongaensis flowering and many berries on the female plants of Tasmannia lanceolata. We then went to the Mongarlowe picnic area and did the short walk to Penance Grove and saw many Eucryphia moorei flowering – there were carpets of petals. We returned to Braidwood via the Reidsdale Road from the Monga township and saw a stunning display of tree ferns. Monga National Park Tasmannia lanceolata berries Image by Jean Geue Image by Jean Geue Inside Penance Grove Probably the home of the southern tree-dwelling Image by Jean Geue funnelweb spider Hadronyche cerberea. One of the features of this funnel web spider species is the double entrance seen clearly in the photo. Image by Roger Farrow Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region Eucryphia moorei Eucryphia moorei seedling growing out of a tree Image by Jean Geue fern base Image by Roger Farrow Plant List for Monga National Park from a number of visits ? indicates that those present were unsure of the plant name. -
AUTUMN SALE 2020 DESCRIPTIONS of PLANTS Sizes Are Given As Height X Width Plants Grown from Seed May Vary in Form Due to the P
AUTUMN SALE 2020 DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANTS Sizes are given as height x width Plants grown from seed may vary in form due to the possibility of hybridization Acacia buxifolia [from seed] Family: Fabaceae Common name: Box Leaf Wattle Open, erect shrub 3m x 2m. Masses of small golden ball-shaped flowers in late winter/early spring. Blue-grey foliage; elliptical phyllodes to 3cm. Sunny; most well-drained soils. Frost hardy to –7°C. Tolerates dry periods. Low-level cover in windbreaks. Flowers are food source for native moths, butterflies, other insects and seed a food source for native birds. Acacia cognata [from seed] Family: Fabaceae Small pendulous tree 6m x 6m. Profuse pale yellow flowers, autumn. Long, weeping, narrow, perfumed foliage. Part sun with some overhead cover; moist well-drained soils. Frost hardy to –7°C. Acacia cognata ‘Green Mist’ Family: Fabaceae Dense shrub, weeping habit 1m x 2m. Pale yellow ball flowers. Long narrow leaves, fine and pendulous; lime green foliage. Full sun to part shade; well-drained moist soil. Frost tolerant to –7°C, but protect from frost when young; drought tolerant. Attractive weeping form; very suitable for small gardens. Acacia gladiiformis [from seed] Family: Fabaceae Common name: Sword Wattle Erect, shrub 1-4m x 0.5-1m. Bright yellow globular flowers from Nov. to Feb. Narrow curved leathery leaves. Sunny position but tolerates semi-shade; light to heavy well-drained soil. Frost hardy to –7°C. Prune after flowering to prevent getting straggly. Highly ornamental. Acacia lanigera [from seed] Family: Fabaceae Common Name: Woolly or Hairy Wattle Small rounded shrub 1-2m x 1-2m. -
Newsletter No.5
AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS SOCIETY (AUSTRALIA) 1 WARATAH & FLANNEL FLOWER STUDY GROUP NO.5 MAY 2013 ISSN 1838-9082 NEWSLETTER Leader: Maria Hitchcock Welcome to our new members 16 Hitchcock Lane Carol Drew Armidale NSW 2350 In this issue. Dan Ossedryver Ph. 02 6775 1139 APS Blue Mts [email protected] Maria writes: p. 2 From the members p. 3 Palm Scale on waratahs Acnotus leucocephalus p . 4 / 5 / 6 Acnotus helianthi as Cut Flowers p. 6 Flannels as Pot Plants p. 7 Telopea mongaensis p. 7/8 Checklist of Telopea species p. 9/10 and culGvars Acnotus leucocephalus Image: www.flickr.com Checklist of Acnotus species p. 10 and culGvars The West Australian Flannel Flower is very similar to the pink Flannel Flower which grows in the Blue Mts (A. for- sythii) except that it has 3-5 cm wide, enErely white flowerheads and ten to fiHeen woolly bracts fringed like small feathers. It flowers in summer. This WA endemic grows on or near granite outcrops, appearing in abundance aer fires. encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Actinotus/leucocephala The Waratah and Flannel Flower Study Group is afliated with the Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) - ANPSA Newsletters are sent out in May and November (electronic only). Membership is restricted to individuals (including partners) and not groups. Membership $5.00 per year to be paid by cheque or Direct Debit upon receipt of invoice. There is no deadline for newsletter contributions - send them anytime, sooner rather than later. ! AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS SOCIETY (AUSTRALIA) 2 WARATAH & FLANNEL FLOWER STUDY GROUP NO.5 MAY 2013 Maria writes: pre-treat Flannel flower seed very successfully. -
Bushfire Impacts Where Will the Seed Come From?
BUSHFIRE IMPACTS WHERE WILL THE SEED COME FROM? JUNE 2021 First published 2021 Project Phoenix Greening Australia (National Office) Level 3, 349 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Tel: 1300 886 589 Email: [email protected] Website: www.greeningaustralia.org.au ISBN: xxx-x-xxxxxx-xx-x (Book) xxx-x-xxxxxx-xx-x (epub) Author: Charmian Murdoch, Native Seed Coordinator, Greening Australia Title: Bushfire impacts — Where will the seed come from? Notes: Includes bibliographical references Copyright © Project Phoenix 2021 Cover by Kerry O’Flaherty, Design Consultant Internal design by Puddingburn Publishing Services Proofread by Puddingburn Publishing Services This report is copyright. Except for private study, research, criticism or reviews, as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), no part of this report may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission. Enquiries should be made to [email protected]. Project Phoenix is supported by the Australian Government’s Wildlife and Habitat Bushfire Recovery program and co-ordinated by Greening Australia. Across all of our Project Phoenix activities and actions we pay respect to the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands and waters on which we work. We honour the resilience and continuing connection to country, culture and community of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia. We recognise the decisions we make today will impact the lives of generations to come. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge the work of Dr Melinda Pickup and her team, and the review and feedback of Patricia Verden and Dr Melinda Pickup. -
Genetic Structure and Bio-Climatic Modeling Support Allopatric Over Parapatric Speciation Along a Latitudinal Gradient Rossetto Et Al
Genetic structure and bio-climatic modeling support allopatric over parapatric speciation along a latitudinal gradient Rossetto et al. Rossetto et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012, 12:149 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/149 Rossetto et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012, 12:149 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/149 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Genetic structure and bio-climatic modeling support allopatric over parapatric speciation along a latitudinal gradient Maurizio Rossetto1*, Chris B Allen1, Katie AG Thurlby1, Peter H Weston1 and Melita L Milner1,2 Abstract Background: Four of the five species of Telopea (Proteaceae) are distributed in a latitudinal replacement pattern on the south-eastern Australian mainland. In similar circumstances, a simple allopatric speciation model that identifies the origins of genetic isolation within temporal geographic separation is considered as the default model. However, secondary contact between differentiated lineages can result in similar distributional patterns to those arising from a process of parapatric speciation (where gene flow between lineages remains uninterrupted during differentiation). Our aim was to use the characteristic distributional patterns in Telopea to test whether it reflected the evolutionary models of allopatric or parapatric speciation. Using a combination of genetic evidence and environmental niche modelling, we focused on three main questions: do currently described geographic borders coincide with genetic and environmental boundaries; are there hybrid zones in areas of secondary contact between closely related species; did species distributions contract during the last glacial maximum resulting in distributional gaps even where overlap and hybridisation currently occur? Results: Total genomic DNA was extracted from 619 individuals sampled from 36 populations representing the four species.