Wednesday Walk – Touga Road Crawl – 29 August 2012

We drove from Bungendore via Tarago and Oallen Ford to the Nerriga Road, then headed east across the Endrick River and through Bulee Gap, turning left onto Touga Road where we immediately stopped for morning tea. It was very rewarding with a lot of colour. We overlooked many of the that were so stunning last October because they weren't yet out. Instead, we had a whole new range of early flowers - Acacia elongata, A. ulicifolia, ericifolia, B. spinulosa, sericea, Leucopogon ericoides, Boronia algida, B. rigens, Bossiaea kiamensis, Dampiera stricta, Dillwynia ramosissima, Cryptandra amara var. floribunda, Pomaderris ? andromedifolia, P. lanigera, baueri ssp. asperula, G. patulifoia. Other plants we put names to that weren't flowering included , anethifolius, sessilis, Lomandra obliqua, Caustis flexuosa, Leptospermum rotundifolium, Aotus ericoides, Kunzea parvifolia, Calytrix tetragona, Allocasuarina distyla, mollis, P. levis and many more species. We then went about 7km to The Jumps and explored the rock shelves and had lunch. Many of the plants were the same but we added a few more species which were flowering - Acacia hamiltoniana, taxifolium, Hibbertia monogyna, Philotheca scabra, Epacris calvertiana, Phyllota phylicoides and also saw some very nice mallee-type trees – Eucalyptus stricta. We then drove up The Jumps to a higher plateau and explored some more rocky platforms which had many of the same plants already seen but we added Mirbelia platylobioides, Boronia anemonifolia, Actinotus minor, Olax stricta, Tetratheca thymifolia, Goodenia heterophylla, Patersonia glabrata. On the way back on Touga Rd, we stopped to check some Pomaderris andromedifolia thickets and found a few in flower.

Typical rock shelf Image by Image by Image by Image by Martin Butterfield Graeme Kruse Martin Butterfield Graeme Kruse

Acacia elongata Image by Masumi Boronia rigens Image by Masumi ssp. asperula Image by Robertson Robertson Graeme Kruse

Grevillea patulifolia Image by Philotheca scabra ssp. latifolia Dillwynia ramosissima Image Leucopogon ericoides Image by Graeme Kruse Image by Graeme Kruse by Graeme Kruse Graeme Kruse

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region Boronia algida Image by Martin Kunzea parvifolia Image by Martin Bossiaea kiamensis Image by Masumi Butterfield Butterfield Robertson

The Jumps Image by Martin Acacia hamiltoniana Image by Epacris calvertiana Image by Butterfield Graeme Kruse Graeme Kruse Image by Graeme Kruse

Keucopogon fraseri Image by Dampiera stricta Image by Image Calytrix tetragona Image by Graeme Kruse Martin Butterfield by Martin Butterfield Graeme Kruse

Hibbertia monogyna Image by Tetratheca thymifolia Image Leptomeria acida Image by Actinotus minor Image by Masumi Robertson by Masumi Robertson Masumi Robertson Martin Butterfield

Lomandra obliqua Image by Leucopogon lanceolata Allocasuarina distyla (male) Allocasuarina distyla (male) Martin Butterfield Image by Masumi Robertson Image by Martin Butterfield

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region List for Touga Road Trip – 29 August 2012

? indicates that those present were unsure of the plant name

First stop – morning tea Allocasuarina distyla Acacia elongata Aotus ericoides Acacia terminalis Banksia ericifolia Acacia ulicifolia Boronia anemonifolia Allocasuarina distyla Brachyloma daphnoides Amperea xiphoclada Calandrinia sp. Aotus ericoides Callistemon pityoides Banksia ericifolia Calytrix tetragona Banksia paludosa Conospermum taxifolium Banksia spinulosa Dicksonia antarctica Boronia algida Epacris calvertiana Boronia rigens Eucalyptus stricta Bossiaea kiamensis Gahnia sp. Calytrix tetragona Caustis flexuosa Cryptandra amara var. floribunda Hibbertia monogyna Dampiera stricta Lepidosperma sp. Dillwynia ramosissima Leptomeria acida Drosera sp. Leptospermum rotundifolium Leucopogon lanceolata Goodenia belledifolia Lomandra glauca Grevillea bauera ssp. asperula Philotheca scabra ssp. latifolia Grevillea patulifolia Phyllota phylicoides Hakea dactyloides Platysace sp. Hakea sericea Pomax umbellata Isopogon anethifolius Stylidium lineare Kunzea parvifolia formosa 3rd stop Leptospermum rotundifolium Acacia obtusifolia Leptospermum trinervium Acacia ulicifolia Leucopogon ericoides Actinotus minor Leucopogon fraseri Allocasuarina distyla Lomandra glauca Banksia ericifolia Lomandra obliqua Boronia anemonifolia Monotoca scoparia Boronia rigens Patersonia glabrata Bossiaea ? ensata Calytrix tetragona Caustis flexuosa Clematis microphylla Pomaderris ? andromedifolia Dampiera stricta Pomaderris ? lanigera Dillwynia ramosissima Pomax umbellata Eriochilus sp. Rhytidosporum procumbens Eucalyptus sieberi Eucalyptus stricta 2nd stop The Jumps Goodenia heterophylla Acacia elongata Grevillea baueri ssp. asperula Acacia hamiltoniana Grevillea patulifolia Acacia mearnsii Hakea dactyloides Acacia ulicifolia Hibbertia monogyna

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region Hymenochilus sp. Kunzea sp. Lepidosperma sp. Leptospermum trinervium Leucopogon attenuatus Leucopogon ericoides Leucopogon fraseri Lomandra filiformis ssp. filiformis Lomandra obliqua Microtis sp. Mirbelia platylobioides Olax stricta Patersonia glabrata Persoonia mollis Pomaderris ? andromedifolia Pterostylis sp. Schoenus melanostachys Tetratheca thymifolia Thelymitra sp. Xanthorrhoea concava

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