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Wednesday Walk – Touga Road Crawl – 29 August 2012 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 plants 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, Banksia ericifolia, B. spinulosa, Hakea sericea, Leucopogon ericoides, Boronia algida, B. rigens, Bossiaea kiamensis, Dampiera stricta, Dillwynia ramosissima, Cryptandra amara var. floribunda, Pomaderris ? andromedifolia, P. lanigera, Grevillea baueri ssp. asperula, G. patulifoia. Other plants we put names to that weren't flowering included Banksia paludosa, Isopogon anethifolius, Petrophile sessilis, Lomandra obliqua, Caustis flexuosa, Leptospermum rotundifolium, Aotus ericoides, Kunzea parvifolia, Calytrix tetragona, Allocasuarina distyla, Persoonia 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, Conospermum 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 Banksia ericifolia Image by Banksia spinulosa Image by Hakea sericea Image by Martin Butterfield Graeme Kruse Martin Butterfield Graeme Kruse Acacia elongata Image by Masumi Boronia rigens Image by Masumi Grevillea baueri 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 Conospermum taxifolium Butterfield Graeme Kruse Graeme Kruse Image by Graeme Kruse Keucopogon fraseri Image by Dampiera stricta Image by Isopogon anethifolius 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 Plant 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 Grevillea patulifolia Caustis flexuosa Hakea dactyloides Cryptandra amara var. floribunda Hibbertia monogyna Dampiera stricta Lepidosperma sp. Dillwynia ramosissima Leptomeria acida Drosera sp. Leptospermum rotundifolium Eucalyptus sieberi 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 Lambertia 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 Persoonia levis Calytrix tetragona Persoonia mollis Caustis flexuosa Petrophile sessilis 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 Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region.
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