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Winter Edition 2020 - 3 in This Issue: Office Bearers for 2017
1 Australian Plants Society Armidale & District Group PO Box 735 Armidale NSW 2350 web: www.austplants.com.au/Armidale e-mail: [email protected] Crowea exalata ssp magnifolia image by Maria Hitchcock Winter Edition 2020 - 3 In this issue: Office bearers for 2017 ......p1 Editorial …...p2Error! Bookmark not defined. New Website Arrangements .…..p3 Solstice Gathering ......p4 Passion, Boers & Hibiscus ......p5 Wollomombi Falls Lookout ......p7 Hard Yakka ......p8 Torrington & Gibraltar after fires ......p9 Small Eucalypts ......p12 Drought tolerance of plants ......p15 Armidale & District Group PO Box 735, Armidale NSW 2350 President: Vacant Vice President: Colin Wilson Secretary: Penelope Sinclair Ph. 6771 5639 [email protected] Treasurer: Phil Rose Ph. 6775 3767 [email protected] Membership: Phil Rose [email protected] 2 Markets in the Mall, Outings, OHS & Environmental Officer and Arboretum Coordinator: Patrick Laher Ph: 0427327719 [email protected] Newsletter Editor: John Nevin Ph: 6775218 [email protected],net.au Meet and Greet: Lee Horsley Ph: 0421381157 [email protected] Afternoon tea: Deidre Waters Ph: 67753754 [email protected] Web Master: Eric Sinclair Our website: http://www.austplants.com.au From the Editor: We have certainly had a memorable year - the worst drought in living memory followed by the most extensive bushfires seen in Australia, and to top it off, the biggest pandemic the world has seen in 100 years. The pandemic has made essential self distancing and quarantining to arrest the spread of the Corona virus. As a result, most APS activities have been shelved for the time being. Being in isolation at home has been a mixed blessing. -
Cunninghamia Date of Publication: February 2020 a Journal of Plant Ecology for Eastern Australia
Cunninghamia Date of Publication: February 2020 A journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia ISSN 0727- 9620 (print) • ISSN 2200 - 405X (Online) The Australian paintings of Marianne North, 1880–1881: landscapes ‘doomed shortly to disappear’ John Leslie Dowe Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, Smithfield, Qld 4878 AUSTRALIA. [email protected] Abstract: The 80 paintings of Australian flora, fauna and landscapes by English artist Marianne North (1830-1890), completed during her travels in 1880–1881, provide a record of the Australian environment rarely presented by artists at that time. In the words of her mentor Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, director of Kew Gardens, North’s objective was to capture landscapes that were ‘doomed shortly to disappear before the axe and the forest fires, the plough and the flock, or the ever advancing settler or colonist’. In addition to her paintings, North wrote books recollecting her travels, in which she presented her observations and explained the relevance of her paintings, within the principles of a ‘Darwinian vision,’ and inevitable and rapid environmental change. By examining her paintings and writings together, North’s works provide a documented narrative of the state of the Australian environment in the late nineteenth- century, filtered through the themes of personal botanical discovery, colonial expansion and British imperialism. Cunninghamia (2020) 20: 001–033 doi: 10.7751/cunninghamia.2020.20.001 Cunninghamia: a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia © 2020 Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/science/Scientific_publications/cunninghamia 2 Cunninghamia 20: 2020 John Dowe, Australian paintings of Marianne North, 1880–1881 Introduction The Marianne North Gallery in the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew houses 832 oil paintings which Marianne North (b. -
Pollination Ecology and Evolution of Epacrids
Pollination Ecology and Evolution of Epacrids by Karen A. Johnson BSc (Hons) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Tasmania February 2012 ii Declaration of originality This thesis contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma by the University or any other institution, except by way of background information and duly acknowledged in the thesis, and to the best of my knowledge and belief no material previously published or written by another person except where due acknowledgement is made in the text of the thesis, nor does the thesis contain any material that infringes copyright. Karen A. Johnson Statement of authority of access This thesis may be made available for copying. Copying of any part of this thesis is prohibited for two years from the date this statement was signed; after that time limited copying is permitted in accordance with the Copyright Act 1968. Karen A. Johnson iii iv Abstract Relationships between plants and their pollinators are thought to have played a major role in the morphological diversification of angiosperms. The epacrids (subfamily Styphelioideae) comprise more than 550 species of woody plants ranging from small prostrate shrubs to temperate rainforest emergents. Their range extends from SE Asia through Oceania to Tierra del Fuego with their highest diversity in Australia. The overall aim of the thesis is to determine the relationships between epacrid floral features and potential pollinators, and assess the evolutionary status of any pollination syndromes. The main hypotheses were that flower characteristics relate to pollinators in predictable ways; and that there is convergent evolution in the development of pollination syndromes. -
Epacris Study Group
ASSOCIATION OF SOCIETIES FOR GROWING AUSTRALIAN PLANTS Inc. EPACRIS STUDY GROUP Group Leader: Gwen Elliot, P.O. Box 655 Heathmont Vic. 3135 NEWSLETTER No. XS (ISSN 103 8-6017) Qctaber zaQ4 Greetings as once again we begin to enjoy the longer days of spring-summer and the encouragement this provides for many of our flowering plants. Despite the generally dry conditions many Epacris species are putting on outstanding floral displays. How are you going with your recording of the flowering times of Epacris impressa in your garden, as well as in nearby bushland or in other areas as you travel within Australia? It really is quite an exciting project because together we, as Study Group members, can make a real contribution to the overall understanding of this species, adding to the knowledge and research of botanists who look in detail at the features of the plant under the microscope and in its natural habitat. It iis a species which occurs both atsea-level and at higher altitudes. How are the flowering times affected when highland plants are cultivated at lower altitudes? Are flowering times different when plants fiom New South Wales for example are gvown much further south in soulhern Victoria or Tasmania ? Epacris impressu seems like an excellent species for us to research in this way. If our project is successful we may perhaps be able to continue with looking at the flowering times of other Epacris which are relatively common in cultivation. In case you have misplaced the recording sheet from our October 2003 Newsletter, another is included in this issue. -
Invasive Hakeas — Biological Control Implementations
Invasive Hakeas — Biological Control Implementations A. Fourie, A. J. Gordon1 and R. M. Krug2 17th October 2012 DRAFT 1Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X5017, Stellenbosch, 7599 SOUTH AFICA [email protected] 2Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602 SOUTH AFRICA [email protected] DRAFT 1 rev 210, 14:28:27, 2012-10-17 Contents 1 The Hakea species4 1.1 Biology................................4 1.1.1 Hakea sericea .........................4 1.1.2 Hakea gibbosa .........................4 1.1.3 Hakea drupacea ........................5 1.1.4 Biology of Hakea salicifolia (willow hakea)........5 1.2 Ecology and spread.........................7 1.3 Control measures...........................8 1.3.1 Mechanical control......................8 1.3.2 Chemical control.......................8 1.3.3 Biological control.......................8 2 Agents 11 2.1 Gummosis fungus........................... 11 2.1.1 Description.......................... 11 2.1.2 Disease Symptoms...................... 11 2.1.3 Impact on Hakea sericea ................... 11 2.2 Seed weevil.............................. 12 2.2.1 Description.......................... 12 2.2.2 Life Cycle........................... 12 2.2.3 Feeding Damage....................... 14 2.3 Seed moth............................... 14 2.3.1 Description.......................... 14 2.3.2 Life cycle........................... 15 2.3.3 Feeding damage....................... 15 2.4 Stem-boring beetle.......................... 15 2.4.1 Description.......................... 15 2.4.2 Life cycle........................... 15 2.4.3 Feeding damage....................... 17 2.5 Bud-weevilDRAFT.............................. 17 2.5.1 Description.......................... 17 2.5.2 Life cycle........................... 17 2.5.3 Feeding damage....................... 18 2.6 Leaf weevil.............................. 18 2.6.1 Description.......................... 18 2.6.2 Life cycle........................... 19 2.6.3 Feeding damage...................... -
Native Vegetation of the Woronora, O'hares and Metroplitan Catchments
The Native Vegetation of the Woronora, O’Hares and Metropolitan Catchments Central Conservation Programs and Planning Division NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service August 2003 Native Vegetation of the Woronora, O’Hares and Metropolitan Catchments September 2003 Published by: is not guaranteed to be free from error or omission. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service NPWS and its employees disclaim liability for any 59-61 Goulburn Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 act done on the information in the map and any PO Box A290, Sydney South, NSW 1232 consequences of such acts or omissions. Report pollution and environmental This report should be referenced as follows: incidents Environment Line: 131 555 (NSW only) or NPWS (2003) The Native Vegetation of the [email protected] Woronora, O’Hares and Metropolitan Catchments. See also NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney. www.environment.nsw.gov.au/pollution Phone: (02) 9995 5000 (switchboard) Phone: 131 555 (environment information and publications requests) Phone: 1300 361 967 (national parks, climate change and energy efficiency information and publications requests) Fax: (02) 9995 5999 TTY: (02) 9211 4723 Email: [email protected] Website: www.environment.nsw.gov.au ISBN 0731367936 NPWS Publishing No. 2003/0143 September 2003 © Copyright National Parks and Wildlife Service on behalf of State of NSW. Photographs are copyright National Parks and Wildlife Service or the individual photographer. With the exception of photographs, the National Parks and Wildlife Service and State of NSW are pleased to allow this material to be reproduced in whole or in part for educational and non-commercial use, provided the meaning is unchanged and its source, publisher and authorship are acknowledged. -
Ericaceae Root Associated Fungi Revealed by Culturing and Culture – Independent Molecular Methods
a Ericaceae root associated fungi revealed by culturing and culture – independent molecular methods. by Damian S. Bougoure BSc (Hons) Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Centre for Horticulture and Plant Sciences University of Western Sydney February 2006 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Although I am credited with writing this thesis there is a multitude of people that have contributed to its completion in ways other than hitting the letters on a keyboard and I would like to thank them here. Firstly I’d like to thank my supervisor, Professor John Cairney, whose knowledge and guidance was invaluable in steering me along the PhD path. The timing of John’s ‘motivational chats’ was uncanny and his patience particularly, during the writing stage, seemed limitless at times. I’d also like to thank the Australian government for granting me an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) scholarship, Paul Worden from Macquarie University and the staff from the Millennium Institute at Westmead Hospital for performing DNA sequencing and the National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales and Environmental Protection agency of Queensland for permission to collect the Ericaceae plants. Thankyou to Mary Gandini from James Cook University for showing me the path to a Rhododendron lochiae population through the thick North Queenland rainforest. Without her help and I’d still be pointing the GPS at the sky. Thankyou to the other people in the lab studying mycorrhizas including Catherine Hitchcock, Susan Chambers, Adrienne Williams and particularly Brigitte Bastias with whom I shared an office. Everyone mentioned was generally just as willing as I was to talk about matters other than mycorrhizas. -
Biological Control of Hakea Sericea Schrad. & Jcwendl. and Hakea
Biological control of Hakea sericea Schrad. & J.C.Wendl. and Hakea gibbosa (Sm.) Cav. (Proteaceae) in South Africa A.J. Gordon* & A. Fourie‡ Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X5017, Stellenbosch, 7599 South Africa Hakea sericea Schrad. & J.C.Wendl. and Hakea gibbosa (Sm.) Cav. (Proteaceae), are small trees or shrubs that originate from Australia. Hakea sericea has become highly invasive and problematic in South Africa while H. gibbosa is less widespread and abundant but neverthe- less problematic. Biological control against H. sericea started in 1970 with the release of two seed-attacking insects, a seed-feeding weevil, Erytenna consputa Pascoe (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and a seed-moth, Carposina autologa Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae). Both of these agents, together with an indigenous fungus, Colletotrichum acutatum J.H. Simmonds f.sp. hakeae Lubbe, Denman, P.F.Cannon, J.Z. Groenew., Lampr. & Crous (Incertae sedis: Glomerellaceae), and manual clearing have reduced the abundance, and possibly the invasiveness, of H. sericea, but large infestations still persist in the coastal mountains of the Cape Floral Region in the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. The release in 1979 of a weevil, Cydmaea binotata Lea (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), which bores in the termi- nal shoots and young needles of H. sericea has had a negligible effect. To enhance the levels of biological control, two new agents, a stem-boring beetle, Aphanasium australe (Boisduval) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), and a flowerbud feeder, Dicomada rufa Blackburn (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), were released in 2001 and 2006, respectively. The focus in this review is on progress since 1999 with the biological control and management of H. -
The 1770 Landscape of Botany Bay, the Plants Collected by Banks and Solander and Rehabilitation of Natural Vegetation at Kurnell
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Hochschulschriftenserver - Universität Frankfurt am Main Backdrop to encounter: the 1770 landscape of Botany Bay, the plants collected by Banks and Solander and rehabilitation of natural vegetation at Kurnell Doug Benson1 and Georgina Eldershaw2 1Botanic Gardens Trust, Mrs Macquaries Rd Sydney 2000 AUSTRALIA email [email protected] 2Parks & Wildlife Division, Dept of Environment and Conservation (NSW), PO Box 375 Kurnell NSW 2231 AUSTRALIA email [email protected] Abstract: The first scientific observations on the flora of eastern Australia were made at Botany Bay in April–May 1770. We discuss the landscapes of Botany Bay and particularly of the historic landing place at Kurnell (lat 34˚ 00’ S, long 151˚ 13’ E) (about 16 km south of central Sydney), as described in the journals of Lieutenant James Cook and Joseph Banks on the Endeavour voyage in 1770. We list 132 plant species that were collected at Botany Bay by Banks and Daniel Solander, the first scientific collections of Australian flora. The list is based on a critical assessment of unpublished lists compiled by authors who had access to the collection of the British Museum (now Natural History Museum), together with species from material at National Herbarium of New South Wales that has not been previously available. The list includes Bidens pilosa which has been previously regarded as an introduced species. In 1770 the Europeans set foot on Aboriginal land of the Dharawal people. Since that time the landscape has been altered in response to a succession of different land-uses; farming and grazing, commemorative tree planting, parkland planting, and pleasure ground and tourist visitation. -
Indigigrow Bush Foods & Native Plant Nursery
IndigiGrow Bush Foods & Native Plant Nursery Corner Bunnerong Road & Yarra Road, IndigiGrow is a not-for-profit social La Perouse Public School La Perouse NSW 2036 enterprise of Nursery Mob: 0439 327 933 First Hand Solutions Aboriginal Corporation www.indigigrow.com.au www.firsthandsolutions.org www.facebook.com/indigigrownativebushfoodplants www.indigigrow.com.au www.facebook.com/firsthandsolutions www.facebook.com/indigigrow ABN: 24365530976 Plant Information Guide – The Plants We Grow NB: IndigiGrow recommends caution when foraging for bush foods in the wild. Like fungi, there are native plants which although may look like they may be edible, are in fact highly toxic. The plants we grow are known to be edible or medicinal and are classified as safe to use in this regard. ESBS = Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub Native = General Native Medicine = Medicinal Plant Bush Food = Edible use ESBS Companion Plant = Commonly found growing amongst Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub but not classified as Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub Last Updated 5th November 2019 Grasses, Herbs, Flowers and Vines Up to 2 Metres Common Name Binomial Name Description Gardening Uses, Height & General Information Flannel Flower Actinotus helianthi Insect Up to 50cm, full sun, white flowers, soft foliage attracting ESBS Albany Woolly Adenanthos sericeus Bird & insect Up to 2 metres, full sun, drainage, soft textural leaves Bush attracting Native Native Ginger Alpinia caerulea Edible Fruit, Up to 2 metres, clumping, fragrant, indoors, tropical, pots Leaves and Rhizome Bush Food Sea Celery Apium prostratum Edible Leaves Up to 40cm, part shade to filtered light, indoors, moist soils Bush Food Common Name Binomial Name Description Gardening Uses, Height & General Information Chocolate Lily Arthropodium Edible tubers Up to 40cm, pretty flowers, rockeries, pots, bee habitat. -
Ecology of Proteaceae with Special Reference to the Sydney Region
951 Ecology of Proteaceae with special reference to the Sydney region P.J. Myerscough, R.J. Whelan and R.A. Bradstock Myerscough, P.J.1, Whelan, R.J.2, and Bradstock, R.A.3 (1Institute of Wildlife Research, School of Biological Sciences (A08), University of Sydney, NSW 2006; 2Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522; 3Biodiversity Research and Management Division, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, PO Box 1967, Hurstville, NSW 1481) Ecology of Proteaceae with special reference to the Sydney region. Cunninghamia 6(4): 951–1015. In Australia, the Proteaceae are a diverse group of plants. They inhabit a wide range of environments, many of which are low in plant resources. They support a wide range of animals and other organisms, and show distinctive patterns of distribution in relation to soils, climate and geological history. These patterns of distribution, relationships with nutrients and other resources, interactions with animals and other organisms and dynamics of populations in Proteaceae are addressed in this review, particularly for the Sydney region. The Sydney region, with its wide range of environments, offers great opportunities for testing general questions in the ecology of the Proteaceae. For instance, its climate is not mediterranean, unlike the Cape region of South Africa, south- western and southern Australia, where much of the research on plants of Proteaceae growing in infertile habitats has been done. The diversity and abundance of Proteaceae vary in the Sydney region inversely with fertility of habitats. In the region’s rainforest there are few Proteaceae and their populations are sparse, whereas in heaths in the region, Proteaceae are often diverse and may dominate the canopy. -
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Botany Bay Plant Checklist[1]
1 Botany Bay Checklist of Plants Collected and Illustrated on the Endeavour Voyage 1770 DICOTYLEDONAE APIACEAE Actinotus helianthi Actinotus minor Platysace lanceolata Xanthosia pilosa ASTERACEAE Acmella grandiflora Calotis lappulacea Melanthera biflora BIGNONIACEAE Pandorea pandorana CAMPANULACEAE Lobelia dentata Lobelia gracilis Pratia purpurascens CASUARINACEAE Allocasuarina littoralis CUNONIACEAE Bauera capitata Bauera rubioides CHENOPODIACEAE Atriplex cinerea Rhagodia candolleana DILLENIACEAE Hibbertia scandens DROSERACEAE Drosera binata EPACRIDACEAE Epacris longiflora Epacris microphylla Leucopogon ericoides Leucopogon ruscifolius 2 Leucopogon virgatus Styphelia viridis Woollsia pungens EUPHORBIACEAE Poranthera microphylla Ricinocarpos pinifolius FABACEAE Aotus ericoides Bossiaea heterophylla Desmodium rhytidophyllum Glycine tabacina Hardenbergia violaceae Kennedia rubicunda Oxylobium cordifolium GOODENIACEAE Dampiera stricta Goodenia ovata Goodenia paniculata Scaevola calendulacea Scaevola ramosissima LAMIACEAE Hemigenia purpurea Plectranthus parviflorus Westringia fruticosa LENTIBULARIACEAE Utricularia biloba MIMOSACEAE Acacia legnota Acacia leiocalyx Acacia longifolia Acacia suaveolens Acacia terminalis Acacia ulicifolia MELIACEAE Synoum glandulosum MYRSINACEAE Aegiceras corniculatum MYRTACEAE Baeckea imbricata Callistemon citrinus Darwinia fascicularis Leptospermum attenuatum 3 Leptospermum squarrosum Melaleuca armillaris Melaleuca nodosa Melaleuca thymifolia PROTEACEAE Banksia ericifolia Banksia integrifolia Banksia serrata