Wednesday Walk – Monga Forest Drive – 6 March 2013

There is a loop drive from Braidwood which takes in a variety of ecosystems in Monga Forest. On this occasion we continued on the Kings Highway, turning right onto River Forest Road. Our first stop was the Dasyuris picnic area beside the Mongarlowe River where we stopped for morning tea. We then continued through the hamlet of Monga to the Waratah picnic area where we did the short walk through wet forest to Penance Grove. Many moorei were flowering, scattering white petals on the track. The ferns, as always, were majestic as we did the boardwalk circuit. We returned to the picnic area for lunch and did the short walk beside the river. We then drove along Milo Road to the patch of Correa lawrenciana var. cordifolia before continuing on Saddleback Road and Granite Bluff Road to the Reidsdale Road and back to Braidwood.

Road in to Dasyuris picnic Mongarlowe River Image by Platysace lanceolata Image by Smilax australis berries area Image by Martin Martin Butterfield Martin Butterfield Image by Martin Butterfield Butterfield

Tasmannia lanceolata berries Fern frond Image by Martin Eucryphia moorei petals Tree ferns in Penance Grove Image by Martin Butterfield Butterfield Image by Martin Butterfield Image by Martin Butterfield

Dawsonia superba Image by Lycopodium deuterodensum Eucryphia moorei Image by Eucryphia moorei image by Roger Farrow Image by Roger Farrow Martin Butterfield Roger Farrow

Walkers at Penance Grove Sarcochilus falcatus Image by Hymenophyllum flabellatum pod Image by Roger Farrow Roger Farrow Image by Roger Farrow image by Roger Farrow

Correa lawrenciana var. Epacris calvertiana image by Persoonia linearis Image by Correa lawrenciana var. cordifolia Image by Roger Roger Farrow Martin Butterfield cordifolia buds Image by Farrow Martin Butterfield

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Society, Canberra Region List for Monga Forest Drive – 6 March 2013

? indicates that those present were unsure of the plant name.

1st Stop Dasyuris Picninc Area Cyathea australis Acacia falcata Dawsonia superba Acacia obliquinervia Daviesia ulicifolia Acacia trachyphloia Dicksonia antarctica Acaena novae-zelandiae Eucalyptus fastigata Blechnum nudum Eucryphia moorei Blechnum sp. Fieldia australis Bursaria spinosa Geranium sp. Carex appressa Gleichenia dicarpa Coprosma quadrifida Gleichenia microphylla Dawsonia superba Hakea eriantha Daviesia ulicifolia Hydrocotyle geraniifolia Dianella tasmanica Hymenophyllum flabellatum Dichondra repens Lagenophora gracilis Dicksonia antarctica Leucopogon lanceolatus Epacris calvertiana Lycopodium deuterodensum Epacris microphylla Pellaea paradoxa Eucalyptus fastigata Persoonia linearis Eucalyptus sieberi Pimelea axiflora Eucalyptus viminalis Platysace lanceolata Gahnia sp. Polyscias sambucifolia (fern ) Geranium sp. Polystichum proliferum Gleichenia dicarpa Pomaderris aspera Hydrocotyle tripartita Pratia purpurascens Lepidosperma laterale Pteridium esculentum Leucopogon lanceolatus Pyrrosia rupestris Lomandra longifolia Sarcochilus falcatus Lomatia myricoides Smilax australis Lycopodium deuterodensum Solanum sp. Microlaena stipoides Stellaria flaccida Platysace lanceolata Tasmannia lanceolata Prostanthera lasianthos Telopea mongaensis Pteridium esculentum Xerochrysum bracteatum Smilax australis Stellaria flaccida 3rd Stop for Correas Tasmannia lanceolata Acacia obtusifolia Telopea mongaensis Callicoma serratifolia Veronica calycina Correa lawrenciana var. cordifolia Viola betonicifolia Cyathea australis Viola hederacea Goodenia ovata Xerochrysum bracteatum Eustrephus latifolius Hakea eriantha 2nd Stop – Waratah Picnic Area Persoonia linearis Acacia melanoxylon Platysace lanceolata Acacia falcata Schoenus melanostachys Acacia trachyphloia Tasmannia lanceolata Blechnum nudum Tylophora barbata Bursaria spinosa Clematis aristata Bird List Coprosma quadrifida Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region Australian King-Parrot Crimson Rosella Brush Cuckoo Superb Lyrebird White-throated Treecreeper Superb Fairy-wren White-browed Scrubwren Striated Thornbill Brown Thornbill Striated Pardalote Eastern Spinebill Lewin's Honeyeater Yellow-faced Honeyeater Crescent Honeyeater Brown-headed Honeyeater White-naped Honeyeater Eastern Whipbird Crested Shrike-tit Golden Whistler Pied Currawong Rufous Fantail Grey Fantail Scarlet Robin Rose Robin Eastern Yellow Robin

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region