Wednesday Walk – Tianjara Falls with roadside stops – 26 November 2014

We went via Tarago, Oallen Ford, Nerriga Road to Touga/Towlong Road for morning tea and found many things to look at. Some of the tea trees were flowering - Leptospermum rotundifolium was outstanding - all day. Huge flowers ranging from white to quite dark pink - some completely covered with flowers. We also saw L. trinervium, L. polygalifolium and L. squarrosum flowering. Also flowering were Melaleuca capitata, Goodenia heterophylla, G. bellidifolia, patulifolia, Phyllota phylicoides, Laxmannia gracilis, Mitrasacme polymorpha, Thysanotus tuberosus, Dampiera stricta and many other things. We then pushed on to Tianjara Falls. It took us forever to get out of the car park area! Flowering were Melaleuca thymifolia, anethifolius, Xyris ? juncea, Mirbelia rubiifolia, Tetratheca bauerifolia, ambigua, Viminaria juncea, Dampiera stricta, Scaevola ramosissima to name a few. Then we made it to the falls seeing some Cryptostylis subulata, Daviesia alata, Thysanotus juncifolius, Anisopogon avanaceus (a big grass that we've seen at the Big Hole) and then on to a rock platform for lunch. Walking further along the platform we found many flannel flowers - Actinous helianthi - flowering beautifully, some duck orchids - Caleana major - and a number of interesting plants such as a Zieria sp, Platysace lanceolata, Boronia anemonifolia, Chloanthes parviflora, Olax stricta, serrata and Pomaderris andromedifolia. We stopped twice on the way home - first at an area devoid of trees but with low which turned out to be because of a big rock formation underneath. Near here we found Darwinia taxifolia flowering. Our final stop was at the rock platform above Bulee Gap to see the view and a few things that we'd already seen. For the images below: JG = Jean Geue, MB = Martin Butterfield, RF = Roger Farrow

Leptospermum squarrosum JG Leptospermum rotundifolium MB Leptospermum polygalifolium RF

Bossiaea ensata RF Viminea juncea RF Drosera pygmaea RF Melaleuca thymifolia RF

Tianjara Falls MB formosa MB Isotoma axillaris MB

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

Scaevola ramosissima JG Lunch with a view JG Xyris sp. RF

Actinotus helianthi RF Daviesia alata RF Darwinia taxifolia RF

Kunzea ambigua MB Caleana major MB Dipodium roseum MB Cryptostylis subulata RF

Plant List for Tianjara Falls Trip – 26 November 2014

? indicates that those present were unsure of the name

Touga Rd – morning tea stop brownii Kunzea parvifolia Acacia elongata Laxmannia gracilis Acacia rubida Lepidosperma sp. Acacia terminalis Leptospermum rotundifolium distyla Leptospermum squarrosum Allocasuarina littoralis Leptospermum trinervium Lomandra longifolia Lomandra obliqua Billardiera scandens Melaleuca capitata Calytrix tetragona Microtis sp. Cassytha sp. Mitrasacme polymorpha Caustis flexuosa levis Dampiera stricta Epacris microphylla Phyllota phylicoides Pimelea linifolia Eucalyptus stricta Stylidium lineare Goodenia bellidifolia Thelymitra sp. Goodenia heterophylla ssp. heterophylla Thysanotus tuberosus