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Wednesday Walk from Wog Wog Campground, Morton National Park – 17 April 2013 Wednesday Walk from Wog Wog Campground, Morton National Park – 17 April 2013 The Wog Wog camping area is off Charleys Forest Road, not far from the intersection with the Nerriga road. The walk descends through open woodland to Wog Wog Creek which we crossed then rises to a plateau where we found the banksias we were looking for. There were many Banksia spinulosa and B. paludosa – from buds through to full flowers in an array of colours. We also found one B. marginata in flower. There was the odd pea flowering - Mirbelia platylobioides, Bossiaea prostrata - one Dampiera stricta flower, quite a lot of Epacris microphylla with flowers, Goodenia hederacea ssp. alpestris, Hibbertia riparia, Mitrasacme polymorpha and Comesperma sphaerocarpum. Other interesting plants were Patersonia sericea, P. longifolia, Gompholobium minus (and another one which we couldn't ID), Chloanthes stoechadis, Petrophile sessilis, Isopogon anemonifolius, I. anethifolius, Hakea laevipes, H. microcarpa, H. sericea and Pomaderris phylicifolia ssp. ericoides. Some of us had a quick foray across the road in another area of Morton National Park to see if it warranted a separate visit - probably. On our way home we stopped for the nice stand of Eucalyptus moorei on the roadside. Descending to the creek Image by John Allocasuarina nana heath Image by Crossing Wog Wog Creek Image by Wilkes Brigitta Wimmer Victoria Tanner Hibbertia riparia Image by John Wilkes Isopogon anemonifolius Image by Mirbelia platylobioides Image by Brigitta Brigitta Wimmer Wimmer Banksia paludosa Image by Banksia paludosa Image by Banksia marginata Image by Banksia marginata Image by John Wilkes John Wilkes Brigitta Wimmer John Wilkes Banksia spinulosa Image by Banksia spinulosa Image by Banksia spinulosa Image by Banksia spinulosa Image by Victoria Tanner Victoria Tanner Victoria Tanner John Wilkes Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region Eucalyptus pauciflora Image Dampiera stricta image by Allocasuarina nana Image by Comesperma sphaerocarpum by Brigitta Wimmer Brigitta Wimmer John Wilkes Image by John Wilkes Plant List for Wog Wog – 17 April 2013 ? indicates that those present were unsure of the plant name Acacia brownii Eucalyptus radiata Acacia dealbata Eucalyptus rubida Acacia gunnii Eucalyptus sieberi Acacia melanoxylon Eucalyptus viminalis Acacia mearnsii Exocarpos strictus Acacia terminalis Geranium sp. Adiantum aethiopicum Gleichenia dicarpa Ajuga australis Glycine clandestina Allocasuarina diminuta Gompholobium minus Allocasuarina littoralis Gompholobium sp. Allocasuarina nana Gonocarpus tetragynus Amperea xiphoclada Goodenia bellidifolia Rytidosperma sp. Goodenia hederacea ssp. alpestris Austrostipa ?pubinodis Hakea laevipes Baeckea ?utilis Hakea microcarpa Banksia marginata Hakea sericea Banksia paludosa Hardenbergia violacea Banksia spinulosa Helichrysum rutidolepis Billardiera scandens Hibbertia obtusifolia Blechnum nudum Hibbertia riparia Bossiaea prostrata Hovea heterophylla Brachyloma daphnoides Hydrocotyle laxiflora Bursaria spinosa Hydrocotyle tripartita Chloanthes stoechadis Hypericum gramineum Chrysocephalum semipapposum (grey form) Hypericum japonicum Comesperma sphaerocarpum Isopogon anemonifolius Corunastylis sp. Isopogon anethifolius Dampiera stricta Isopogon prostratus Daviesia leptophylla Kunzea ericoides Dianella revoluta Kunzea parvifolia Dichondra repens Lagenophera stipitata Epacris microphylla Leptospermum polygalifolium Eucalyptus dives Leptospermum juniperinum Eucalyptus mannifera Leptospermum lanigerum Eucalyptus pauciflora Leptospermum myrtifolium Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region Leptospermum obovatum Viola hederacea Leptospermum rotundifolium Wahlenbergia multicaulis Leptospermum ?squarrosum Xanthorrhoea concava Leucopogon fraseri Leucopogon lanceolatus Leucopogon virgatus Lomandra filiformis ssp. coriacea Lomandra filiformis ssp. filiformis Lomandra longifolia Lomandra multiflora Lomandra obliqua Lomatia ilicifolia Lomatia myricoides Melaleuca parvistaminea Melichrus urceolatus Microlaena stipoides Mirbelia platylobioides Mitrasacme serpyllifolia Mitrasacme polymorpha Monotoca scoparia Olearia erubescens Opercularia hispida Oreomyrrhis eriopoda Patersonia glabrata Patersonia longifolia Patersonia sericea Pellaea sp. ? Persoonia chamaepeuce Persoonia chamaepitys Persoonia levis Persoonia linearis Persoonia mollis ssp. leptophylla Persoonia mollis ssp. budawangensis Petrophile sessilis Phyllota squarrosa Pimelea linifolia Poa meionectes Pomaderris phylicifolia ssp. ericoides Poranthera microphylla Prostanthera lasianthos Pteridium esculentum Pultenaea altissima Pultenaea subspicata Ranunculus lappaceus Rhytidosporum procumbens Rubus parvifolius Senecio sp. Solenogyne dominii Speculantha sp. Stackhousia monogyna Stylidium graminifolium Themeda triandra Viola betonicifolia Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region.
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