Wednesday Walk on Meangora Road Property – 11 February 2012

We visited a private property off Meangora Road which runs off Endrick River Road just south of Nerriga. The drive in was tantalizing with several vegetation types including tall forest of and a swampy area. Many of the we encountered were new to us and a lot of homework was done to identify them. We started off in a forested area which included Eucalyptus radiata, E. dives and a scribbly gum which may have been E. rossii or E. sclerophylla. The understory was fairly dense with a variety of species including Leptomeria acida, mollis ssp. ? livens, P. microphylla, Boronia algida, spinulosa, Patersonia longifolia, P. sericea, Acacia ? amoena, A. terminalis, Laxamnnia gracilis, Mitrasacme polymorpha, Lomandra longifolia and many others. Then on to a swampy area with Eucalyptus ovata around the edge as well as some Leptospermum ? morrisonii, L. juniperinum, Baeckea utilis, Epacris microphylla and many Spiranthes australis. After lunch we took another route on a fire trail to the edge of and saw among other things, E. moorei, Allocasuarina nana, Phyllota phylicoides, Chloanthes parviflora, Persoonia laurina, P. lanceolata, Comesperma sphaerocarpum and the unusual grass Anisopogon avenaceus.

Woodland Image by Martin Leptomeria acida Image by Image by Persoonia lanceolata Image by Butterfield Roger Farrow Roger Farrow Roger Farrow

Boronia algida Image by Martin Patersonia longifolia Image by Swampy area Image by Martin Utricularia dichotoma Image Butterfield Roger Farrow Butterfield by Roger Farrow

Spiranthes australis Image by White form of Spiranthes Eriocaulon scariosum Image Persoonia microphylla Image Roger Farrow australis Image by Roger by Roger Farrow by Roger Farrow Farrow

Goodenia paniculata Image by Cyperus sanguinolentus Image Villarsia ? exaltata Image by Image by Roger Farrow by Roger Farrow Roger Farrow Roger Farrow

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? indicates that those present were unsure of the plant name

Acacia ? amoena Entolasia stricta Acacia ? deanii (or A. parramattensis ?) Epacris microphylla Acacia ? hamiltoniana Eriocaulon scariosum Acacia brownii Eucalyptus ? dives Acacia terminalis Eucalyptus ? rossii or ? sclerophylla Actinotus gibbonsii Eucalyptus moorei Allocasuarina nana Eucalyptus ovata Amperea xiphoclada Eucalyptus pauciflora Anisopogon avenaceus Eucalyptus radiata Aotus ericoides Exocarpos strictus Arrhenechthites mixtus Gahnia sp. Austrodanthonia sp. Geranium sp Austrostipa pubinodis Gleichenia sp. Baeckea utilis Gompholobium minus Gompholobium sp. Gonocarpus micranthus ssp. micranthus Gonocarpus tetragynus Goodenia bellidifolia Baumea ? acuta Goodenia hederacea Billardiera scandens Goodenia paniculata Boronia algida Gratiola perruviana Boronia nana var. hyssopifolia dactyloides Bossiaea buxifolia Bossiaea prostrata Brachyloma daphnoides Hardenbergia violacea Brachyscome spathulata Helichrysum leucopsideum Callistemon citrinus Helichrysum rutidolepis Calochilus sp. Hemarthria uncinata Centella asiatica Hibbertia obtusifolia Centipeda minima Hibbertia sp. Chiloglottis diphylla Hovea heterophylla Chloanthes parviflora Hydrocotyle tripartita Chrysocephalum apiculatum Hypericum gramineum Comesperma sphaerocarpum Hypoxis hygrometrica Coronidium oxylepis ssp. lanatum Isolepis sp. Cryptandra amara ? var. floribunda Juncus ? planifolius Cyperus sanguinolentus Juncus sp. Dampiera stricta Kunzea parvifolia Daviesia alata Lagenophera ? stipitata Daviesia leptophylla Laxmannia gracilis Dillwynia sericea Leptomeria acida Dipodium roseum Leptospermum ? brevipes Drosera binata Leptospermum ? continentale (or ? squarrosum) Drosera sp. Leptospermum juniperinum Echinopogon sp. Leptospermum morrisonii Eleocharis sp. Leptospermum myrtifolium Eleocharis sphacelata Leucopogon lanceolata

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region Leucopogon sp. Utricularia dichotoma Leucopogon virgatus Villarsia ? exaltata Lindsaea linearis Viola hederacea Lomandra filiformis ssp coriacea Wahlenbergia sp. Lomandra glauca Xanthosia diffusa Lomandra longifolia Lomandra longifolia Bird List Lomandra multiflora Noisy Miner Lomandra obliqua Laughing Kookaburra Lomatia ilicifolia Australian Magpie Luzula sp. Red Wattlebird Lythrum hyssopifolia Crimson Rosella Melichrus urceolatus Pied Currawong Microlaena stipoides Grey Currawong Microtis sp. Eastern Whipbird Mirbelia platylobioides Leaden Flycatcher Mitrasacme polymorpha Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Mitrasacme serpyllifolia Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Monotoca scoparia White-throated Treecreeper Olearia erubescens Grey Fantail Opercularia sp. Grey Shrike-thrush Patersonia longifolia White-eared Honeyeater Patersonia sericea Yellow-faced Honeyeater Eastern Yellow Robin Persoonia lanceolata Brown Thornbill Persoonia laurina Grey Butcherbird White-winged Chough Persoonia microphylla Superb Lyrebird Persoonia mollis ssp. ? livens Spotted Pardalote Petrophile sp. Phyllota phylicoides Pimelea sp. Platysace lanceolata Poa meionectes Polyscias sambucifolia Pomaderris andromedifolia ssp. confusa Pomax umbellata Poranthera microphylla Pratia pedunculata Pteridium esculentum Pultenaea ? capitellata Ranunculus sp. Rhytidosporum procumbens Schoenus apogon Selaginella uliginosa Spiranthes australis Stylidium graminifolium Styphelia adscendens Tetratheca thymifolia Themeda triandra Thysanotus patersonii

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