MUNRO MARTIN PARK..11 several species that don't belong in the wetlands, whether they be Australian natives that aren't found in the Cairns lowlands (Callitris intratropica, WHAT'S HAPPENING.......12 Pittosporum mollucanum) or exotic weeds (Dillenia suffruticosa). CAIRNS BRANCH ........12 A few of us brought bangers to throw on the barbecue - a pleasant way to TABLELANDS BRANCH..12 prepare lunch. But our first barbecue attempt was a failure - no gas! The second one tried was out of gas too, as was the third. Finally, we found the TOWNSVILLE BRANCH. 12 only barbecue at Cattana with any gas, which a lovely family were kind enough to share. After lunch, Rob lead an off-track walk through the swamp and onto an ancient beach sand dune now covered in a rare tall rainforest community. Clouds of hungry mosquitoes followed us, but in between swatting, we found an enormous diversity of plants not yet recorded on Sharren's list. Thanks to Sharren Wong for organising this excursion. *Dillenia suffruticosa, an invasive exotic similar to Dillenia alata Feather palm swamp at Cattana Wetlands Pittosporum ferrugineum Pandanus solmslaubachii Bianca and Coralie admiring the lakes at Cattana SGAP Cairns Branch Newsletter 2 Endiandra longipedicellata Scrub Bread Fruit Cattana Buff Walnut Pandanus solmslaubachii Neolitsea dealbata Swamp Pandan Wetlands Bollywood POACEAE Species List MONIMIACEAE *Chloris barbata Original list provided by Sharren Wilkiea macrophylla Purpletop Rhodes Grass Wong. Species observed by Rob Wilkiea pubescens Leptaspis banksii Jago and Stuart Worboys. Names in bold text are new additions to MYRISTICACEAE ZINGIBERACEAE Sharren's list. Myristica muelleri Alpinea caerulea Native Nutmeg Blue Ginger Ferns and Fern Allies Hornstedtia scottiana Monocots Native Cardamom ASPLENIACEAE ARECACEAE Asplenium nidus TYPHACEAE Archontophoenix alexandrae Birds nest Fern Typha sp. Alexandra Palm Bulrush BLECHNACEAE Calamus australis Stenochlaena plaustris Calamus caryotoides Eudicots Climbing Swamp fern Calamus moti ANACARDIACEAE Licuala ramsayi Conifers Blephalocarya involucrigera Fan Palm Rose Butternut ARAUCARIACEAE Ptychosperma macarthurii Pleiogynium timorense Agathis robusta ARACEAE (Burdekin Plum) QLD Kauri Pine Epipremnum pinnatum Rhus taitensis PODOCARPACEAE Sumac , Rhus ASPARAGACEAE Podocarpus grayae Cordyline cannifolia APIACEAE Brown Pine Cordyline manners-suttoniae Centella asiatica Basal Flowering Plants Giant Palm Lily APOCYNACEAE Lomandra hystrix ANNONACEAE Cerbera floribunda Mat-Rush Melodorum leichhardtii Cassowary Plum Melodorum uhrii CYPERACEAE Gymanthera oblonga Polyalthia nitidissima *Cyperus aromatica Harpoon Bud Canary Beech Navua Sedge Ochrosia elliptica Xylopia maccraei Cyperus ohwii Scarlet Wedge-apple; Hypolytrum nemorum EUPOMATIACEAE ARALIACEAE Scirpodendron ghaeri Eupomatia barbata Polyscias australiana LAURACEAE FLAGELLARIACEAE Schefflera actinophylla Cryptocarya cunninghamii Flagellaria indica Umbrella Tree Coconut Laurel HEMEROCALLIDACEAE ASTERACEAE Cryptocarya hypospodia Dianella atraxis *Praxelis clematidea Cryptocarya laevigata Northern Flax Lily Praxelis Cryptocarya murrayi *Sphagneticola trilobata PANDANACEAE Murray's Laurel Singapore Daisy Freycinetia excelsa Cryptocarya triplinervis var. Climbing Pandan BIGNONIACEAE riparia Pandanus monticola Deplanchea tetraphylla SGAP Cairns Branch Newsletter 3 Golden Bouquet Tree mallotoides Native Peanut Neosepiceae jucunda Brown Macaranga MELIACEAE Jucunda Vine Macaranga tanarius Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum Blush Macaranga CANNABACEAE Ivory Mahogany Mallotus phillipensis Celtis paniculata Dysoxylum oppositifolium Red Kamala Melia azedarach CELASTRACEAE FABACEAE White Cedar Euonymus australiana Acacia holosericea Vavaea amicorum Hippocratea barbata Siilver leaved Wattle Salacia disepala MENISPERMACEAE Acacia mangium Lolly Vine Stephania japonica Sally Wattle, Siphonodon membranaceus Archidendron hendersonii MORACEAE Ivorywood Canastanospermum australe Ficus benjamina CLUSIACEAE Black Bean Weeping Fig, Banyan Calophyllum sil Falcataria toona Ficus congesta var congesta Garcinia warrenii Acacia Cedar Red Leaf Fig Native Mangosteen Intsia bijuga Ficus pantoniana Climbing Fig COMBRETACEAE Kwila Ficus racemosa Terminalia microcarpa *Macroptilium atropurpureum Cluster Fig Damson Siratro Millettia pinnata Ficus virens CONNARACEAE Pongamia Banyan Fig Connarus conchocarpus Mimosa pudica var hispida Trophis scandens Shell Vine Common Sensitive Plant Burney Vine Rourea brachyandra Mucuna gigantea MYRTACEAE CUCURBITACEAE Burney Bean Decaspermum humile *Momordica charantia ICACINACEAE Eugenia reinwardtiana Balsam Pear Gomphandra australiana Beach Cherry DILLENIACEAE Gossia myrsinocarpa LAMIACEAE *Dillenia suffruticosa Malanda Ironwood *Hyptis capitata Tetracera nordtiana Lophostemon suaveolens Knobweed Fire Vine Swamp Mahogany LECYTHIDACEAE Melaleuca leucadendra ELAEOCARPACEAE Barringtonia calyptrata Weeping paperbark Elaeocarpus bancroftii Mango/Cassowary Pine Melaleuca quinqenervia Kuranda Quandong Swamp Tea Tree Elaeocarpus angustifolius LOGANIACEAE Melaleuca viridiflora Silver Quandong Strychnos minor Broadleaved Paperbark EUPHORBIACEAE LORANTHACEAE Rhodamnia sessiliflora Aleurites moluccanus Dendrophthoe glabrescens Syzygium cormiflorum Candle Nut Tree Misteltoe Bumpy Satinash Claoxylon hillii MALVACEAE Syzygium fibrosum Codiaeum variegatum Brachychiton acerifolius Small Red Apple Homalanthus novoguineensis Illawarra Flame Tree Syzygium forte subsp. forte Bleeding Heart Hibiscus tiliaceus Cottonwood Syzygium hedraiophyllum Macaranga involucrata var Sterculia quadrifida Syzygium hemilamprum SGAP Cairns Branch Newsletter 4 Blush Satinash Alphitonia excelsa Capeyork Tulipwood Syzygium luehmannii Red Ash Lepiderema sericolignis Cherry Satinash Alphitonia oblataHairy Sasparilla Mischocarpus exangulatus Syzygium mulgraveanum Alphitonia petrei Synima cordierorum Syzygium suborbiculare Pink Ash, Sarsparilla SAPOTACEAE Syzygium tierneyanum Ventilago ecorollata Palaquium galactoxylon River Cherry RHIZOPHORACEAE Cairns Pencil Cedar Tristaniopsis exiliiflora Carallia brachiata Planchonella chartacea Watergum Corky Bark Pouteria xerocarpa Xanthostemon chrysanthus Golden Penda RUBIACEAE URTICACEAE Atractocarpus fitzlanii var fitzlanii Poulzolzia zeylanica OLEACEAE Brown Gardenia Chionanthus ramiflorus VERBENACEAE Rubiaceae Gen. (AQ520454) sp. Native Olive *Lantana camara Shute Harbour (D.A.Halford Lantana PHYLLANTHACEAE Q811) Cleistanthus apodus Nauclea orientalis VITACEAE Weeping Clestanthus Leichhardt Tree Cayratia maritima Glochidion philippicum Psychotria coelospermum Cissus vinosa Daintree cheesewood Timonius timon Leea novoguineensis Tim Tim Bandicoot Berry PITTOSPORACEAE Pittosporum ferrugineum RUTACEAE Pittosporum moluccanum Flindersia ifflana BBELLENDEN KKER -- Pittosporum rubignosum Cairns Hickory Hairy Pittosporum Glycosmis trifoliata FFOUR DDAYS ON Pink Lime POLYGALACEAE Melicope elleryana AAUSTRALIA''S *Polygala paniculata Pink Euodia POLYGONACEAE WWETTEST SALICACEAE Persicaria attenuata Casearia sp. Mission Beach Velvet Knot Weed MMOUNTAIN (B.P.Hyland 773) PRIMULACEAE Scolopia braunii Stuart Worboys *Ardisia elliptica Flintwood © Please do not reproduce Shoebutton Ardisia without permission of and from SAPINDACEAE Myrsine subsessilis subsp. the author. Arytera divaricata cryptostemon Rose tamarind This expedition was made PROTEACEAE Cupaniopsis anacardioides possible by grants from the Darlingia darlingiana Tuckeroo Australian Rhododendron Society Brown Silk Oak Cupaniopsis foveolatus and the Ian Potter Foundation. Grevillea baileyana Diploglottis bernieana The predicted increase in Baileys Silky Oak Bernie's Tamarind temperatures caused by climate Helicia australasica Diploglottis diphyllostegia change means we can all expect Stenocarpus sinuatus NorthernTamarind warmer average temperatures Wheel of Fire Ganophyllum falcatum (which will make January in Cairns even more unbearable). RHAMNACEAE Daintree Hickory With warmer averages comes Harpullia ramiflora SGAP Cairns Branch Newsletter 5 more very hot days, and many climate niches would be in 20, 40 particular interest is Mt Bellenden fewer cool nights. For the wildlife and 60 years from now. It was Ker, the State's second highest of the Wet Tropics region, it's the expected that these niches would mountain, for nearly a century increased number of extremely occur at increasingly higher and a half the subject of much hot days that will have the elevations as the world warms. scientific exploration and greatest effects. We have seen that Theoretically, this is a problem for curiosity. bats and small birds die in large plants that currently survive only numbers because of their inability on islands in the sky - the cool, to cope with the high wet mountaintops of the Wet Day 1 - 38 mm in temperatures. Anecdotally, the Tropics World Heritage Area. population of the white morph of Indeed, the modelling predicted the previous the lemuroid possum seems to that warmer average temperatures 24 hours have crashed following extreme will literally push many of these The best laid schemes o' Mice an' temperatures in the past few plants off the top of the Men, years. And with increased mountains, and into extinction. Gang aft agley, frequency of extreme temperature events, there is little time for The problem with field work is animal populations to recover in you can't plan for the weather. between. But what will be the When multiple people and effect on plants? organisations are involved, you have to set a date months in What can