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Category Archives: Threatened Plants
Brachyglottis brunonis, The Daisytree of the Table Mountain
Since time immemorial, mountains have held special meaning to humans, and coming from a place where the tallest point in the landscape was a measly 169m high, I took the first available opportunity to visit the most accessible mountain when … Continue reading
Still here after 174 years, Wurmbea latifolia rediscovered
Had humans not implemented a system of recording in the form of herbaria or writing, we might never know what wondrous plants grew on the soils of Northwest Tasmania almost two centuries ago. It was 174 years ago in the … Continue reading
Posted in Botanical History, Threatened Plants
Tagged Colchicaceae, early nancy, Wurmbea latifolia
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The return to the Vale of Belvoir
After a year of looking at tree rings in an office, there was no better way of finding a piece of haven than a visit to the Vale of Belvoir Conservation Area, one of my favourite places in Tasmania. Like … Continue reading
Posted in Botanical Heritage, Fieldtrips, Habitats, Parks and Nature Reserves, Threatened Plants
Tagged Alpine appleberry, Alpine Marshwort, central highlands, Central Plateau, Liparophyllum gunnii, Loganiaceae, Menyanthaceae, mitrewort, Mountain mitrewort, Pittosporaceae, Rhytidosporum inconspicuum, Schizacme montana, Vale of Belvoir
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Tom Gibson Nature Reserve fieldtrip
Simultaneously, one of the greatest pains and pleasures of being a botanist is the amount of time it can take to consolidate and write up on the findings of a single field trip. I thought the fieldtrip to the Tom … Continue reading
Posted in Fieldtrips, Parks and Nature Reserves, Threatened Plants
Tagged Athropodium strictum, Chocolate Lily, Dwarf Sunray, Hyalosperma demissum, Moss Sunray, Myriophyllum integrifolium, Propeller Plant, Richard Schahinger, Siloxerus multiflorus, Small Wrinklewort, Stenanthemum pimeleoides, Stylidium despectum, Threatened Plants Tasmania, Tiny Arrowgrass, Tiny Water Milfoil, Tom Gibson, Tom Gibson Nature Reserve, Triglochin minutissimum, Triptilodiscus pygmaeus
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A fan of Fanworts
As I have written in my post ‘the unbearable adorableness of turfed existence‘, small plants are very easy to love. Members of the Bristlewort family (Centrolepidaceae) in particular, meet all the qualifications. Most are turfed and all are small, barely … Continue reading
The Eyebright that makes the Tasman Peninsula
The clear and bright morning of the 7th of October 2009 was to set the tone for the weather of the day. It was going to be a perfect day for an outing to the Tasman Peninsula to look for … Continue reading
The Golden Dodder, a saltmarsh treasure
In saltmarshes, there is always something worth looking out for. I have written about one such plant, the Silky Wilsonia (Wilsonia humilis) in a previous post. When I went for a walk on the 11th of April 2009 at South … Continue reading
A focus on beauty, not on loss
Out of necessity, this post is going to have mild philosophical overtones as it points at an emotional journey I believe that most, if not all, naturalists take. As a naturalist there can be a tendency to want to focus … Continue reading
Plant hunting in the Central Highlands – Part 2
On part 1 of this series I blogged about our fortuitous sighting of the very inconspicuous Alpine Appleberry (Rhytidosporum inconspicuum) at Middlesex Plains, 16 Dec 2008. Our next stop was the Vale of Belvoir. The Vale of Belvoir is a … Continue reading
Wilsonias of the saltmarsh
In November 2008 I had the privilege to participate in an African Boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum) weeding trip at a beautiful saltmarsh in Sorrell with my fellow DPIW colleagues Mick Ilowski and Adam Smith. The reason for doing weeding at the … Continue reading
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