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Author: Lyn
September 4 bird survey
Water levels have risen, with the overall species number obviously high from the survey today and the efforts of several other observers reporting on eBird over the last month. We are monitoring Noisy Miner numbers within the park. Numbers are low on today’s...
Gonocarpus tetragynus – Creeping raspwort
To 30CM. Erect bushy herb covered in flattened, short, white bristly hairs. Loose spikes of tiny pinkish-red flowers Sept – Jan. Small fruit, silvery grey. Full sun, semi-shade.
Eleocharis acuta – Common Spike-sedge
to 90cm. Semi-aquatic herb with erect stems. Slender grass-like leaves. Narrow cylindric spikelet straw-coloured tinged with dark brown Sept-Mar.
Eucalyptus viminalis ssp. pryoriana – Coast Manna Gum
To 15M. Spreading tree with dense crown, rough bark, shedding from upper trunk and branches. Narrow blue green leaves with weeping habit. Egg to spindle-shaped buds in axillary clusters of 3 creamy flowers Jan-Mar. Nectar source for butterflies and other insec...
Eucalyptus radiata s.l. – Narrow-leaf Peppermint
To 40M. Low branching tree with dense canopy, bark rough and fibrous to the small branches. Aromatic, thin-textured narrow leaves. Numerous small club-shaped buds in axillary clusters followed by profuse creamy to pale yellow flowers Oct-Jan. Nectar source for...
Eucalyptus polyanthemos – Red Box
To 15M. Slow-growing, small to medium tree sometimes with crooked trunk, compact to spreading blue green crown, rough bark. Terminal panicles of 7 bluish club-shaped buds, scar present, Sept-Jan. Requires good drainage tolerating poor stony soils, full sun, se...
Eucalyptus paucifolia – Snow Gum
To 30M. Rounded low branching tree, bark smooth, bark on young branches reddish. Weeping glaucous young growth becoming thick shiny grey- to olive-green leaves.Axillary clusters of 11+ club-shaped buds on thick stalks with creamy flowers Dec-Feb. Fruit cup-sha...
Eucalyptus ovata – Swamp Gum
To 20M. Upright tree with open to moderately dense canopy, bark mostly smooth but rough at base. Shiny broad lanceolate to ovate leaves with wavy edges. Axillary racemes of 7 diamond-shaped buds, turning to profuse creamy flowers Mar-Sept. Nectar source for bu...
Eucalyptus melliodora – Yellow Box
To 30M. Variable open to dense tree, loose fibrous to scaly, yellow-brown bark, smooth pale grey to yellow bark on top and branches. Oval grey-green becoming dull green to greyish lanceolate leaves. Axillary racemes of 7 club-shaped buds followed by profuse pe...