Friday, April 26, 2013

Royal National Park, Forest Walk. 26th April 2013.

Flowerless Flora Friday.  Well this was a first.........not one flower, well not in the true sense.
Today I went out hoping to find some fungi, as now (autumn) is usually fungi time. Luckily flowers weren't my true target as I didn't see one flower on this nearly 5km walk and I was starting to worry that today's episode would be a blank sheet. It was an interesting walk and as one of the dominant trees was the cabbage palm, which meant rain forest and that also meant ferns, so I was able to find enough to keep me occupied.
 I have little idea as to what species the fungi are, so they are all just 'Fungi'.
 121kms round trip.
 
Fungal 'Opera House'.

Not now, not ever.
Fern
 
Livistona australis  -  Cabbage Tree Palm.
 
Spines on Livistona australis  -  Cabbage Tree Palm.
It stopped me from eating them.
 
Fungi
 
Adiantum formosum  -
  Giant Maidenhair, Black Stem Maidenhair Fern.
 
Fingers of moss coming to get you.
 
Fungi from the top...........
 
.......and a crusty bottom.
 
Asplenium australasicum  -  Bird's Nest Fern.
 
Fungi x 2.
 
Platycerium bifurcatum  -  Elkhorn Fern.
 
Seed head of a Austrostipa sp.  (grass).
 
The empty restaurant.
 
Fruits and seeds of a Gahnia sp.
 
Top and bottom, a bracket fungi.
 
A dusting of spores.
 
Blechnum cartilagineum  -  Gristle fern.
 
Fungi
 
Doodia caudata  -  Small Rasp Fern.
 
 
 
 
FEATHERS, FUR and FANG.                 Some Of The Wildlife Seen Today.
Wonder Brown (Heteronympha mirifica)  Female.

Caterpillar

Caterpillar

 
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Friday, April 19, 2013

Blue Mountains National Park - Kings Tableland 19th April 2013

My first visit to this very interesting part of the Blue Mountains, and a new plant (Persoonia acerosa) for me as a bonus. All today's plants were found by just driving slowly along the road with very little walking involved.  179kms round trip.


View from Flat Rock lookout.
Stylidium lineare  -  Narrow-leaf Trigger Plant.
 
Banksia marginata  -  Silver Banksia.
 

Persoonia acerosa  -  Mossy Geebung.
  This species is listed as vulnerable on the
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (NSW).
 

Leptospermum squarrosum  -  Pink Tea-tree.
 
Fungi.     Boletellus sp. ???
 

Hibbertia sp.
I keep taking photos of this family but still not sure on
which species is which.
 

Amyema pendulum subsp. pendulum  -  Drooping Mistletoe.
 

Epacris pulchella - NSW Coral Heath.
 
Grevillea mucronulata  -  Green Spider-flower.
 
Banksia marginata  -  Silver Banksia.
 

Lichen 'flowers'.
 

Persoonia chamaepitys  -  Prostrate Geebung.
 

Fruiting parts, clockwise:  Hakea propinqua, Lambertia formosa (triplets), Allocasuarina nana, Callitris muelleri .
 
Xanthorrhoea sp  -  Grass Tree.
Growing alone under sandstone overhang.
 
Marsdenia suaveolens  -  Sweet Scented Doubah.
 
Lichen on tree trunk.
 
Hanging on. 
  "I got this spot for the view."
 
(maybe???)  Monotoca scoparia
 -  Prickly Broom Heath.
Being enjoyed by a feral honeybee.
 
not sure
 
Banksia spinulosa  -  Hairpin Banksia.
 
 
 
 
 
FEATHERS, FUR and FANG.       Some Of The Wildlife Seen Today.
 
Rock Warbler.
Only found around Sydney sandstone.
 
Bull Ant.
 

Mainland She-oak Skink.
 
                                                          Acting like a snake.
                                                

 
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