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Leptospermum brevipes – Slender Tea Tree
Author: Jan Sked Published: Journal December 2022 Leptospermum brevipes Slender Tea Tree Pronounced: lep-toe-SPERM-um BREV-ip-eezFamily: MyrtaceaeDerivation: Leptospermum, from the Greek leptos, slender, and sperma, seed, referring to the narrow seeds of some species...
Teucrium corymbosum – Forest Germander
Author: Jan Sked Published: Journal December 2022 Teucrium corymbosum, Forest Germander Pronounced: TEW-cree-um core-im-BOW-sumFamily: LamiaceaeDerivation: Teucrium, derived from the Greek teukrion, a name used by Dioscoridis for more than one species of this genus,...
Seed Propagation Tips from an Amateur
Author: Peter Kerr Peter volunteers at Myall Park Botanic Garden several times a year and his father spent a lot of time with Dave Gordon on trips and excursions. Peter maintains a strong enthusiasm for the plants that survive in arid parts of Australia. ...
Book Review: Phytochemistry of Australia’s Tropical Rainforest
Book Review by Glenn Leiper Phytochemistry of Australia’s Tropical Rainforest by Cheryll J Williams Published by CSIRO Publishing,584 pages, slightly shorter than A4 size, hardbackRRP $260 Firstly, let me say that I initially felt out of my depth writing this review,...
Some Boronia Species of Southern Queensland
Author: Paul Grimshaw Published: Journal September 2022 Image above: Boronia grimshawii Aranbanga Creek, Gayndah District/North Burnett Region Boronia Facts Boronia is a genus of 157 species of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae. Most are endemic to...
Hedraianthera porphyropetala
Published: Journal September 2022 Author: Jan Sked Pronounced: hed-ray-ANTH-er-a por-feer-o-PET-a-laFamily: CelastraceaeDerivation: Hedraianthera is from Greek hedraios, meaning sessile, and refers to the flower anthers without stalks; porphyropetala is also from...
Jan Sked Reserve
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal September 2022 After weeks of rain, we decided that most areas that were saturated during that time, might have finally dried out enough for us to explore some bushland without ending up with boots 15cm thicker with layers of...
Wet Season Wander at Townsville’s Cape Cleveland
Author: Stuart Worboys Published: Journal September 2022 I've rarely had the opportunity to explore the Townsville region in the wet season, so with a short stopover in 'Mount Isa-by-the-sea' planned for mid-February I touched base with NPQ Townsville Branch to...
Mount Widgee
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal September 2022 Image above: The shed and barely visible tower on the summit back in 1998 Revisiting a much-loved old bushwalk that you haven’t walked in over 20 years, can be a shock to the system. Not only has the forest...
The Crows Nest District
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal September 2022 Image above: Bald Hills Creek at Hartmann Park Crows Nest, roughly 44km north-east of Toowoomba up on the range, at an elevation of 543 metres, has a handful of very interesting reserves close to town that are...
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