Its been a while (March) since I added an entry to this blog, so I thought I might sneak one in before the year had gone.
On Christmas morning, before the family start to arrive for lunch, I did a quick run around the garden to get this lot together. Lets hope I can get out more in 2016.
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Native Hibiscus
Euphorbia milii - Crown of Thorns, Christ Plant, Christ Thorn, with visitor.
Yet to find a name for this plant.
Bursaria spinosa - Sweet Bursaria, Black Thorn. (native)
Bursaria spinosa - Sweet Bursaria, Black Thorn. (native)
One and a half hours and some 130kms (81 miles) from home and I was in the scenic, cooler, and greener, Southern Tableland region.
Inspired by someone I follow on Facebook, I thought I would try out some different territory and hopefully come up with something new. The plant I used as a target eluded me but three others, new for me, made this this a enjoyable trip.
Glycine tabacina - Variable Glycine, Love Creeper, Vanilla Glycine, Glycine Pea.
A new species for me.
Persoonia linearis - Narrow-leaved Geebung.
I'm pretty sure the following 6 photos are all, Dipodium roseum - Rosy Hyacinth Orchid, which is another new species for me (yay). There were so many I couldn't decide which ones to leave out.
Muellerina eucalyptoides - Creeping Mistletoe.
I haven't seen mistletoe growing so low to the ground on a eucalypt trunk before.
Muellerina eucalyptoides - Creeping Mistletoe.
Lomatia silaifolia - Crinkle Bush.
Solanum aviculare - Kangaroo Apple.
Clematis aristata - Traveller's Joy, Goatsbeard, Old Man's Beard .
Cryptostylis leptochila - Small Tongue Orchid.
Another new species for me.
Wahlenbergia sp.
Could be two different species.
The Following Could Be Introduced Species.
All these plants were growing in drainage lines (gutters) along the roads where they would receive more runoff water and nutrients.
No idea what any of theses low growing herbs are.
Bottom left is a Buttercup, the top left is a Geranium (could be native), seen something similar to the top right growing
in the Snowy Mountains and no clues to the bottom right.
Prunella vulgaris - Heal-All, Heart-of-the-Earth, Self Heal.
Once thought to be a native but now classed as introduced.
No clues on this tiny charmer.
Well we all know what this thorny weed is. The ones I ate were still a little sour, better in a couple of weeks.
TODAY'S LANDSCAPE / HABITAT.
Some nice rural tableland scenery around here.
Had to stay close to the road as it was all Catchment Area.
Very green roadside vegetation. FEATHERS, FUR and COWS........................Some Of The Wildlife Seen Today.
There were a lot of these skinks sunning on a dry-stone wall.
Tiny moths.
These were the first Alpacas I have seen that have been freshly clipped. The Suffolk Lambs are not so lucky,
being bred for the table, not cardigans.
