It's good to get back in the bush again, the last time was in mid October.
This outing was to look at one of the areas where the big fires went through nearly seven weeks ago in spring.
While there were large areas burnt a green tinge was evident with regrowth from underground tubers, rhizomes and lignotubers, plus the epicormic growth on trees and shrubs. It was interesting to see the patchwork way the fire would burn some large areas and miss others and visa versa.
Seeds released by the fires from this Isopogon anemonifolius - Broad-leaf Drumstick scatter the ground eager to start a new population. |
After casting its seeds this Petrophile puchehella - Conestick takes on the appearance of a rose. |
Thysanotus sp. - Fringe Lily. Not all doom and gloom. |
Scorched but not finished. Xanthorrhoea sp. - Grass Tree might take many years to produce a trunk but the leaves grow fairly quickly, pushing up after the top was burnt off. |
Banksia spinulosa - Hairpin Banksia has two ways of surviving after fire, dropping seed and sprouting from an underground lignotuber. |
TODAY'S LANDSCAPE / HABITAT.
Easy to see the track now. |
Burnt landscape. |
Burnt and not-burnt....why? |
Great view of the Grose Valley. |
FEATHERS, FUR and FANG. Some Of The Wildlife Seen Today.
This dead Cicarda is now food for the ants. |
Weevil (Talaurinus foveatus ?) |
Weevil (Talaurinus foveatus ?) |
Robber Flies. |
Bark-mimicking Grasshopper ? ( Coryphistes ruricola ?) |
Transverse Ladybird - Coccinella transversalis. |
It can snow here, so that might be why the fly has a nice furry coat. |
Could be White's Skink. |
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