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

 

Royal National Park, Curra Moors. 7th November 2012.

This walk had been on my 'to do' list from when I first started doing Flora Friday. Overcast skies for most of the near 8 kilometer walk were appreciated as we have had some pretty warm days recently.

A number of new species for me have kept my head in books and on the net and still haven't been able to sort them out, oh well, the idea of this blog was to give me something to do.
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Blandfordia noblis  -  Christmas Bell.



Thysanotus sp.  -  Fringe Lily.

Xanthorrhoea macronema  - 
Bottle Brush Grass Tree.



not sure



Doryanthes excelsa  -
 Gymea Lily / Spear Lily.





Leucopogon microphyllus  -
 Small-leaved White-beard.



Lycopodium deuterodensum  -
 Bushy Clubmoss.



Persoonia levis  -  Broad-leaf Geebung.



Banksia Serrata  -  Old Man Banksia.

Variances of colour and size
of Banksia Serrata flower heads.

Patersonia sp.  -  Native Iris / Purple-flag.

Mitrasacme polymorpha  -  Varied Mitrewort.

Kunzea capitata  -  Pink Kunzea.
(end of flowering season)

Grevillea speciosa ssp. oleoides  -
  Red Spider-flower.

Darwinia fascicularis sp. fascicularis  -
 Clustered Scent Myrtle.

Red gum tips and trunks add a splash of colour
 where there was an absence of flowers.

New growth, on a Banksia oblongifoila, burst out like a
fireworks display.

Allocasuarina distyla  -  Scrub She-oak.

Hakea dactyloides  -  Broad-leaved Hakea.

Leptospermum sp.  -  Tea Tree.

FEATHERS, FUR and FANG.       The Wildlife From Today.

Pied Currawong

Pied Currawong

One of the 'jumping' spiders.

The pollen gatherer.

New Holland Honeyeater.

An ant with a big head.

Fly/wasp, flies fast and makes a lot of noise.

Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Beetle feeding on nectar from a Hakea.

A small snake disappears into the ground litter.

Grasshopper.