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.
Mount Banks, named after Sir Joseph Banks by George Caley in 1804. At 1,049 m (3442ft) Mount Banks can be seen from Sydney. The first two-thirds of the walk, the terrain is the standard sandstone of the Sydney and Blue Mountains regions, with a thin, rough scrub. After this there is a volcanic basalt plug which gives rise to a different vegetated environment with weeds such as Scotch Thistle, Stinging Nettle, even Forget-me-nots growing because of the more richer soils.
