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Burrinjuck Nature Reserve
The Burrinjuck Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve on the south west slopes of New South Wales, Australia. The reserve is located adjacent to the Burrinjuck Dam, with of the reserve located on the northern side of the reservoir, and the remaining located on the southern side of the reservoir to the northeast of Black Andrew Nature Reserve. It includes land formerly managed as the Burrinjuck State Forest and Burrinjuck State Recreation Area. History The reserve was established in 1984. Initially, it consisted of of land, but and about of the former Burrinjuck State Recreation Area were added in 2001 following the passage of the , and a further were added to the western side of the reserve in 2006. The entire reserve has been subject to bushfire, though some parts of the reserve have experienced fire more often than others. A particularly severe fire in the summer of 1972–1973 burnt around of land in the area. Recent work demonstrated that the vegetation comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burrinjuck, New South Wales
Burrinjuck is a village community in the far eastern part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 15 kilometres southwest from Woolgarlo and 28 kilometres south from Bookham. The name of the town is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'mountain with a rugged top'. At the , the Burrinjuck area had a population of 19. The village is situated on the western side of Burrinjuck Dam which holds water from the Murrumbidgee River and which was constructed between 1907 and 1928 (with World War I interfering with the timing of the construction). During the construction of the dam and in the time during which it filled, there was a settlement known as 'Barren Jack City' facing the river at the base of the Burrinjuck mountain. Much of its site was later submerged as the dam water rose. The locality of Burrinjuck includes part of one of the proposed sites for Australia's national capital, which was known as Mahkoolma. It was to be located in the upper reaches of nearb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acaena Echinata
''Acaena echinata'', commonly known as sheep's burr, is a species of perennial herb, in the Rosaceae family, native to Australia. Description It grows to a height of 25–40 cm and has shiny, green fern-like leaves 60–150 mm long which are hairy on the underside. Its tiny pale green flowers form a spike and have purple stamens. The burrs it produces are sharply barbed. Taxonomy The Latin specific epithet of ''echinata'' refers to hedgehog A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are seventeen species of hedgehog in five genera found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in New Zealand by introducti ..., from ''echinus'' meaning 'prickly'. References External links * echinata Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Flora of Victoria (Australia) Rosids of Western Australia Flora of Tasmania Plants described in 1844 {{Australia-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eucalyptus Albens
''Eucalyptus albens'', known as the white box, is a common tree of the western slopes and plains of New South Wales and adjacent areas in Queensland and Victoria. It has rough, fibrous bark on the base of its trunk and smooth, white bark above. The leaves are lance-shaped and groups of seven spindle-shaped flower buds are arranged in leaf axils or on the ends of the branches. White flowers are mostly present between August and February and the fruit are barrel-shaped to urn-shaped. Description ''Eucalyptus albens'' is a tree that grows to a height of high with a straight trunk for about half its total height and a branched, spreading crown. Its trunk may reach diameter at breast height and has rough, fibrous, pale grey, sometimes tessellated bark to the base of its larger branches. The bark higher up is smooth and white and is shed annually in short ribbons. The leaves on young plants are arranged alternately, egg-shaped to almost round, bluish grey, long, wide and have a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callitris Endlicheri
''Callitris endlicheri'', commonly known as the black cypress pine, is a species of conifer in the family Cupressaceae. It is found only in Australia, occurring in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, and Victoria. Description ''Callitris endlicheri'' is an evergreen tree growing 5-15 meters tall with tough, furrowed bark. The branches may be erect or spreading with keeled green leaves measuring 2-4 millimeters long. This species is monoecious, with female cones occurring solitarily or in clusters on slender fruiting branchlets. The cones are smooth, almost spherical, measuring 15-20mm in diameter and containing a number of sticky seeds coated in resin. Cones may persist on the tree for a number of years. Human uses The Wiradjuri people of New South Wales, who use the name ''kara'' to refer to this species, use the trunks of young trees to make spears, the wood and dry needles as kindling, and the resinous sap as a glue and medicine. It is sometimes lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joycea Pallida
''Rytidosperma pallidum'' (syn. '' Joycea pallida''), commonly known as red-anther wallaby grass, is an Australian species of tussock grass found in Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The grass has flowers in December, and the flowers have a prominent red anther, after which it is commonly named. References pallidum The globus pallidus (GP), also known as paleostriatum or dorsal pallidum, is a subcortical structure of the brain. It consists of two adjacent segments, one external, known in rodents simply as the globus pallidus, and one internal, known in rod ... Bunchgrasses of Australasia Flora of the Australian Capital Territory Flora of New South Wales Poales of Australia {{Australia-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stylidium Graminifolium
''Stylidium graminifolium'', the grass triggerplant, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus '' Stylidium'' (family Stylidiaceae). This species used to belong to the ''Stylidium graminifolium'' complex, but the name was conserved for this single species when two others were split from the complex and introduced as new species in 2001.Jackson, W.D. and Wiltshire, R.J.E. (2001)Historical taxonomy and a resolution of the ''Stylidium graminifolium'' complex (Stylidiaceae) in Tasmania ''Australian Systematic Botany'', 14(6): 937-969. ''S. graminifolium'' is endemic to Australia and is one of the ''Stylidium'' species with the widest distribution throughout Australia.Darnowski, Douglas W. (2002). ''Triggerplants''. Australia: Rosenberg Publishing. It is a perennial plant with grass-like leaves and is easily cultivated. It has been considered to be a carnivorous or protocarnivorous plant because it possesses glandular trichomes underneath the flowers that can trap and diges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platylobium Formosum
''Platylobium formosum'', also known as handsome flat-pea, is a shrub that is endemic to Australia. It is a member of the family Fabaceae and of the genus ''Platylobium''. Description The species is an erect or straggling shrub with wiry stems which usually grows to a height of between 1 and 2 metres. The leaves are opposite with very short, almost unnoticeable petioles. The leaf surface has a pronounced reticulation of veins on the surface and is dark green above and lighter below. The leaf size ranges from 2 to 5 cm in length and 1 to 2.3 cm in width. The flowers appear in spring, between September and November in their native range. These are orange-yellow with a red centre, with red markings in the centre, on the tip of the keel and on the back of the standard. and are supported by a long stalk which is covered by hairs and arises from the leaf axil. The pods which follow are flat, glabrous or hairy and about 2 to 4 cm in length. Taxonomy The species was first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eucalyptus Dives
''Eucalyptus dives'', commonly known as the broad-leaved peppermint or blue peppermint, is a species of tree that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has rough, finely fibrous bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth bark above, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of eleven or more, white flowers and cup-shaped, hemispherical or conical fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus dives'' is a tree that grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. The bark on the trunk and larger branches is rough, finely fibrous and greyish and smooth grey on the thinner branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have leaves arranged in opposite pairs, egg-shaped to heart-shaped or curved, long and wide and sessile. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, lance-shaped to curved, the same slightly glossy or dull green on both sides, long and wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are usually arranged in groups of eleven or more in leaf axils on an unbranched peduncle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eucalyptus Mannifera
''Eucalyptus mannifera'', commonly known as the brittle gum or red spotted gum, is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is Endemism, endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has smooth, powdery white bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped, hemispherical or conical fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus mannifera'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth, powdery, white or grey bark, sometimes with red patches, and which is shed in short ribbons, flakes or plates. Young plants and coppice regrowth have leaves that are linear to lance-shaped or curved, long and wide. Adult leaves are lance-shaped to curved, the same shade of green on both sides, long and wide, tapering to a Petiole (botany), petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of seven on an unbranched Peduncle (botany), peduncle long, the individual buds on Pedicel (botany), pedicels l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysocephalum Semipapposum
''Chrysocephalum semipapposum'', commonly known as clustered everlasting is a perennial shrub native to Australia. Clustered everlasting belongs to the family Asteraceae. ''C. semipapposum'' produces terminal flowers heads in clusters, mainly between spring and early summer with silver-grey appearing stems and branches. It grows up to 40cm high and 60 cm high, although there have been some varieties which can grow up to 1 m. ''C. semipapposum'' is often confused with '' Chrysocephalum apiculatum'' or 'yellow buttons', due to their similar appearances. ''C. semipapposum'' has 4 different subspecies, however they lack distinctive qualities and are often hard to identify. ''C. semipapposum'' is endemic to Australia and can be found in multiple states, most notably within Victoria. The plant is found in a variety of habitats including dry rocky regions.Everett, J. (1992) Chrysocephalum semipapposum (Labill.) Steetz. New South Wales Flora Online. PlantNET Clustered everlasting often g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brachyloma Daphnoides
''Brachyloma daphnoides'', commonly known as daphne heath, is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is a small upright shrub with dull grey-green leaves and white tubular flowers. Description ''Brachyloma daphnoides'' is a small, upright shrub that usually grows to a height of high and branches covered in long, upright, stiff hairs. The dull grey-green leaves may be egg-shaped, obovate, elliptic, or more or less circular, flattish, tightly overlap along the stems, long, wide. The upper surface is glossy green, underneath paler, smooth or hairy, petiole long, and rounded or pointed at the apex. The cream-white flowers are borne in leaf axils, scented, sometimes grouped, corolla tubular, long with recurved lobes long. Flowering occurs from June to November and the fruit is a rounded, ridged, slightly flattened yellowish-brown berry about in diameter and long. Taxonomy and naming ''Brachyloma daphnoides'' was first formally described 1868 by James Edward Smith a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hibbertia Obtusifolia
''Hibbertia obtusifolia'', commonly known as hoary guinea flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is usually an erect shrub with spreading branches, lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers with thirty or more stamens arranged around three glabrous carpels. Description ''Hibbertia obtusifolia'' is an erect shrub with spreading branches up to long that are hairy when young. The leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide with a rounded or truncated end. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches or short side shoots and are sessile with two or three bracts long at the base. The sepals are long and of unequal lengths. The petals are mid to pale yellow, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, and long. There are thirty or more stamens arranged around three glabrous carpels. Flowering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
