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Mount Banda Banda
Mount Banda Banda, a mountain of the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, is situated from Sydney within the Willi Willi National Park. Banda Banda can be seen on the north western horizon from Port Macquarie. And seen on the south western horizon 39 km from the town of Kempsey. At it is the highest mountain in the region. Flora The stands of Antarctic beech are some of the finest in existence, and the mountain was included in 1986 on the United Nations World Heritage ListNew South Wales Rainforests - The Nomination for the World Heritage List, Paul Adam, 1987. as part of Gondwana Rainforests of Australia. Interesting eucalyptus plants occurring on the mountain include the Blue Mountains ash and '' Eucalyptus scias subsp. apoda''. The endangered shrub '' Zieria lasiocaulis'' only occurs at Willi Willi National Park. Another endangered plant on Mount Banda Banda is Grevillea guthrieana. The summit of the mountain is remarkably flat, and covere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kempsey, New South Wales
Kempsey is a town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia and is the council seat for Kempsey Shire. It is located roughly 16.5 kilometres inland from the coast of the Pacific Ocean, on the Macleay Valley Way near where the Pacific Highway and the North Coast railway line cross the Macleay River. It is roughly 430 kilometres north of Sydney. As of June 2018 Kempsey had a population of 15,309 (2018). Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. History At the dawn of white occupation the town lay within the area of the Djangadi people's lands. An Aboriginal presence has been attested archaeologically to go back at least 4,000 years, according to the analysis of the materials excavated at the Clybucca midden, a site which the modern-day descendants of the Djangadi and Gumbaynggirr claim native title rights. In the Clybucca area are ancient camp sites with shell beds in the form of mounds which are up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high. Middens are attested in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Mountains Ash
''Eucalyptus oreades'', commonly known as the Blue Mountains ash, white ash or smooth-barked mountain ash, is a species of medium-sized to tall tree that is native to eastern Australia. It has smooth, powdery whitish bark with rough bark near the base, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped to cylindrical fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus oreades'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of , with a trunk up to in diameter at chest height, but does not form a lignotuber. It has smooth white or yellow bark that is shed in strips, leaving a 'skirt' of thicker bark for up to of the base. Young plants and coppice regrowth have elliptical to egg-shaped leaves that are the same shade of dull greyish green on both sides, long and wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of glossy green on both sides, lance-shaped to curved, long and wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of seven on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chipping Norton, New South Wales
Chipping Norton is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Chipping Norton is 27 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. History Aboriginal culture There are two traditional custodians of the Chipping Norton Lake area – the Tharawal people, which inhabited the southern side of the Georges River, and the Darug people to the north and west of the River. White settlement Chipping Norton was a farming area throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, named after an old English village by William Alexander Long. Long was born in Sydney in 1839, and travelled to England to study law, and later lived in Chipping Norton (Oxfordshire). He bought up a number of former land grants in the area at the turn of the twentieth century and his homestead 'Chipping Norton'. The horse stud on part of his property produced many fine yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange Berry
''Drymophila moorei'', the orange berry, occurs naturally from the Manning River in northern New South Wales to Queensland. The habit is as a herb, occurring at the rainforest floor, usually at high altitudes. Easily identified when in fruit. ''Drymophila'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alstroemeriaceae. It has also been placed in Luzuriagaceae, Convallariaceae and Liliaceae The lily family, Liliaceae, consists of about 15 genera and 610 species of flowering plants within the order Liliales. They are monocotyledonous, perennial, herbaceous, often bulbous geophytes. Plants in this family have evolved with a fair .... Description A small glossy leaved plant up to 30 cm high. The main vertical stem is unbranched. Leaves 3 to 6 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide. Leaves almost without a stem, the petiole being 1 mm long. Broad lanceolate to elliptic in shape with a prominent raised midrib and narrow point. Flowers occur mostly in spring with whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walking Stick Palm
''Linospadix monostachyos'' known as the walking stick palm is a small palm growing in rainforest understorey in Queensland and New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ....Dowe, J.L. (2010). Australian palms: biogeography, ecology and systematics: 1-290. CSIRO Publishing. References * http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Linospadix~monostachya External links Accessed 27 June 2009 monostachyos Garden plants Palms of Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Plants described in 1838 {{Australia-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow Carabeen
''Sloanea woollsii'', commonly known as yellow carabeen, is a large tree species with plank buttresses that is native to northeastern NSW and eastern Queensland, Australia. Its southern distributional limit is near the town of Bulahdelah (32° S) at Tallowwood Forest Park and O'Sullivans Gap Reserve. ''Sloanea woollsii'' is one of the common tree species in subtropical rainforests of Australia growing up to 55 metres tall.Floyd, A. 1990: ''Australian Rainforests in New South Wales, Volume 1'' Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Ltd, Chipping Norton, NSW. It is a typical long-lived (up to 800 years), slow growing and shade tolerant climax species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s .... References woollsii Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Oxalidales of Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ackama Paniculosa
''Ackama paniculosa'', synonym ''Caldcluvia paniculosa'', known as the soft corkwood, is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It occurs from Ourimbah, Central Coast (New South Wales) at 33° S to Eungella National Park (20° S) in tropical Queensland. Other common names include corkwood, rose-leaf marara, brown alder and sugarbark. The habitat of ''Ackama paniculosa'' includes riverine, littoral, tropical, subtropical and warm temperate rainforests. It is also found in the ecotone of eucalyptus and rainforests. The tree may be identified in the rainforest by the unusually soft corky bark. Description A medium to large sized tree with a buttressed base. Sometimes over 40 metres tall and in excess of 90 cm wide at the butt. The trunk is cylindrical with soft corky bark, greyish fawn in colour. The base of the tree is usually buttressed. Leaves form in groups of five to seven leaflets, sometimes in threes. Leaves are hairy, opposite and toothed, 5 to 12 cm long. Crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doryphora Sassafras
''Doryphora sassafras'', commonly known as sassafras, yellow-, canary- or golden sassafras, or golden deal, is a species of evergreen tree of the family Atherospermataceae native to the subtropical and temperate rainforests of eastern New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. It is a tall tree with green foliage and contrasting white flowers which occur in Autumn and Winter. Taxonomy ''Doryphora sassafras'' was first described by Austrian naturalist Stephan Endlicher in 1837. Its generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek ''dory-'' "spear" and ''pherein'' "to carry", and refers to the anthers in the flower, while its specific epithet is taken from its similar odour to the North American Laurel (''Sassafras albidum''). It is a member of the small family Atherospermataceae along with several other Australian rainforest trees including southern sassafras (''Atherosperma moschatum''). Common names include Canary Sassafras, Yellow Sassafras, Golden Sassafras, Golden Deal or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coachwood
''Ceratopetalum apetalum'', the coachwood, scented satinwood or tarwood, is a medium-sized hardwood tree, straight-growing with smooth, fragrant, greyish bark. It is native to eastern Australia in the central and northern coastal rainforests of New South Wales and southern Queensland, where is often found on poorer quality soils in gullies and creeks and often occurs in almost pure stands. ''C. apetalum'' is one of 8 species of ''Ceratopetalum'' occurring in eastern Australia, New Guinea, New Britain and various islands in the same region. Description Coachwood usually grows to a height of 25 metres, with a trunk diameter of , however exceptional specimens can reach 40 metres tall and live for centuries. The stem has distinctive horizontal marks, or scars, which often encircle the trunk. Larger trees have short buttresses. The heartwood is attractive with a colour ranging from pale pink to pinkish-brown. The sapwood is not always distinguishable, the grain is straight, finely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orites Excelsa
''Orites excelsus'', commonly known as prickly ash, mountain silky oak or white beefwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a medium-sized to tall rainforest tree with oblong to lance-shaped leaves, variously lobed and with teeth on the edges. The flowers are white and arranged in leaf axils in spikes that are shorter than the leaves. Description ''Orites excelsus'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to with more or less smooth brown or grey bark, often with minute scales, and new shoots are covered with rust-coloured hairs at first. The leaves are elliptic, lance-shaped, egg-shaped or oblong, long and wide on a petiole long. They are usually lobed, usually have teeth regularly arranged along the edges, shiny green on the upper surface and grey to whitish below. The flowers are white or creamy-white, fragrant, about long and are arranged in leaf axils along a rachis long. Flowering occurs from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Mountains, New South Wales
The Blue Mountains are a mountainous region and a mountain range located in New South Wales, Australia. The region borders on Sydney's metropolitan area, its foothills starting about west of centre of the state capital, close to Penrith on the outskirts of Greater Sydney region. The public's understanding of the extent of the Blue Mountains is varied, as it forms only part of an extensive mountainous area associated with the Great Dividing Range. As defined in 1970, the Blue Mountains region is bounded by the Nepean and Hawkesbury rivers in the east, the Coxs River and Lake Burragorang to the west and south, and the Wolgan and Colo rivers to the north. Geologically, it is situated in the central parts of the Sydney Basin. The ''Blue Mountains Range'' comprises a range of mountains, plateau escarpments extending off the Great Dividing Range about northwest of Wolgan Gap in a generally southeasterly direction for about , terminating at . For about two-thirds of its lengt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grevillea Guthrieana
''Grevillea guthrieana'', commonly known as Guthrie's grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with oblong leaves and clusters of 2–6 green and maroon flowers. Description ''Grevillea glabrescens'' is an open, erect shrub, that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are oblong , long and wide, the upper surface rough to the touch and the lower surface with shaggy hairs pressed against the surface. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches in loose clusters of two to six on a rachis long. The flowers are light green and maroon, the pistil long. Flowering occurs from August to October and the fruit is a narrowly elliptic follicle about long, and ridged with a few woolly hairs. Taxonomy ''Grevillea guthrieana'' was first formally described in 1994 by Peter M. Olde and Neil R. Marriott in the journal '' Telopea'' from specimens collected by Olde near Booral in 1992. The speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
