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Pulletop Nature Reserve
Pulletop Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve, located in the Cobar Peneplain region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The reserve is located approximately north of Griffith, and southwest of Rankins Springs. History The reserve lies within Wiradjuri country, however the history of Aboriginal use of the reserve is unknown. There are significant Aboriginal sites in Cocoparra National Park, which is located east of Pulletop Nature Reserve, and it is thought that hunting would have occurred throughout the mallee country around Cocoparra National Park, which would include Pulletop Nature Reserve. The reserve was formerly part of a privately owned property that was progressively cleared in the 1950s for sheep and crop production. From 1951 to 1960, Australian ornithologist Harry Frith used the area of the reserve to study the ecology and behaviour of a small number of malleefowl. Frith's research led him to publish nine scientific papers and a book — ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of New South Wales
The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales. It is currently held by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party. The Government of New South Wales, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, was formed in 1856 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended from time to time. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, New South Wales has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Constitution of Australia regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth. Under the Australian Constitution, New South Wales, as with all states, ceded legislative and judicial supremacy to the Commonwealth, but retained powers in all matters not in conflict with the Commonwealth. Executive and judicial powers New South Wales is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom. Legisl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eucalyptus Leptophylla
''Eucalyptus leptophylla'', commonly known as the March mallee, slender-leaved red mallee or narrow-leaved red mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to inland Australia. It has smooth greyish bark, linear to narrow lance-shaped, oblong or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and thirteen, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped, barrel-shaped or hemispherical fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus leptophylla'' is a mallee that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth, grey, to cream or coppery bark that is shed in short ribbons or long strips, sometimes persistent on the lower trunk. Young plants and coppice regrowth have sessile, oblong to lance-shaped leaves that are mostly arranged in opposite pairs, long and wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same glossy green on both sides, linear to narrow lance-shaped, oblong or curved, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are borne in leaf axils in groups of be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahlenbergia Gracilenta
''Wahlenbergia gracilenta'', commonly known as annual bluebell, is a small herbaceous plant in the family '' Campanulaceae'' native to Western Australia. The erect to ascending annual herb typically grows to a height of . It blooms between May and December producing white-blue flowers. The species is found on hillsides, amongst granite outcrops and in damp depressions in the Mid West, Wheatbelt, South West The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ..., Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-loamy-clay soils. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15555511 gracilenta Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1947 Endemic flora of Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrostipa Elegantissima
''Austrostipa elegantissima'', commonly known as tall feather-grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to southern Australia, from Western Australia to New South Wales. It grows as a decumbent perennial in a rhizomatous tussock with widespread leaves. It lacks basal leaves. It is found in areas that are not grazed by introduced livestock, which feed on this plant. The species was first described by Jacques Labillardière as ''Stipa elegantissima'' in 1805 and assigned to the genus ''Austrostipa'' in 1996. The plant is used by red-eared firetail The red-eared firetail (''Stagonopleura oculata''), also known as the boorin, is a small finch-like species of bird. It occurs in dense wetland vegetation of coastal to sub-coastal regions in Southwest Australia. Its appearance is considered appe ... (''Stagonopleura oculata'') in the construction of its nests. References {{Taxonbar, from1=Q22110721, from2=Q15505180 elegantissima Bunchgrasses of Australasia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rytidosperma Setaceum '' in 2011.
From the earlier name, ''setacea'' means bristle or stiff hair. It is a species with short bristles and the smallest delicate in appearance of the wallaby grasses., page 19.
It grows as a perennial clump, with flowering stems from 15 to 60 cm high. It flowers from September to December.
''Rytidosperma setaceum'', known by various common names including small-flowered wallaby-grass, mulga- or bristly wallaby-grass, is a species of grass native to Australia. Originally described by Robert Brown under the name ''Danthonia setacea'', it was transferred into '' Austrodanthonia'' by Hans Peter Linder in 1993 and finally ''Rytidosperma ''Rytidosperma'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species occur in Australasia, with a few in insular Southeast Asia, southern South America (Chile + Argentina), and certain islands of the Pacific (Hawaii + Easter Island). References |
Triodia Scariosa
''Triodia scariosa'', is more commonly known as porcupine grass or spinifex (not to be confused with '' Spinifex spp.''), and belongs to the endemic Australian grass genus'' Triodia.'' The species is perennial and evergreen and individuals grow in mounds, called hummocks, that reach up to ~1m in height. The leaves are ~30 cm long, 1mm in diameter, needlepointed and rigid, and its inflorescence is a narrow, loose panicle that forms a flowering stalk up to ~2m in height. The name is derived from latin; ''Triodia'' refers to the three-toothed lobes of the lemma, and ''scariosa'' is in reference to the thin, dry glume. The species is common to Mallee ( MVG14) and Hummock grassland (MVG20) communities, in arid and semi-arid regions of Australia. Evolutionary relationships ''Triodia scariosa'' can be accurately traced back to the order Poales (Grasses, sedges and their relatives). Poales are found globally and represent one third of moncotyledons (~20,000 species), and appro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyeria Opaca
''Beyeria'' is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Euphorbiaceae known as turpentine bushes. It was first described as a genus in 1844.Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1844. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 3 1: 350 The entire genus is endemic to Australia. ;Species ;formerly included moved to other genera: ''Bertya ''Bertya'' is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1845. The entire genus is endemic to Australia.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae ( ... Shonia'' # ''B. bickertonensis - Shonia bickertonensis'' # ''B. tristigma - Shonia tristigma'' # ''B. virgata - Bertya virgata'' References Euphorbiaceae genera Crotonoideae Endemic flora of Australia Taxa named by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel {{euphorbiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dodonaea Viscosa Subsp
''Dodonaea'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants, often known as hop-bushes, in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia and Australasia. By far the highest species diversity is in Australia. The genus is named after Rembert Dodoens, traditionally known as 'Dodonaeus'. They are shrubs and small trees growing to tall. The leaves are alternate, simple or pinnate. The flowers are produced in short racemes. The fruit is a capsule, often with two or three wings. ''Dodonaea'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including ''Aenetus eximia'' and ''Aenetus ligniveren''. Systematics ''Dodonaea'' is one of the largest genera in the Sapindaceae, and includes 70 species widely distributed in continental Australia. The only other species of the ''Dodonaea'' widely spread beyond mainland Australia, ''Dodonaea viscosa'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santalum Acuminatum
''Santalum acuminatum'', the desert quandong, is a hemiparasitic plant in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae, (Native to Australia) which is widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia. The species, especially its edible fruit, is also commonly referred to as quandong or native peach. The use of the fruit as an exotic flavouring, one of the best known bush tucker (bush food), has led to the attempted domestication of the species. Desert quandong is an evergreen tree, its fruit can be stewed to make pie filling for quandong pies or made into a fruit juice drink. The seed (kernel) inside the tough shell can be extracted to be crushed into a paste then be used on sore gums or an oral gum boil to ease the pain. In far-west New South Wales being one of the few drought-tolerant fruit trees around, many Aboriginal communities and local Australians that know about this fruit like to grow it. Description ''Santalum acuminatum'' grows as a tall shrub, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Lineata
Acacia lineata ''A.Cunn. ex G.Don'', commonly known as streaked wattle or narrow lined-leaved wattle, occurs naturally inland eastern Australia. The genus Acacia is the largest genus of flowering plants in Australia, containing around 1000 species throughout a diverse range of environments from coast to desert. The word Acacia is thought to have been derived from a Greek word for sharpen, and lineata from a Latin word meaning marked by fine parallel lines. Currently ''A. lineata'' is not considered rare or endangered. It occurs in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria where it is considered as uncommon. Description Acacia ''lineata'' grows into a bushy, low spreading shrub 0.5-2m high and 1–2.5m wide. Branchlets are round, hairy and resinous. It is a perennial. As is common in many Acacias, the leaves of ''A. lineata'' are not true leaves, but a modified leaf stem known as a phyllode. The phyllodes of A. ''lineata'' are dark green, sparsely to densely hai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callitris Verrucosa
''Callitris verrucosa'', also known as the mallee pine, is a species of conifer in the family Cupressaceae. It is found only in Australia. The plant has a green/grey colour, rigid branches and can reach a height of . It has a slow grow rate. Description ''Callitris verrucosa'' is a small tree or shrub which can reach the height of . The mallee pine is typically multi-stemmed with erect branches. The plants leaves are 2-4mm, with a conical/rounded surface, and green/grey coloured. The shrub produces cones which are around 3mm long and in singular clusters for males, and approximately 20mm long for females, and occur in a bunch. The mallee pine is an obligate seeder, and its seeds display serotiny. The species can be negatively affected by intense fires, however it also requires fire to germinate seeds, making it a unique species. Other names Other names for the mallee pine include ''camphor wood'' and ''scrub cypress pine''. Range and habitat The mallee pine is endemic to Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melaleuca Uncinata
''Melaleuca uncinata'', commonly known as broombush, broom honeymyrtle or brushwood, is a plant in the paperbark family native to southern Australia. It is harvested from the wild, and grown in plantations, for broombush fencing. The Noongar names for the plant are kwytyat and yilbarra. Description Broombush is a multistemmed evergreen shrub usually less than in height, occasionally growing as a small tree to less than . It is often found in association with mallee eucalypts. It has spreading or ascending leaves, long and wide, linear in shape, almost circular in cross-section, and tapering to a distinctly curved hook. The leaves have large oil glands along their edges. The flowers are white, cream or yellow, and are attractive to birds. They are arranged in dense almost spherical heads, in diameter in the leaf axils. Each head contains 4 to 19 groups of flowers, each group with 3 flowers. The stamens are arranged in five bundles around the flower, each bundle with 3 to 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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