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Iluka Nature Reserve
The Iluka Nature Reserve in a state park, protected nature reserve that is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The reserve is situated near the coastal town of . The average elevation of the terrain above sea level is 6 meters. The littoral rainforest, one of the last remaining in the Southern Hemisphere, is part of the Coastal group of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, World Heritagelisted Gondwana Rainforests, inscribed in 1986. The reserve was added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007. It contains many different plant species ranging from coastal dune species to tropical rainforest species. The Iluka rainforest has a vast range of native animal species ranging from wallabies and kangaroos to wombats and echidnas. Iluka is known for the rare coastal emu. This nature reserve is very popular with bird watchers. Over 140 species of birds have been recorded here. See also * Broadwater National Park * Bundjalung National Park * Protecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ficus Watkinsiana
''Ficus watkinsiana'', commonly known as strangler fig, Watkins' fig, nipple fig or the green-leaved Moreton Bay fig is a hemiepiphytic fig that is endemic to Australia. The species exists in three populations—one in northeast Queensland and the others in southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. It also has been introduced to Kauai island (Hawaiʻi). The pollinator of this species in Australia is '' Pleistodontes nigriventris'' (Girault). On Kauai island, Port Jackson fig wasps (''Pleistodontes imperialis'') are able to do the job as substitute pollinators. The wasps and the strangler figs have a mutualistic symbiotic relationship. The wasp, ''P. imperialis'', uses the tree to lay eggs into its ostioles, while the tree uses the wasp for pollination. The arrangement of the inner ostioles show convergent evolution in attraction of the wasps. Other species of the strangler fig species have homoplasy of the ostioles, so the wasp is strongly influenced by this genus of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |