I thought I was very well prepared for this trip, having packed numerous fiction and reference books. So identifying birds has been a doddle (although I did struggle a little bit with the dead fairy prion) but ... identifying plants has been quite a challenge. It's easy to see that a flower is a heath ... but what heath? I've seen about four different casuarinas and am a bit embarrassed to just keep saying "oh look at the casuarina". So I'm on the hunt for a good book on Tasmanian native plants. Until then, go for broke! Any identifications gladly accepted.
On a slightly different flora issue, I'd just like to say that Tasmania is the weed-centre of Australia (sorry, Tasmanians, but it had to be said!). Most paddocks are full of weeds (thistles, gorse, ragwort, blackberries, dock) and many of the roads have agapanthus, gorse, briar roses, blackberries and an orange-flowering bulb filling the verges. Even the conservation areas and national parks are full of blackberries and other weeds. Thistles, thistles, everywhere!
Great flora pics! Craig and I have many "flower" pics from our various hikes. Find them very calming!
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty confident thatbhe pink one under the rice flower is Epacris impressa Victoria's floral emblem.
ReplyDeleteI think the one under scoparia is Leptospernam scoparium. Manuka.
That's enough....try Google lens!!!
not sure whether this is a fact or not I was told by a local in Beaumaris (Tas} that there are male and female Casuarinas,she Oaks and He oaks confirmation please.
ReplyDeleteJust like your mother. Plant photos..... and nothing else.
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