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Black Wattle (Acacia melanoxylon) seed pods
Orb Weaver
FOBIF walkers at Smiths Reef
Jacky Lizard (Amphibolurus muricatus)
Coarse Dodder Laurel (Cassytha melantha)
Sunset at Walmer
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Milkmaid (Burchardia umbellata)
Shrub Violet (Hybanthus floribundus)
Yellow Gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon)
Hypnum cupressiforme var mossmanianum
Gorse Bitter Pea (Daviesia ulicifolia)
Pyronema omphalodes
Young Rosellas in nesting box
Hoary Sunray (Leucochrysum albicans)
Cup Moth Caterpillar
Casuarina
Rock Isotome (Isotome axillaris)
Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus)
Stumpy-tailed Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)
Category Archives: Weeds
Invasive species: new legislation in prospect
FOBIF has made a short submission to the Department of Primary Industries as part of the consultation process for the preparation of a new Invasive Species Management Bill. The submission is in response to a discussion paper released by DPI. … Continue reading
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Get to know your weeds
The North Central Catchment Management Authority has released a Weeds Identification Guide for the region. In many ways it’s an improvement on previous guides, because the photos are better and many species are illustrated by more than one picture. Unfortunately … Continue reading
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Mapping Kalimna’s weeds
Following our efforts to persuade authorities to concentrate fuel reduction efforts on areas close to settlement, and to integrate them with weed clearance [see our post Weeds are for burning, Feb 21], FOBIF has proposed a weed mapping project for … Continue reading
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Right plant, wrong place
The flower below is St John’s Wort [Hypericum perforatum], a pretty plant which has been used for over a thousand years as a herbal remedy. Flowers are sparse, but seeds many at this time of the year on Mount Alexander. … Continue reading
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Scottish, but not Scotch
The plant below is Spear Thistle, Cirsium vulgare, the most widespread plant in Victoria and, according to naturalist Ern Perkins, by far the most common thistle in this region. It’s commonly but wrongly called Scotch thistle. That ‘honour’ belongs to … Continue reading
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Spider Mites do their thing
Gorse-controlling spider mites were released near the Loddon Prison about 15 years ago. The mite has spread far and wide and is having a big effect on gorse in some areas. You can find more about these mites on this DPI … Continue reading
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Beautiful weeds
The lovely foliage in the picture below belongs to the Cootamundra wattle, Acacia baileyana, which is in prolific flower in our region this month. Unfortunately, the Cootamundra is a good example of the rule that most weeds are quite beautiful. … Continue reading
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Broom attack on Mount Alexander
FOBIF members in April alerted Parks Victoria to the existence of a substantial and dense clump of English Broom on the east side of Mount Alexander. We had not previously noticed this pestiferous weed on the Mount, although it is … Continue reading
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Bridal Creeper meeting
On April 18 FOBIF and other environmental groups met in Castlemaine with Shauna Potter, national bridal creeper coordinator, to discuss methods of control for this increasingly worrying weed. Conscious of the rampant spread of the creeper, we undertook a small … Continue reading
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It’s pretty, but it’s a weed
Ian Higgins identified this flower as a Gladiolus specie, probably G.undulatus. It is a weed that several FOBIF members found growing in great numbers beside a roadside in Sutton Grange. Unfortunately, as in the case of Gazanias, Gladiolus undulatus, it is still sold … Continue reading
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