Anglesea Lookout Nature Reserve Spring Walk 2020 Flipbook PDF

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ANGLESEA LOOKOUT NATURE RESERVE

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ANGLESEA LOOKOUT NATURE RESERVE SPRING WALK Take care

By keeping to the tracks we are protecting what we came to enjoy. Keep to the right hand side of Lookout Driveway as you complete the circuit.

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After taking in the spectacular views both east and west, proceed to the gravel path, where the first section of this botanical discovery begins. The many shades of yellow will become obvious as you recognise Silky Guinea– flower, Silver Banksia, Creamy Candles and the Everlastings, both Common and Button.

Banksia marginata

Silver Banksia

Hibbertia sericea

Silky Guinea-flower The bright yellow flowers resembling golden guineas, really stand out against the soft, dark green hairy leaves.

Stackhousia monogyna

Creamy Candles The flowers of this small plant are cream and candle-like, with a dark tip like the wick of the candle.

Coronidium scorpioides

Button Everlasting Held on single stems, these yellow, button-like everlasting flowers cannot be missed. The flowers form from clumps of grey-green, hairy, basal leaves.

Chrysocephalum apiculatum

Common Everlasting 3

The yellow and orange flowers of the Grey Parrot–pea cannot be missed as you continue along this path. Early Nancy is a favourite of the area, these small herbs have white single-sexed flowers. The abundance of Silky Teatree guarantees a spectacular display of white flowers throughout spring. Before turning right into the track along the side of the reserve, stop to appreciate our Australian floral emblem, the Golden Wattle.

Dillwynia cinerascens Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica

Grey Parrot-pea

Early Nancy

The grey-green foliage of this plant is brightened by the yellow and orange pea shaped flowers in

Known as the 'harbinger of spring', this delightful

clusters on the ends of the branches.

tiny lily has white flowers. You may notice the flowers are not the same on different plants. This is because the male and female flowers are on separate plants.

Acacia pycnantha

Golden Wattle

Leptospermum myrsinoides

Silky Teatree This low, spreading shrub has small leaves that turn inwards. The flowers are generally white but

Acacia paradoxa

sometimes they appear in varying shades of pink.

Hedge Wattle 4

On the corner you will notice the rather prickly but useful bird-attracting Hedge Wattle. As you walk downhill you will notice the yellow flowers of Silky Guinea-flower, keep an eye out for the flowers of Thatch Saw-sedge whose raspy leaves have cut many a hand. The bright flowers of Varnish Wattle cannot be missed. Similarly the tubular yellowish – green flowers of the scrambling Common Apple-berry. The nodding, creamy flowers of the Woolly Rice-flower will also be obvious.

Gahnia radula

Thatch Saw-sedge

Acacia verniciflua

Varnish Wattle

A tufted butterfly attracting sedge whose strappy and rather raspy leaves have been used for roof thatching in the past. The spectacular black flowerheads can reach 70cm.

Pimelea octophylla

Billardiera mutabilis

Woolly Rice-flower

Common Apple-berry

A delightful small shrub with distinctive creamy -

A dainty climbing plant which twines its way through

yellow flowers arranged in nodding heads. The

the surrounding plants. Look out for the solitary,

choice of common name is easy to appreciate when

tubular yellowish-green flowers and green oblong

observing this plant. Rice-flowers are an important

berries. These berries may not taste like apples but

source of nectar for butterflies.

they are edible.

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Keep an eye out for both female and male Small Sheoaks as you continue down Harvey St. the female having cones,the male tan pollen spikes. Low to the ground the white flowers of Common Rice-flower will be noticeable. As you approach the cnr of Lookout Drive the stunning flower of Western Furze Hakea

Allocasuarina misera

Small Sheoak - male Allocasuarina misera

Small Sheoak - female Most Sheoaks are either male or female. Mature female plants have cones which develop from reddish-purple female flowers. The size of this shrub, the distinctive dark green needle -like leaves and the cones identify this plant as a female Small Sheoak.

Pimelea humilis

Common Rice-flower

Hakea repullulans

Western Furze Hakea

This small plant has a cluster of white flowers on the end of a short, erect stem.

Not the friendliest plant to encounter unless you are a bird, in this case, providing both food and protection from predators. Take care when you feel those stiff, narrow, pointed leaves. The clusters of white flowers along the stem are quite stunnng.

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If it is sunny, the white to pink flowers of the Tall Sundew are certainly worth looking for. Further along Lookout Driveway you will notice the slightly larger flowers of Climbing Sundew. Another climbing plant to observe is the Slender Dodder-laurel which has sinister intent. Propeller Plants provide a highlight of white flowers against the dark green of the many Prickly Tea-trees which line the driveway.

Cassytha glabella forma dispar

Slender Dodder-laurel Scrambling plants with a sinister intent, on maturity the Dodder-laurels lose their roots, obtaining water and nutrients from their host, hence semi - parasitic plants. Slender Dodder-laurel has fine smooth stems which are often a green-brown colour.

Drosera auriculata

Tall Sundew A group of plants with a secret, all sundews are carnivorus, small insects are trapped by the sticky plant hairs, their nutrients slowly absorbed by the leaves. The terminal clusters of white to pale pink flowers on short upright stems make the Tall Sundew an herb easy to spot in the heath.

Spyridium vexilliferum var.vexilliferum

PropellerPlant Descriptively named, this small shrub has tiny flowers surrounded by obvious white wings. You cannot miss this common heathland plant.

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Although this common heathland plant grows throughout the reserve, the right-hand side of the driveway offers an opportunity to observe the white fluffy flowers of Common Beard-heath as well as masses of Common Flatpea. Finish the walk by crossing to the Inverlochy Mosaic where you can appreciate the white flowers of both Common Boobialla and Coast Beardheath.

Leptospermum continentale

Prickly Teatree

Leucopogon virgatus var. virgatus

Common Beard-heath A close encounter with this small heathland plant will reveal the densely bearded, scented flowers.

Drosera macrantha subsp.planchonii

Climbing Sundew

Platylobium obtusangulum

Common Flat-pea Common, it tends to be flat, and its yellow and red flowers are pea shaped. The pairs of triangular leaves also provide an obvious identification tool.

Myroporum insulare

Leucopogon parviflorus

Common Boobialla 8

Coast Beard-heath

Australian King Parrot

Australian Magpie

Eastern Spinebill

Grey Fantail

Grey Shrike Thrush

Little Raven

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Masked Lapwing

New Holland Honeyeater

Blue-winged Parrot

Laughing Kookaburra

Brown-headed Honeyeater

Crimson Rosella

Galah

Pied Currawong

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Gang-gang Cockatoo

Superb Fairy-Wren

Little Pied Cormorant

White-browed Scrubwren Yellow-rumped Thornbill 10

Red Wattle Bird

Scarlet Robin

White-faced Heron

Willie Wagtail

Little Wattlebird

Rufous Bristlebird

Spotted Pardalote

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Red-browed Finch

Notes

Credits Gail Slykhuis Ellinor Campbell Margaret MacDonald Chris Morrissey Neil Tucker Yvonne Coventry Margaret Lacey Jordan Ayton John Lenagan Trevor Pescott Graeme Wilson Mandy Mitchell-Taverner Olivia Clarke Bill Clarke

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