Native Plants Queensland Samford Branch in Samford, Queensland | Non-profit organisation

Native Plants Queensland Samford Branch

Locality: Samford, Queensland

Address: PO Box 21 4520 Samford, QLD, Australia

Website: www.npq.org.au/branches/samfordbranch

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25.01.2022 Can anybody help Sarah with ID here?

25.01.2022 Aggressive water weed invades South Pine River! The seriously invasive Amazon Frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum) has turned up at the large waterhole in the South Pine River below the Eco-Corridor, almost certainly as an aquarium escapee. Once in our waterways, it is equally as aggressive as the dreaded Giant Salvinia (Salvinia molesta). Check Brisbane City Council web page for more information - https://weeds.brisbane.qld.gov.au/weeds/amazon-frogbit... What does Amazon Frogbit look like? The young floating leaves look a bit like miniature water lilies (photo 1). The more mature leaves stand more upright out of the water and form very dense mats of up to 2000 plants per square metre that choke the waterway (photos 2 and 3). What should you do? 1. Add you name to the e-petition to get Amazon Frogbit declared as a noxious weed and banned for sale, propagation or distribution in Queensland (https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au//petit/petition-details). 2. Contact MBRC Biosecurity officers on (07) 3205 0555 or online with specific details of location of suspected Amazon Frogbit. 3. If it is safe to do so, collect a sample and take or send it to the Queensland Herbarium located at the Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens. This enables the Herbarium to map the distribution and spread. 4. Aquarium owners should preferably avoid using this plant and never dispose of it in waterways or storm drains (put it in your compost bin or rubbish).

23.01.2022 Great to see some of the magnificent flow on effects of the Eco-Corridor!

22.01.2022 Latest update from Samford Eco-Corridor

22.01.2022 If your looking for fantastic local lilly pilly plants at a bargain price, don't miss out on this great offer from Kumbartcho Nursery!

21.01.2022 We enjoyed a fascinating guided walk with former QUT lecturer, Jack Marsh who passed on his extensive knowledge of the subtropical rainforest at Maiala Mount Glorious.

21.01.2022 Please check this post form Birdlife Australia. We all need to let our state and federal representatives know this is just not good enough.

20.01.2022 NPQ monthly meetings to re-commence in 2021 Samford Branch is pleased to announce that our monthly meetings will resume in the CWA Hall, Main St, Samford at 7.30 pm on the first Tuesday of every month, beginning on Tuesday 2 February. Top nurseryman Russell Young will be our speaker, with the topic to be advised. We look forward to welcoming back members and visitors to these great social events.

19.01.2022 DATE CLAIMER! Saturday 24th April 2021 Native Plants Qld Autumn Plants Market Venue: Samford Showgrounds, Highvale... Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Check further information - https://npq.wildapricot.org/

16.01.2022 End of Year breakfast at Mt Mee 15 of our members gathered at Mt Mee NP on Saturday for a tasty breakfast, Peter’s Christmas Quiz, lucky door prizes (plants), and a short walk around the Piccabeen circuit. With early rain clearing, it turned out to be a beautiful cool morning which was so welcome following the recent heat. Mt Mee NP is well worth a visit: the piccabeen track passes through wet sclerophyll forest dominated by Flooded Gum Eucalyptus grandis and Tallowwood E. microcorys (see photo), with extensive stands of Piccabeen Palms. The forest understorey contains a high proportion of Bolwarra Eupotamia laurina (native guava): a primitive plant with glossy leaves and white flowers followed by edible green capsules, and seedlings of Corduroy Tamarind (Mischarytera lauteriana). (Photos: Peter)

14.01.2022 Thanks so much for hosting the tree planting in memory of my dad Don Greer. The tree is a Brachychiton bidwillii from my dad's garden. He would be so happy his tree is getting this opportunity.

12.01.2022 The last blooms on our Spathoglottis Plicata for the moment. It has been flowering for many months. What is bringing colour to your garden right now?

10.01.2022 Don’t forget to look up. So much is happening in the canopy at Maiala.

09.01.2022 Members only (Covid restrictions) can attend our meeting tonight starting at 7:30pm at the CWA Hall, Main Street Samford. It’s AGM time and this will be followed by a workshop on local weeds of significance facilitated by local bushcare legend Donna Farrell. Donna volunteers at Woodfordia, Kumbartcho and the Draper's Crossing bushcare group, so has extensive experience with tackling weeds.

07.01.2022 25 March Bird survey This month our birdwatchers encountered a record 69 species (perhaps because of the recent rain?) and counted 311 birds. Highlights include...d seeing a dozen Shining Bronze-cuckoos, including a New Zealand subspecies lucidus on migration. The NZ birds have a green tinge to the head and a slightly different facial pattern, so aren't easy to tell apart unless seen in good light. A real talking point was seeing a male Red-browed Finch courting a female by bobbing up and down on a branch while holding nest material. His display was impressive enough for mating to take place. We had heard Grey-crowned Babblers on just one previous survey but this time two birds were seen around the carpark and even perched briefly on the Eco-Corridor sign. An Australian Pelican that flew overhead was a new species for the site, which brings our cumulative total to 144 species since 2013. Thanks to Tom Tarrant (lucidus/babbler) and Gavin O'Meara (babbler on sign) for the photos. The full annotated list can be found at: https://ebird.org/australia/checklist/S84045357. See more

05.01.2022 Bushcare 14 March At our second working bee for 2021, our volunteers split into two teams. One group dealt with newly emerging invasive vines (mainly Climbing A...sparagus, Madeira, Dutchman’s Pipe and Brazilian Nightshade) in revegetation zone P1. They started at the Bowls Club end and swept southwards, clearing weeds from the understorey, being careful to watch for the numerous regenerating native plants that are popping up throughout (e.g. Love Flower, Pseuderanthemum variabile). In just under 2 hours, they reached the junction of P1 and P2 by the powerlines. The second group tackled established invasive vines in the riverine remnant below revegetation zone P2 (see photos). Here, Madeira Vine is particularly rampant, but there were plenty of other invasive weeds too. Council has received a federal CEP grant to rehabilitate this part of the riverbank to enable planting of more Richmond Birdwing Butterfly vines, further establishing the Eco-Corridor as a major node in the northside corridor. We’ll plant the vines at next month’s bushcare session on Sunday 12 April. During the afternoon, Matt Cecil of the RBCN will hold at workshop on the RBB vine for our volunteers and local Land for Wildlife landholders, but interested community members will be welcome to attend. Further details to follow.

04.01.2022 Our recent garden visit was a great way to get inspired and see new plants in all their glory. Peter has transformed what was cattle country into a forest of both local and tropical species.

04.01.2022 More on our October 10th Maiala visit: We learned: how rainforests are classified; that Maiala is a complex, notophyll vine forest (high species diversity, relatively small leaves, with vines); classification keys for rainforest plants refer to the shapes of leaves and their arrangement on the branches/branchlets; how to identify many of the common species just by looking at their trunks - Yellow Carbeen (Sloanea woollsii) has convex buttresses, Booyongs (Argyrodendron spp) h...ave concave buttresses, trees with no buttressing are usually primitive podocarps such as Brown Pine, the Giant Stinging Tree has distinctive corky bark, Rose Maple (Cryptocarya erythroxylon) has regular banding on the trunk; most rainforest vines climb in an anti-clockwise direction, notable exception being Scrambling Lily (Geitonoplesium cymosum); Sour Cherry (Syzygium corynanthum) have red, pyramid-shaped fruit that pigeons feed on high in the canopy This was an extremely enjoyable and informative outing and we thank Jack for sharing some of his immense knowledge. See more

03.01.2022 Myrtle rust is definitely about. If you have the time please consider becoming involved in this. https://extensionaus.com.au/botanicgard/myrtle-rust-blitz/

02.01.2022 This is what some of our members got up to last Sunday. By all accounts, an enjoyable and productive afternoon.