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Tree Planting Tasmania

Locality: Mount Nelson, Tasmania

Phone: +61 473 447 698



Address: Nelson Road Mount Nelson, TAS, Australia

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25.01.2022 Sarcocornia quinqueflora, also known as beaded samphire or beaded glasswort is a succulent halophytic coastal shrub, found in saltmarshes in Tasmania. What does that mean? A succulent is a plant that is fleshy and engorged to retain water Being halophytic means it can grow in areas of high salt concentration. Sarcocornia quinqueflora is a marker species for succulent saltmarsh and can be spotted in places such as the Marchwiel saltmarsh at Marion bay or the Moulting Lagoon saltmarsh near Swansea, by its bright green and red stems. These plants are beautiful, and what makes them even more beautiful is their job as part of the saltmarsh ecosystem in providing habitat, acting as a fish nursery, providing a coastal buffer (from flooding events) and capturing carbon.



07.01.2022 Happy (maybe) common buzzy day! Who doesn’t have these on their lawn? Somewhere? Common buzzies (Acaena novae-zelandiae) are a multi-branched perrenial herb that are abundant at all altitudes. Whilst the leaves in themselves are distinctive, each tiny flower on the spherical head raised above the plant has around four 1cm long spikes with barbed tips. These are dispersed by attaching to the fur of animals or the socks of humans. They flower in springtime, aka now, and are native to New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea. They are regarded as invasive to Great Britain (and by some people in Australia). In Tasmania, if so desired. they can be used as a ground cover as a lawn substitute. Did you know? Common buzzy is also known as Bidgee Widgee.

07.01.2022 I recently planted eight mature eucalyptus viminalis. With a large height range depending on conditions, the Eucalptus viminalis can grow up to 90 metres. It does form a lignotuber (see previous posts) and sometimes has rough fibrous bark on its lower trunk. Mature leaves are lance shaped to curved or oblong and arranged alternately. It flowers in December to May. Here in Tasmania, we have a subspecies called Eucalyptus viminalis subsp. Hentyensis. Wet forests in Tasmania dominated by Eucalyptus viminalis are considered a threatened community and only in the north. Species that commonly co-occur with viminalis are Eucalyptus obliqua (stringybark), Acacia dealbata (silver wattle) or Acacia melanoxylon (blackwood).

06.01.2022 If you are oversaturated with orchid photos recently, look away, however someone introduced me to the world of orchids recently and we went on a hunt to find this beautiful one. Seeing them growing in the bush is truly quite spectacular and it is amazing to live in a place with such beautiful plant life! Firstly, I would like to say a few words about orchids themselves. There are thought to be around 1,300 - 1,800 species of orchids in Australia. They are different to other ...flowering plants due to their evolution, evolving to have different shapes and colours that are not necessarily symmetrical. They have highly specific symbiotic interactions with other organisms and all rely on a fungus to germinate. Caleana major, known as the flying duck orchid or large duck orchid is a small (and subjectively quite beautiful) orchid or tuberous, perennial herb growing in the east and south of Australia and Tasmania. With a thin stem, it can grow to 40cm tall. Don’t be fooled by its beauty however as it is a fierce pollinator. With the ‘head and bill’ of the duck attached by a hinged strap, this strap can snap down when it is touched by an insect, trapping the insect inside. As the insect, usually a male wasp/sawfly, struggles to escape, pollination occurs. This type of pollination may be called pseudocopulation. You can see these beautiful flowers from November to January in open forests, woodlands and coastal heathlands where these photos were taken. Did you know? This orchid featured on an Australian postage stamp in 1986. See more



05.01.2022 Today's plant is the erect currant bush (Leptomeria drupacea). Like the broom spurge (scroll down) it appears leafless as its leaves are reduced to minute scales. It has tiny flowers on ‘inflorescences’ on its twiggy branches (inflorescences = a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem). It is a honey scented shrub growing to 2.5 metres and is common in open forests and woodlands, most prevalently in coastal areas. Occurring from Queensland down to Tasmania it flowers from September to December so is a good one to look out for now. Did you know? Most of its photosynthesis is carried out by its green stems?

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