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TropEco James Cook Uni

Locality: Douglas

Phone: +61 7 4781 4111

Address: 1 James Cook Drive 4814 Douglas, QLD, Australia

Website: www.jcu.edu.au/tropeco

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25.01.2022 Cymbidium canaliculatum, otherwise known as the tiger orchid or black orchid, a native to our Townsville campus, though this one we suspect was planted out many years ago. Please remember it is extremely illegal to touch wild orchids, and even to touch our landscaped specimen as some individuals have done in the past, we want to share these with everyone and cannot do this if they are stolen. To date we have only located 19 of this species on campus.

23.01.2022 With the end of semester fast approaching why not pop down to the JCU Townsville garden clubs Halloween event to unwind in the garden and learn how you can get a spot of gardening in over the covid restricted break.

22.01.2022 Some of you may have noticed some blackened grasses around our Townsville campus lately. We are thankful for the work of the combined rural fire services that participated in their low intensity back-burning operations, reducing the risk of wildfire to our campus and residential facilities, while protecting our native wildlife and flora.

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17.01.2022 A lot of our Townsville campus plants are coming into flower over the coming months, so to keep you photo ready and in the action TropEco has decided to alert you as the key players flower. We also ask you tag us in your pics, on Facebook or Instagram, or like our posts so we know if this needs to be a usual post. This first batch contains a pink Tabebuia at the front of Engineering, the second a yellow flowered Acacia racospermoides by the Science place.

14.01.2022 Come along to the JCU Threatened Species Symposium to hear our guest speakers share the Threatened species work they are carrying out through JCU.

12.01.2022 Our friends at Rainforest Rescue are holding a tree planting day this weekend. For those of you in Cairns and Far North that are interested, please head to https://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/save-the-date-tree-pla/ to find out more information and register

12.01.2022 The ATH has now released a mobile app for all your NQ plant ID needs, check it out.

12.01.2022 Congratulations to Rachelle Brown for winning our Tree Planting Day Giveaway! You've won a double student pass to Magnetic Island! Thank you to everyone who helped JCUSA and TropEco James Cook Uni plant trees this morning.

11.01.2022 Have you seen our flowering Parkia biglobosa near The Science Place? These big red pendent capitula flower heads look just like Christmas Tree ornaments and are a favourite of bees and other nectivorous insects. Stop by for a look if you get the chance. More information.... https://www.jcu.edu.au//plants-by-scienti/parkia-biglobosa

09.01.2022 Can you believe it? 4 years since our JCU Cairns Community Garden was officially launched a wonderful day of community and celebration. How things have grown!

08.01.2022 BIKE SALE Our Townsville campus bike shop will be open today and next Wednesday (14th), 8.30am-4pm in order to clear out all the bikes our mechanic has been busy building. We are located to the west of the Library, if your not sure please message TropEco.... All bikes are $50, but please have your staff or student ID handy.

08.01.2022 Happy National Tree Day! JCU Alumni and Environmental Officer, Brandan Espe, tells us why it’s important to branch out and cultivate connections as we care f...or our natural world. By getting outside, getting our hands dirty, and getting together with like-minded people with a passion for plants, we can make a difference in our mental health, in our community, and in our world. Find out more: https://www.jcu.edu.au//artic/planting-seeds-of-connection

07.01.2022 Sea anemones, terrestrial sea anemones, actually this gorgeous show comes from Planchonia careya, a Northern Australian bush tucker known by the local indigenou...s as the calendar tree due to the use of its flowers, fruit and deciduous leaves for telling the arrival of a season. Come down to building 134 and head back along the road to building 4 if you want to see the show.

07.01.2022 Keep yours eyes peeled this year for Tropeco’s native bee hotels, coming to a garden on campus near you. This particular 5 star establishment is set to be constructed for our local stingerless bees that pass by the Library, and will be put in place today to promote native bee tourists to settle the area.

06.01.2022 We added the first of the Sarracenia to our Townsville campus ponds, this specimen is a S.flava and is native to the southern end of Eastern USA, it’s favourite food is flies and grasshoppers.

06.01.2022 TropEco and OIRS teamed up to bring some of our students over to Orpheus Island for a week of weed control, which they killed, resulting in the removal of all of the JCU plots Prickly pear plants, as well as over a tonne of Bryophyllum delagoense and pinnatum. They also snuck in the odd snorkel and night walks and had a great time seeing the islands shells, sharks and rays in their natural habitat. A big thanks to the students that helped.... Kathleen Vowles Caitlin Kelly Marcella Dindillo Kelsey Griffith See more

05.01.2022 This weekend Boomerang bags are holding a Townsville workshop on sustainable reusable bags, for any interested students or staff the details are below.

05.01.2022 This semester some of our JCU students have taken a professional placement subject with Tropeco to carry out some on campus natural restoration. Part of this project was establishing a lower population of the Endangered Eucalyptus paedoglauca, or Mount Sturt Ironbark, a vulnerable listed species in the EPBC. Below are 2 of the 40 trees added to the site, with no casualties and the hardening process almost finished and ready for the wet season.

05.01.2022 BIKE SALE Our Townsville bike mechanic has been busy prepping bikes in her workshop, as Santa’s elves do Christmas. So come in today or Wednesday next week when the JCU bike shed will be open from 8.30am-4pm for bike sales. ... All bikes are just $50. Located on the western side of the Library. If you have any questions just message us.

04.01.2022 Keep an eye out for our super competitive Greater bowers on campus and working hard on their bowers this nesting season.

01.01.2022 Let us know what practices you utilise in your gardens at home?