18 Sept 2015

Mt Ainslie flowers

Nodding Blue Lily Stypandra glauca


Kangaroo Thorn Acacia paradoxa is plentiful


Twining Glycine Glycine clandestina 


Hardenbergia violaceae


Tiny Cryptandra amara








14 Sept 2015

Orroral Valley

Dagger Wattle Acacia siculiformis named for the very sharp pointed dagger leaves


Ovens or Wedge-leafed Wattle Acacia pravissima in bud


Seed pods of Long-leaf Lomatia Lomatia myricoides 


Orroral Valley


13 Sept 2015

Silver Wattle

Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata is flowering now





2 Sept 2015

Lakeview Track

Understorey shrubs of  Pomaderris intermedia in bud.  The flowers will be golden.


Box-leaf Wattle Acacia buxifolia





Common or Creeping Hovea Hovea heterophyla


30 Aug 2015

Early Nancy

Early Nancy's Wurmbea dioica emerging from the ground.


Confirmation that it is now Spring.


16 Aug 2015

Snow!

Snow falling on Black Mountain 12/08/15


8 Aug 2015

Cooleman Ridge

Cootamundra Wattle Acacia baileyana in flower now. This Wattle is not originally from the Canberra area and is considered a weed.



Lower leaf stalks are swept back towards the branch



Broadleaf Cumbungi Typha orientalis giving away their seeds now.






View to the west from Cooleman Ridge