Fauna report December
This year’s breeding season for the Hooded Plovers is well advanced.
Orchids in December
I feel that the 2018 sun orchid season at Anglesea was the shortest one I can remember since I began looking at orchids in the early 1990s.
December Flora notes
I have been astounded by two spectacular flower displays resulting from autumn fire management burns.
Out and about: Typecasting Typha by Valda Dedman
In Australia we call it Cumbungi, an Aboriginal word; the Maori word is Raupo; in Britain they call it Bulrush or Reed-mace; in America it is known as Cattail or even Catninetail, or Punk or Corn dog grass.
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Sat 9:30am - 2:30pm
Get to Know our Tracks
Sun 9:30am - 11:00am
Friends of Allen Noble Sanctuary
Mon 9:30am - 11:00am
Working bee
Mon 11:00am - 1:00pm
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Weed of the month
Freesia
Freesia refracta and Freesia alba X F. leichtlinii are declared weeds in the Surf Coast Shire because they spread easily and threaten to invade bushland. Freesias are perennial herbs that die back in summer and produce new foliage in winter. The highly fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers appearing in spring are white to cream and pink with yellow markings, shaded purple on outer surface. Each plant has at least two corms, one below the other, thus requiring deep digging to remove them.
More details about how to control this weed can be found in the archive of Weeds of the Month.
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