Species of the month

28 Nov

Posted at 10:47h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Species of the month by
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Prescribed burning is a well documented and necessary management tool for improving the viability of a number of our threatened plant populations, especially those with germination cues that are triggered by this form of natural disturbance. In a previous 'species of the month' post we...

07 Jun

Posted at 12:17h in Species of the month by
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Avenue Cassinia (Cassinia tegulata) is Critically Endangered in Australia, endemic to South Australia and south-west Victoria, and has been a focus of NGT actions since 2015 including pre-planting and post-planting work to establish new populations in 2016. [caption id="attachment_33111" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Cassinia tegulata in full bloom...

10 Oct

Posted at 11:31h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Species of the month, Threatened Orchid translocation, Threatened Orchids by
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The orchid flowering season is well upon us and the following photograph is of the Metallic Sun-orchid or Thelymitra epipactoides which is a nationally threatened orchid species. This photograph was taken at the translocation site in Desert Camp recently by one of our valued volunteers...

13 Sep

Posted at 23:58h in Mt Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands, Species of the month, Wetland Restoration by
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Come out to help survey for the migratory Latham’s Snipe on September 17th in sites previously known for Snipe in the South East. Notification of this survey has been prompted through The Latham’s Snipe Project (Dr Birgita Hansen) where it was started by a group of...

30 Aug

Posted at 02:55h in Media, Mt Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, Species of the month by
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First up in our review of threatened species that will benefit from the restoration project at Mt Burr Swamp, is the Australasian Bittern. For anyone who hasn't heard of "Robbie the Bittern" - Robbie is the legendary wetland bird who last year put both the previously mysterious Australasian...