Swamp Gum Woodlands

Posted at 27 Nov 2018 at 22:00h in Art and Nature, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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The following report is from a trip I made to the Australian Entomological Society Conference, which was held from 23-26th September 2018, in Alice Springs. I was fortunate enough to be accepted as a speaker within the Conservation Symposium and prepared a presentation about the...

Posted at 06 Jul 2018 at 19:11h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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[caption id="attachment_29350" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Silver Xenica set free in its new home at Honan NFR[/caption] The Silver Xenica butterfly translocation project has completed year one in the recovery of the species in South Australia. 40 females and 20 males have been carefully captured and transported from...

Posted at 25 Mar 2018 at 20:09h in News, Piccaninnie Ponds, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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[caption id="attachment_18258" align="alignright" width="200"] Silver Xenica (Source: J Tuck)[/caption] The Silver Xenica Oreixenica lathoniella herceus is a small native butterfly, occurring in cool climate regions across South Eastern Australia and Tasmania. The species prefers open grassy woodland habitats and requires specific grass host plants during their...

Posted at 27 Nov 2016 at 18:50h in Eared Worm Lizard Research Project, Media, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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The annual monitoring event for the South Australian population of Eared Worm-lizards was recently undertaken at Furner forest, north of Millicent in the lower South East. The Eared Worm Lizard or Aprasia aurita, only discovered in South Australia in 1997, is a species of legless...

Posted at 22 Aug 2016 at 02:07h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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The planting season has finally come to end, with all of our threatened flora planted out at their respective sites this month. The above average rainfall this winter has allowed for later planting than normal but has also delayed planting in wet sites. The Restoring Under-represented Ecological Communities...

Posted at 28 Jun 2016 at 11:42h in Heath Mouse, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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Natural Resources South East and Nature Glenelg Trust joined forces over the last 7 months to roll out a number of community workshops as part of the Restoring Under-represented Ecological Communities project (RUEC). The aim of the workshops was to seek input and engage with the community, landholders...

Posted at 06 Dec 2015 at 12:03h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Species of the month, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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Hackett Hill and Honan Native Forest Reserves are a carpet of colour at the moment in the Swamp Gum grassy and herb rich woodland areas.  Native daisies of various species, Vanilla and Fringe lilies, Scurf Pea and native mints are blooming nicely at the moment. The Dusky...

Posted at 06 Dec 2015 at 12:01h in News, Photo of the Month, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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The southern water skink (Eulamprus tympanum) is a medium-sized skink species found in New South Wales, Victoria (incl. Bass Strait islands) and South Australia. Typically, they have three colour bands along their body of olive-brown on top with dark flecks, a black band along its flanks...