VASCULAR PLANTS Plant Species list from excursion to Neaves Road Asteraceae * Hypochaeris glabra Dasypogonaceae Dasypogon brommeliifolious Fabaceae Aotus cordifolia Gastrolobium ebracteolatum Jacksonia furcellata Droseraceae Drosera macrantha Drosera pulchella Thelypteridaceae Cyclosorus interruptus * Myrtaceae Eucalyptus camaldulensis Eucalyptus todtiana Eucalyptus rudis Melaleuca preissiana Astartea fascicularis Kunzea glabrescens Taxandria linearifolia Dilleniaceae Hibbertia perfoliata Proteaceae ...
Read more →Author: JoHn
Treasurer 2024-
Vice-President 2017-23
Councillor 2009-13, 2015-16
Hon. Secretary 2014
We are excited to announce that for the first time, the DRB is presenting a day-time course on Natural History in the Perth Hills. You, or your friends, family and colleagues are welcome to enrol. Enrolments are on 6th February 2017. Dates: Four consecutive Friday afternoons starting on Friday 24th ...
Read more →NSB July 2016 Golly Walk What I advertised as a 45-minute walk on July 27 ended up taking more than double that time, as we found numerous things to look at. Before the walk began Ann Clarke, co-ordinator of the Friends of Carnaby Reserve, outlined how community-led changes to the positioning ...
Read more →The Winter 2016 Newsletter is now online The latest edition of the Urban Bush Telegraph can now be downloaded from their website. Click here… What’s in this Edition? A crossroads for Carnaby’s cockatoo, a flagship species on the brink Operation Rainbow Roost needs help Viveash subdivision squabble Fate of the Darling Range ...
Read more →NSB Visit to Battye Library, 20 July 2016 The following are the notes provided by Steve Howell, Senior Subject Specialist at the Battye Library. Botanical Material Relating to WA William Dampier William Dampier (1651–1715) was an English navigator, explorer, privateer and writer. He had numerous swashbuckling adventures around Central and ...
Read more →Places are now closed on the ANN as well as the pre and post-ANN excursions. Go to page link ANN 2016 Excursions for further information.
Read more →Shocking science: the natural history of animal electroreception Professor Shaun Collin will demystify the amazing, but little known, ability of animals to sense weak electric fields. Used by a range of different animals (both aquatic and terrestrial), this sensitive sensory modality is typically used to locate food in the absence ...
Read more →Our November excursion was a beach sweep at Shoalwater Bay, Rockingham. It was attended by eight members on a warm but windy morning. Along the footpath down to the beach a large patch of Scaevola crassifolia was in flower, attracting lots of Podalonia tydei suspiciosa Cutworm Wasps, native bees (Amegilla ...
Read more →Click on link below to download and/or register if you would like quarterly editions delivered to your inbox. . . . link to Bushland News
Read more →Expressions of Interest Required The club is proposing to conduct a six day excursion to the Abrolhos Islands in late September 2016 as one of the pre ANN2016 Get-together excursions. The number of participants will be limited to 30. Priority will be given to people who register for the Get-together. ...
Read more →