Ecologist Val English presented us with a talk on mound springs at the November meeting. Having joined the Department of Parks & Wildlife in 1994, Val was responsible for setting up the flora survey database of endangered/threatened species; she is now Principal Ecologist with the Species and Communities Section.Mound springs ...
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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 →The guest speaker for our August meeting was Margaret Larke and the topic was Kings Park. Margaret’s presentation took us through the history of Kings Park starting with its Indigenous Heritage, which dates back some 50,000 years. The land that now makes up the park was an important meeting and ...
Read more →The topic for our July meeting was a presentation of the results of the Shorebirds 2020 Count for the Peel Yalgorup Ramsar System. The presenter was Bob Patterson, the coordinator of the Mandurah Bird Observers Group, the Peel branch of Birdlife WA. Shorebirds 2020 is a program underway at ...
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 →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 →The June excursion was a Fungi walk in Paganoni Reserve, Karnup. Seven members and eight visitors attended the walk. It was especially pleasing to have so many visitors attend, having learned about the walk via the Internet. Our walk commenced at the main entrance off Paganoni Road and we headed ...
Read more →The topic for our June meeting was Fungi and Colin Prickett delivered a slide show depicting the diversity and beauty of the fungi that is to be found in the South-west of WA. The photos depicted a wide range of species found in various locations around Perth and the lower ...
Read more →The May excursion was a visit to the Academy of Taxidermy, which is also the home of the Museum of Natural History, in James St, Guildford. Nine members made the trip up and enjoyed a very sociable morning. The Museum has over 2000 taxidermy items on display, which enables visitors ...
Read more →The guest speaker for our May meeting was Kate Brown from the Department of Parks and Wildlife who presented a talk entitled “Restoration of native plant communities and critical habitat on Penguin Island and the reintroduction of a species that has disappeared from Penguin Island – Native Hollyhock (Malva preissiana)”. ...
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