Welcome to another Not-weeds Page¶

Introduction¶

I participate in dune and bushcare restoration activities, covering areas from Stumers Creek north of Coolum Beach south to Twin Waters/North Shore on the Maroochy River.

I have a blog page that shows records of weeds seen, being scans of a weeding log-book I (briefly) maintained for a while.

Then I realized that while I was concentrating on learning the scientific species names of the weeds I saw, I had been ignoring the Australian native plants. So I set myself the goal of learning one Latin scientific name a week, documentating with photos taken during my weeding stints. Caution: assigment on names of the species is my own, guided by the Council specialists, and iNaturalist.

Mallotus discolor (White Kamala)¶

Another species described as:

Mallotus discolor is an Australian rainforest tree ...

I suspect we will more and more rainforest species appearing on the dunes

Images¶

Leaves¶

Two to three metre sapling on top of coastal dune under open canopy. Glossy light green leaves. Small flower stalks.

Flowers¶

Wollastonia Biflora¶

Images¶

I previous post, I promised a photo of the flowers (the Biflora part of the name). Indeed the flowers come in pairs.

This is a view of sea-facing side of the dune (under open canopy) with Wollastonia covering Asparagus Fern (Asparagus aethiopicus). In this view, it looks like Wollastonia is winning, but I am deeply pessimistic, that come a long hot dry spell, the water saving adaptions of the Asparagus aethiopicus will win out, and the Wollastonia will shrivel up - all the more reason to get the Asparagus aethiopicus out now!

Pigweed (Carpobrotus glaucescens)¶

Images¶

I usually associate Carpbrotus with the front edge of the dune, holding the sand, but here we see it on the top of the dune, under an open canopy, competing with grass

Varanus varius (Lace Monitor)¶

Images¶

This beastie came up to us as we were enjoying a Morno-s (morning tea after a few hours weeding). No fear of humans (I suspect he/she is a regular at the nearby caravan park). Looking slightly miffed at not being offered any food, it waddled off after a few minutes

More to come!¶

I will continue to update this web page, as I learn the names of more native vegetation species