I'm just back from an Easter trip to Canberra. We went out on a day trip to
a place called Barren Grounds (Nature Reserve/State Park/whatever). Amongst
the flora goodies were the usual Drosera spathulata (nice red plants, almost
flowering), D. binata (large, yellow-green 4 points?), D. pygmae and
Utricularia laterifolia. The binatas and Utric grow together in somewhat
soggy soil (along with Parson's Bands ground orchids). D. spathulata also
grew in these conditions, but it was also found (with D. pygmae) in very wet
conditions growing in thin mossy layers on rocky sections where pools of
water collected. In fact, many of the plants in this position were submerged
without any apparent ill effects! The pools can't be too short lived, because
there were large numbers of tadpoles in all stages of development there
(including tiny fully-formed frogs)...
BFN
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| John Taylor [The Banshee] | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
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