Saturday 23rd December, 2023 - Heathcote National Park (Species list)

Start time: 12.20pm
Duration: 3hr, 30mins (approx)
Distance: 5.5km (approx)
iNaturalist observations: 11

Below are some of the common and/or notable species I observed and was able to identify:

📷 = Observations posted

Trees:

• Angophora costata (Sydney red gum)
• Angophora hispida (Dwarf apple)
• Banksia serrata (Old man banksia)
• Eucalyptus sp. (Scribbly gum species)

Shrubs:

• Acacia linifolia (Flax-leaved wattle)
• Acacia suaveolens (Sweet wattle)
• Banksia ericifolia (Heath-leaved banksia)
• Banksia oblongifolia (Rusty banksia)
• Casuarinaceae (Sheoaks)
• Ceratopetalum gummiferum (New South Wales Christmas Bush)
• Darwinia fascicularis (Clustered darwinia)
• Grevillea buxifolia (Grey spider flower) 📷
• Grevillea patulifolia (Swamp grevillea) 📷
• Grevillea sp. (Likely an 'escaped' cultivar) 📷
• Hakea propinqua
• Hakea sericea (Bushy needlebush)
• Hakea teretifolia (Dagger hakea)
• Isopogon anethifolius (Narrow-leaved drumsticks)
• Lambertia formosa (Mountain devil) 📷
• Persoonia pinifolia (Pine-leaf geebung)

Herbaceous plants:

• Actinotus helianthi (Flannel flower) 📷
• Actinotus minor (Lesser flannel flower)
• Dipodium roseum (Rosy hyacinth orchid)
• Dipodium variegatum (Slender hyacinth orchid) 📷
• Doryanthes excelsa (Gymea lily)
• Drosera spatulata (Rosy sundew)
• Pteridium esculentum (Austral bracken)
• Scaevola ramosissima (Hairy fan-flower)
• Stylidium sp. (Triggerplants)
• Xyris gracilis (Slender yellow-eye) 📷

Birds:

• Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Eastern spinebill)
• Malurus cyaneus (Superb fairywren)
• Malurus lamberti (Variegared fairywren)
• Neochmia temporalis (Red-browed finch)
• Rhipidura rufifrons (Australian rufous fantail)
• Trichoglossus mollucans (Rainbow lorikeet)

Reptiles:

• Intellagama lesueurii ssp. lesueurii (Eastern water dragon) 📷

Insects:

• Orthetrum villosovittatum (Fiery skimmer)

Posted on 2024년 02월 12일, 10시 43분 55초 UTC by ben-johnson