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Member - John and Val
Grampians Wildflowers
Tuesday, Jan 17, 1989 at 14:43
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It was early October, probably the height of the spring flowering season, when we spent a few days in the
Grampians National Park
in 2006.
In January 2006 a fire in rugged country was started by a lightning strike. This fire burned for about 2 weeks. It claimed the life of 2 people, destroyed homes and grazing land, as
well
as burning almost half of the
Grampians National Park
.
Much of park was still closed when we visited but the burnt areas that we visited were showing how Australian forests regenerate after fire; gum trees were sprouting new growth from the epicormic buds along their trunks, wattle seedlings were germinating, and ferns like bracken were uncurling new fronds. Most astonishing was the mass flowering of grass trees, stimulated by the fire.
Regenerating forest 10 months after the fires
Wattle seedlings
Epicormic buds bring a burnt gum tree back to life
Fire has stimulated these grass trees to flower.
We travelled through both burnt and unburnt parts of the park and in each there was a wonderful display of
wildflowers
, although there was a much greater variety in unburnt areas. The following photos give some idea of the variety of flowers that we saw during our brief visit.
Leptospermum or ti-tree
Calytrix - Common Fringe Myrtle
Yellow bacon-and-eggs pea - Dillwynnia?
Epacris impressa or Victorian Common Heath
Beaked Hakea - Hakea rostrata
Holly Grevillea - Grevillea ilicifolia
Tetratheca - black eyed susan
Geebung - Persoonia
Wax-lip Orchid - Glossodia
Drosera or sundew
Prostantherea rotundifolia - mintbush
Leucopogon - old man's beard
Spider orchid - Caladenia
Thryptomene
Pea
Pea - Platylobium
Hibbertia - Guinea-flower
Daisy
Goodenia?
Isopogon - drumsticks
Victorian Smokebush - Conospermum mitchellii
pea
blue flower
Kunzea parvifolia - violet kunzea
Helichrysum - grey everlasting daisy
Leptospermum nitidum - Shiny ti-yree
Diuris sp - Bee Orchid
Caladenia sp - Pink ground orchid
Grevillea sp.
Lasiopetalum
Astroloma conostephioides - flame heath
Thelymitra - Sun orchid
Billardiera
Tinsel lily
Tinsel lilies
orange pea
blue lily
Conospermum - smoke bush
Diuris sp. - Donkey Orchid
Pimelea - Rice Flower
Daisies
Patersonia glabra - native iris
Mistletoe
Caladenia sp - ground orchid
Pterostylis - Greenhood orchids
Calochilus sp - Beard orchid
Running Postman pea
Grevillea alpina
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