Barrm Birrm Native Plants, Riddells Creek

Acacia verticillata subsp. verticillata Prickly Moses

28 Jul 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral-pea

28 Jul 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Cassytha glabella f. dispar Slender Dodder-laurel

28 Jul 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Thelymitra rubra Salmon Sun-orchid

20 Oct 2011 • -37.4,144.7 • David Francis

Diuris orientis Wallflower Orchid

20 Oct 2011 • -37.4,144.7 • David Francis

Epacris impressa var. impressa Common Heath

19 Jun 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Pink with white tips.

Correa reflexa var. reflexa Common Correa

19 Jun 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Acacia genistifolia Spreading Wattle

10 Jun 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Acianthus pusillus Small Mosquito-orchid

18 May 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Solenogyne gunnii Hairy Solenogyne

19 May 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Asplenium flabellifolium Necklace Fern

18 May 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Only grows on Barrm Birrm on rare outcrops of conglomerate rock.

Pelargonium rodneyanum Magenta Stork's-bill

18 May 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

One plant flowering among hundreds.

Acacia genistifolia Spreading Wattle

17 May 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

One of only a few plants known in the Macedon Range - all are on Barrm Birrm.

Hypericum gramineum spp. agg. Small St John's Wort

17 May 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Lots of these flowering at this spot.

Acacia genistifolia Spreading Wattle

09 May 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Acacia genistifolia Spreading Wattle

27 Apr 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Lovely old spreading Spreading Wattle. Note trunk of the plant in front left of 2nd pic.

Acacia dealbata subsp. dealbata Silver Wattle

18 Apr 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Enjoyed the green new growth contrasting with the grey older foliage.

Ozothamnus ferrugineus Tree Everlasting

12 Jan 2014 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

About 6 plants on the Gap Road roadside. New species record for Barrm Birrm.

Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood

07 Sep 2013 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Lovely 'semi-bonsaied' specimen.

Acacia verticillata subsp. verticillata Prickly Moses

01 Sep 2013 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Pterostylis melagramma Tall Greenhood

01 Sep 2013 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Caladenia praecox Early Caladenia Early Hood-orchid

01 Sep 2013 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Calochlaena dubia Common Ground-fern False Bracken

01 Sep 2013 • -37.4,144.7 • Lydia Best

New species record for Barrm Birrm. Down a steep ravine.

Acacia gunnii Ploughshare Wattle

01 Sep 2013 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Goes red on BB after flowering.

Acacia leprosa var. uninervia Large-leaf Cinnamon Wattle

23 Aug 2009 • -37.4,144.7 • David Francis

Species information: Bushy or openly branched shrubs 2–5 m tall. Phyllodes mostly (40–)70–140 mm long, (6–)8–15(–18) mm wide; with 1 longitudinal nerve, the nerve prominent; lateral nerves few to numerous, often quite evident (at least when dry) and distally coalescing to form a fine, continuous but uneven intra-marginal nerve on one or both sides of the phyllode. Flowers from late August to early October.

Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa Sweet Bursaria Amphirhoe spp.

31 Dec 2006 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Acacia genistifolia Spreading Wattle

26 May 2013 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Only 2(maybe 3) plants known in Riddells Creek. Photo taken with old iPhone.

Microseris walteri Murnong Yam Daisy Vanessa kershawi Australian Painted Lady Painted Lady

• -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

unknown date - would be October or early November at this location.

Senecio glomeratus subsp. glomeratus Annual Fireweed

01 May 2013 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best

Corunastylis despectans Sharp Midge-orchid

14 Apr 2013 • -37.4,144.7 • Russell Best