Federation of Tasmanian Field Naturalists weekend,
14~16 Mar 2008 |
Field nats picking their way through the alpine heath towards a typically outcropping rocky ridge. It is about 10m high and 300m long; vertical on this side, but smoothed-off on the far side, perhaps due to glacial action in the last ice age. GF |
Southern brown tree frog, Litoria ewingii. Usually they are brown, but this one was definitely green! AT |
Gaultheria depressa. The fruit is a capsule surrounded by an enlarged fleshy calyx, about 8mm diameter. GF |
This Mountain dragon, Rankinia diemensis, is truly cryptic, blending in so well with the rocky background. GF |
Note the recurved hooks on the seeds of this sedge. GF |
Photos by Geoff Fenton, Abbey Throssell |