MARCH 15 Daviesia Laevis count/establishment of monitoring transect.
This quarter’s only successful search for a threatened species. During a pre- Mt lubra fire excursion, one sole, quite old, specimen of this endemic Bitter pea had been found on a site on the slopes of Mt William. Then it was burnt. But to our delight we found a large number of healthy looking seedlings scattered in an area probably 10 m x 20 m. A transect was established for future monitoring by DSE.
MARCH Sat 24th & Sun 25th Threatened Species Group GRAMPIANS PINCUSHION-LILY SURVEY (Borya mirabilis)
A number of members assisted in this weekend activity searching for this Nationally Endangered plant in the Black Range State Park, but without success.
MAY 26. Noushka Reiter of RMIT spoke on her research into Borya mirabilis, particularly her attempts to propagate it and its refusal to co-operate.
JUNE 21st LONG CLUBMOSS (Huperzia varia). On a cold, foggy, wet day five of us assisted Sylvia in searching for this moss near Mt Thackeray, once more without success. However it was just beautiful to experience an old fashioned wintry day. Vivid mosses and lichens, flowering epacris, masses of Grampians Boronia in bud, tall greenhoods starting to emerge. Not to mention puddles, slippery rocks and rain spattered binoculars.