Flora & Fauna of Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve | Mount Gravatt Environment Group

July 3, 2014

Up Close – That leaf is very hairy!

Posted by Mt Gravatt Environment Group under Flora, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Photography | Tags: Alan Moore, Ann Moran - Field Botanist, Creeping Oxalis Oxalis corniculata, Flora & Fauna of Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Hairy Oxalis Oxalis chnoodes, macro photography |
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Oxalis chnoodes 4 - 3 July 2014 - Alan Moore

Hairy Oxalis Oxalis chnoodes – photo: Alan Moore

By: Michael Fox

I am currently checking and uploading our research Flora & Fauna of Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve. Keep checking for updates.

Botanist, Ann Moran, has generously checked our first couple of files and we gained another native species bringing our count to 270 native plant species in the Reserve.

Oxalis chnoodes 1 - 3 July 2014 - Alan Moore

Hairy Oxalis Oxalis chnoodes – photo: Alan Moore

I had photographed and identified what I thought was Creeping Oxalis Oxalis corniculata, a weed. Ann took one look at my photos and said that is the native herb, Hairy Oxalis Oxalis chnoodes.

Hairy Oxalis? When I had a close look I found the leaves of our local plant are very hairy. To be able to show this curious plant to community members we needed some real close-up pics … time to call in Alan Moore our local photography guru.

June 23, 2014

Motivating your bushcare group

Posted by Mt Gravatt Environment Group under Bushcare, Fox Gully Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Mt Gravatt Environment Group | Tags: Flora & Fauna of Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Habitat Brisbane and Wildlife Conservation Partnerships, motivation, productivity |
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Michael Fox – Fox Gully Bushcare

By: Michael Fox

I was honoured, yesterday, to present to about 40 bushcarers attending the Habitat Brisbane and Wildlife Conservation Partnerships, Orientation day.

Preparing my presentation was a very positive experience as I reviewed and reflected on what I have learned and what out bushcare teams have achieved.

Download a PDF version of presentation

I used a number of videos from our CD Flora & Fauna of Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve and our website. A sample:

June 5, 2013

GrowsAtGriffith grows fast on iPads around Australia

Posted by Mt Gravatt Environment Group under Bushcare, Flora, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Photography | Tags: App, Assoc Prof Catherine Pickering, Dipodium variegatum, Environment, Flora & Fauna of Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University, Grows@Griffith, GrowsAtGriffith, iPad, iPhone, Mark Ballantyne, Slender Hyacinth Orchid |
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Prof. Ian O’Connor with development team

By: Michael Fox

The invitation said business casual, however, it is a university …

… and these green leaves gathered around Vice Chancellor Prof. Ian O’Connor are justly proud to launch this year’s must have App – GrowsAtGriffith.

Primary and secondary teachers, kindergartens, bushcare group members, local government teams, libraries, anyone interested in Australian native plants should download this App today. It’s free but looks and works like a million dollars.

Discussing Slender Hyacinth Orchid photos with Mark and Catherine

Mt Gravatt Environment Group provided many of the 500 plus photos on this first release of this excellent tool. So I was proud to represent our group at this launch and finally meet the two key drivers of this project – Assoc Prof Catherine Pickering, Griffith School of Environment and post-graduate student Mark Ballantyne.