Wattles are acacias, or are they? The first tree called a wattle in Australia is not an acacia at all. The acacias of Africa are no longer acacias. Many of the wattles have leaves that are not leaves. On this free guided walk, hear about some of these paradoxes while visiting a variety of wattles […]
Marita, steering committee member with the National Rock Garden, will present an update on the expanded rock garden, the stories it tells of the deep history of Australia and the recent move of the big rocks into Forest 13 at the National Arboretum Canberra. Abstract The National Rock Garden (nationalrockgarden.com.au ) is gathering a collection […]
We thank our work party for removing more than 2,215 mostly young woody weeds at our August work party in the grassland and woodland area, and Rosemary for the thousands of pink tags that made it easier to find the weeds. Details of the next weeding work party (including the booking link) are: Date: Saturday, 7 September […]
The next Plant Science talk will be on Monday 9th September, 10.30am in the Theatrette. Presenter: Tasha James (PhD student, Institute of Applied Ecology, University of Canberra) Title: Endemics on the Edge - a case study at Mt. Imlay, NSW. Synopsis: This talk summarises the work Tasha will be undertaking in her PhD to […]
Anthony, Director of the National Research Collections Australia CSIRO, will outline the careful planning for CSIRO and ANBG’s precious national collections of preserved plants, vertebrate and invertebrate animals and other organisms, and how new laboratories and technologies will contribute to new ways to biodiversity research. Abstract CSIRO is home to national collections made up of […]
Tobias will talk about research from his PhD on pollination in greenhood (Pterostylis) orchids. Greenhood orchids attract their male fungus gnat pollinators by mimicking the sex pheromones of the female fungus gnats. Biography Dr Tobias Hayashi completed his PhD on orchid pollination at the Australian National University in 2021 and is a co-author of ‘Field […]