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  • Professor Adrienne Nicotra, Phillipa Alvarez, Lisa Danzey, Sabina Aitken ‘Living on the Edge: understanding the thermal ecology of plants from threatened ecological communities’

    Adrienne, from ANU, and her co-speakers will talk about the latest advances in examining how plants from extreme environments (desert and alpine) respond to and tolerate extreme heat and cold. This research seeks to identify ways to predict responses of plants from threatened ecological communities to a warmer and increasingly variable climate. Abstract Adrienne will […]

  • Black Mountain Weeding Work Party

    Dear Friends, Our next weeding work party will be Saturday 2 September 2023. We plan to remove woody weeds and St Johns Wort. Friends of Black Mountain are planning to use a booking system for people to register for activities. We would like to try it out, and invite you to use the booking link below as […]

  • A Celebration of Wattles

    The Golden Wattle is Australia’s floral emblem; the first plant to emerge after the bombing of Hiroshima was a wattle; wattle seeds were an important food source for Indigenous people from inland Australia. Learn some other interesting facts and hear stories about wattles on a free guided walk. These one-hour walks are at 11:00 am […]

  • Dr Suzette Searle ‘Wattle days are here again’

    Abstract Beginning with the first wattle day celebrated 1 September 1910 and the rise in popularity of the day as a fundraiser during the First World War, Wattle Day went on to become a happy nature day that was celebrated in primary schools for decades. Its popularity declined over time, however, until advocates such as […]

  • What’ll be the name of those plants?

    Celebrating wattle week with a hands-on session in acacia plant classification, recognition, identification, and naming. We shall be using microscopes and other tools as well as online and other resources. Where: Celia Rosser Room, Banksia Centre, ANBG Bookings ESSENTIAL: Please send your name and phone number to plantscience@friendsanbg.org.au . Seats are limited for this session, […]

  • Dr Francisco Encinas-Viso ‘The diversity of Australian Alpine plant-pollinator communities’

    Abstract Alpine ecosystems are highly threatened by climate change. We are observing a fast shrinking of these ecosystems around the world with unprecedented changes of their macroclimate and vegetation. Plant-pollinator interactions play an important role in alpine ecosystems, however we still know very little about alpine plant-pollinator communities in Australia and how they are affected […]