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Ochna “Mickey Mouse Plant”
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SEPTEMBER (Ochna serrulata)
MATTERS
Native Plant This is an invasive weed which is native to
Walk and Talk South Africa and can spread easily from
Saturday 26th Sept gardens to bushland by seed dispersal. Ochna
2009 is a dense evergreen shrub that grows to 2-4m
Time: 9am to 12:30pm Leaves
high. Leaves are glossy green with finely
Location: Drill Hall in Cross St and serrated and often wavy leaf margins. Yellow Flowers The Bushcare Newsletter of Mosman Council
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SPRING 2009
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5 petal flowers appear in Spring and Summer.
Bradley Bushland Reserve
The calyx of the flower turns red after the petals
A introductory informal workshop
and bushwalk that will help you
identify native species and
drop and berries forms which start green and
turn black when mature. The fruits look like BUSHCARE AND BUSHLAND NEWS
“Mickey Mouse” ears, hence the name “Mickey
understand their different habitat
Mouse Plant”. Bushland Restoration l l hl d
Balmoral Bushland
requirements.
Bookings essential: Mosman Fruits
Contracts - Update
C U d Restoration Project
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Weed Control - The plant has a strong tap root making Australian Bushland Restoration, the Council will commence in late 2009
Bushcare on 9978 4038 or email
it difficult to pull out by hand. Only juvenile seedlings current holder of Port Jackson and a significant bushland restoration
bushcare@mosman.nsw.gov.au
can be removed by hand or dug out. Mature plants will Middle Harbour contracts, is making project at Balmoral Reserve behind
need to have the main stems lightly scraped with a knife good progress toward the overall the cricket nets at Balmoral Oval.
OCTOBER about 15-30cm in length and apply undiluted glyphosate contract specifications. It is expected The project will remediate the
herbicide to the scraped stem immediately. This will kill that the current management following environmental issues.
the plant over a few weeks. level of native regeneration will be • Land contamination from being
maintained and expanded where an old tip site.
appropriate. • Uncontrolled stormwater drainage
TRAD AND COMMELINA
Happy volunteers brushing up
on their weeds knowledge at the Interesting Note - At The Spit over causing flooding of the oval after
Caring for our Coast Weeds and Bush Friendly Garden 3 tonnes of household rubbish was heavy storms and soil erosion.
Thursday 15th October, The invasive weed Trad (Wandering Jew) will be Info Night which was held at • Weed infestation particularly from
removed from the bushland.
Time: 10 - 11.30am seen flowering during spring. Their flowers are small Mosman Council Chambers on 6th Morning Glory, Lantana and Coral
Location: Clifton Gardens Reserve and white in colour. Trad looks similar to the native
Commelina (Scurvey Weed) which can be
August. Over 30 people attended Staff News Trees.
Come along to Clifton Gardens to this informative evening. Both Steven Smith
misidentified as a weed in the bush or garden. The
and Jamie Slaven from
discover the marine treasures of
Mosman’s unique coastal
Trad - White Flowers native Commelina has iridescent cyan (Blue) flowers Hazard Reduction Burns Council’s Open Space
and will be flowering over spring and summer. The Council and the NSW Fire Brigade
environment. There will be a Commelina - Team are soon to become new
Blue Flowers different colour flowers will make plant identification have been undertaking strategic
variety of interactive marine fathers, with their wives to give birth
easier. Another difference with these two plants hazard reduction (ecological) burns
displays, information, and Pirate in late September or early October
are the leaves. Trad leaves are shorter, dark green in bushland reserves in Mosman.
Dave to take kids on an adventure (when baby is ready!). It will be Steve’s
and glossy and more fleshy. Commelina leaves are Hazard reduction burns have recently
along the shore. second child and Jamie’s first child.
sparsely spaced with wavy edges and grow from an occurred at The Spit, Sirius Cove
Commelina photo by Ross Rapmund enclosed leaf sheath. West, Bradley Bushland and Lawry
Plunkett Reserves. Smaller pile burns The works will require redefining
NOTE TO VOLUNTEERS AND TIP - REMOVING have taken place at Reid Park and the natural drainage line in the gully
NEWSLETTER RECIPIENTS Millet Road. All HR burns are part below Coronation Street and the
ONION WEED of the Manly Mosman North Sydney creation of an open grass swale
Mosman Fair Day If your contact details change Bushfire Management Committee Fuel adjacent to the oval. The project will
Sunday 25th October 2009 Wait until the
please notify Council so the Management Program 2009/10. also restore the degraded bushland
plant is in flower,
Time: 10am to 3pm Bushcare database can be updated.
during spring/
Want to know more using contract bush regenerators.
The Fair Day is a fun day for all summer. Cut the Grant update about Bushcare? The contaminated area will be
the family with stalls and activities Also anyone who no longer wants to Unfortunately Mosman did not receive capped using crushed sandstone and
flower stem half Contact Council’s Bushcare Officer,
centred around Allan Border Oval, be part of the Bushcare program or the Estuary and Coastal Management revegetated with indigenous plants.
way and drop Jamie Slaven on 9978 4038 or email
The Crescent, Mosman Square no longer wants to receive a copy of Grant for track improvements and
undiluted Glysophate into the centre bushcare@mosman.nsw.gov.au
Mosman Bushland Matters please creek restoration at the Kahibah Creek The project should be completed
and the Village Green. Come along hole of the stem. This will allow the
email or phone Council’s Bushcare Bushcare site. Information on bushland can be by early 2010, with the exception
and see the Bushcare display in herbicide to reach the underground
Officer. found on Council’s website at of on-going weed control and site
the Environment and Sustainability bulb which will kill the plant. Just The successful winners of the Sharing
(contact details see front page) www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/environment maintenance. The project is partly
Marquee. Free native plants will placing herbicide on the leaves will Sydney Harbour Access Program
funded by the Dept. of Environment
be given away. only kill the leaves and not the bulb. Grants will be released soon, so no
and Climate Change under the
(Advice from Paul Marynissen - Weeds news yet on the grant application for
Officer Wyong Council) Estuary Management Program.
the Millet Road Bushcare site.
printing eco logo here Spring 2009 Spring 2009
SPRING FLOWERING NEW SILEX B
BUSHCARE VOLUNTEER INTERVIEW
STUDENTS GIVE A HELPING HAND BUSH PLANTS? ROAD GROUP
Camilla Cawsey a student from A group of passionate local residents
Yvonne Fischer - Reid Park/Millet
Wenona Girls School and a local
W Gi l S h l d l l Actintotus helianthi (Flannel Flower) Yvonne with the Reid Park volunteers
White daisy like flowers have come together to form a new Road Bushcare Volunteer
resident of Mosman has been mainly in spring and Bushcare group to restore a section
volunteering at The Grove Bushcare Yvonne is one of the longest serving
early summer. Plant of bushland below Silex Road,
group since March 2009. Camilla is covered by whitish volunteers in the Mosman Bushcare
between Cross Street and Morella program with 17 years of volunteer
started volunteering as part of fulfilling woolly hairs. Found in
heath and open forest. Road. The bushland is part of the service. Yvonne is an original member
the community service component of Sydney Harbour National Park and
the Duke of Edinburgh Award of the Reid Park Bushcare Group, which
the group will be under the direct is the oldest formal Bushcare Group in
program. Hardenbergia violacea (Hardenbergia)
A scrabbling vine with
supervision of the National Parks Mosman which began in 1991. She is
Camilla explains what the Duke of small purple pea and Wildlife Service. The group also a member of the Millet Road
Edinburgh Award is all about. Camilla says the Duke of Edinburgh Award is flowers with pale leader is Diane Choquette who Bushcare Group which started in 2002 in the upper section of Reid Park.
about individual choices, setting goals and improving yourself with guidance yellow centres. Found has been inspirational in getting
commonly in woodland the group formed. There will be a The early days at Reid Park
from people skilled in the activities that have been chosen for each section
and forest. weekday group and weekend group. Yvonne started Bushcare at Reid Park in 1991 when the Council at the time
of the award - Physical Recreation, Skill and finally Service, where Bushcare
Diane is also keen to set up a group wanted to start a Bushcare group to tackle the weed problems in the Park.
volunteering fits in. The Award can also be interpreted as an opportunity to
Pultenea daphnoides (Bush Pea) for students doing the Duke of Edin- The first Bushcare supervisor at Reid Park was Chris Brogan who Yvonne
pursue interests, activities and ambitions of an individual. Camilla says A shrub to 2-3m high
burgh Award. Anyone interested in says was an excellent supervisor with remarkable knowledge of the bush.
service at her school, Wenona, is designed to enable students to make which has clusters of
yellow flowers with red joining this group please call Diane Chris made the morning teas a learning experience where he would get
a valid contribution to society, as well as learning about some of the dif-
markings in spring. on 9969 2282. everyone to identify plant samples. Yvonne remembers when Chris was
ficulties, problems and needs that may be present. We are reminded that
Found on protected taken away by the police as he was spotted by a resident sharpening his
throughout our participation in service responsibility for all in the community
slopes and forests on bush knife in Reid Park. Yvonne was one of the 4 - 5 people who started
should be a common goal. sandstone. the Reid Park group. The group has worked over the years removing weeds
The Grove Bushcare has really benefitted from Camilla joining their group Clematis aristata (Old Man’s Beard) and replanting indigenous plants where possible grown from locally
and gained additional volunteers with Camilla’s parents David and Anne- A twining climber collected seed. Reid Park is a very different place now thanks to the
Marie also helping out. Jasper Brown is another student volunteering at with masses of Bushcare volunteers.
white flowers in
The Grove. Kahibah Creek Bushcare group is another Bushcare site that spring. The leaves Bushcare Highlight - Reid Park winning the Keep Australia Beautiful
has students volunteering for the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Thank you to are grouped with 3 Sustainable Cities Program 2005 Award in the category of Urban Wildlife
all these students as the community and the bush benefits from their leaflets along the
Habitat Restoration and Renewal.
contribution to Bushcare. vine.
Pomaderris intermedia (Pomaderris) Diane Choquette - group leader Worst Weed - A toss up between Madeira Vine and New Zealand Christmas
PHYTOPHTHORA FLAME WEED A shrub growing to of the new Silex Rd group Bells (Peruvian Lily)
PROJECT CONTROL TRIAL
3m high with dense
The Uni of Sydney and Mosman Council is conducting a trial of a new
clusters of pale
yellow flowers in NATIONAL TREE DAY 2009
early spring. Flat
Council are conducting a study weed control technique called Flame white felt under Roserville Reserve was the site in
within Lawry Plunkett Reserve to Weeding in bushland at Wyargine side of the leaves. Mosman for the 2009 National Tree
determine the effect of soil nutrient Point. This method uses a direct Day on Sunday 2nd August and
Grevillea linearifolia
loads on the severity of dieback flame from a hand held unit that (White Spider Flower) Schools Tree Day on 31 July. Around
disease caused by the soil borne generates heat to destroy the weeds A shrub to about 50 volunteers came to plant on
pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi. and their seeds. The use of heat can 2m high with National Tree Day with a number
The project will determine if all the help stimulate natural regeneration of White “spider like” living outside the Mosman area. The
observed dieback symptoms can native species from the soil seed bank flowers in early two local schools that participated
be attributed to P. cinnamomi, or as many native seeds are naturally spring. Leaves are were Middle Harbour Public School
adapted to bushfires. The trial area long and slender. and Beauty Point Public School.
whether other factors may be
Leptospermum polygalifolium Over the two days 600 native plants Above: Council’s Steven Smith National Tree Day volunteers planting
involved. The study will be has been selected close to areas
(Lemon-scented Tea Tree) cooking up a tasty BBQ for the native seedlings.
concluded in late 2009, however, of resilient bushland dominated by A shrub to 2.5m were planted mainly on the southern volunteers
current findings from glasshouse weeds. Flame weeding has been high with white side of the reserve below Hopetoun
trials indicate that high nutrient used by other Councils as a method flowers during Ave. The area included the site of
levels impact on tree species of weed control. If successful and spring. Leaves previous years National Tree Day
have a lemon which benefited from the additional
particularly on the Red Bloodwood cost effective
scent.
(Corymbia gummifera) and Sydney Council will planting to fill in the gaps and
Peppermint (Eucalyptus piperita). consider this Dianella carulea (Blue flax Lily) increase plant diversity. Thanks to
High levels of nitrogen, phosporus method for A tuft herb with Bushcare superviser James
other bush- flowers that are Robertson who helped out Council
and aluminium are present at a
rich blue with
number of the study sites from soil land sites in on the day. The plantings have made
yellow anthers.
analysis. Results will be revealed Mosman. Blue-purple edible
a improvement to the reserve and will
in the next edition of Mosman fruits appear after add to the local biodiversity value of
Bushland Matters. flowers this special area.
Spring 2009 Spring 2009
