A Field Guide to our Local Wattles

 

 

 A new book by the Condamine Country Plant Group, this Field Guide contains descriptions of all 84 wattle species found in the Catchment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Condamine River rises in the Main Range above Killarney, flows through Warwick and past Cecil Plains, to end where it flows into the Balonne River west of Chinchilla. Its Catchment is a large area with richly varied ecosystems, from the red soil  of Toowoomba and the Range, through the rich black cracking clay soil regarded as classic Darling Downs Country, and on to the mixed alluvial soils, interspersed with well-drained ridges, of the Chinchilla district. The sandstone-based soil around Goombungee forms a special enclave rich in wattles, as also does traprock soil in the Durikai State Forest Area near Karara. Yet other different wattles can be found on the granite soil south of Warwick, a section of the catchment which adjoins the well-known Granite Belt of the Southern Downs.

 

 

 

 

 

Each wattle species is given a full-page description, with photographs to help with identification.

 We have found that there are two features of the book which our readers particularly appreciate.

The first is the simple key in the front of the book, which makes it easy to find the section that matches the plant they are trying to identify.

The second is that, where a wattle that looks right has been found by leafing through the appropriate section, users of the book may sometimes find that there are  two or three wattles that look rather alike. In this case, further help is offered with a "similar to" paragraph at the bottom of the page.

The books can be bought through our new website at https://www.condaminecountry.com/

The site is a bit slow to open up. Please be patient! (We are plant enthusiasts, not computer experts. We are working on it!)

 

Plants of South-east 

Toowoomba's Bushland Parks

 

 

  Released this week, the book contains photos and descriptions of 112 of Toowoomba's own local native plants. 

 

  Each plant is given a page in the book, together with a         concise description aimed at helping readers to feel confident about identifying the plants they find in the parks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The same plant species occur in a wide area around Toowoomba, so would be useful to people wanting to know what the plants are, that occur on their own properties, and our local roadsides, nature reserves etc.

The book is written and edited by the Condamine Country Plant Group, a group of four people, of whom the author of this blogsite is one. Our aim is to produce books which help local people to become familiar with our own native plants.

It was printed thanks to funding organised by the Friends of the Escarpment Parks, and can be bought from them. They can be contacted through their website at https://fep.org.au/