Aerial eagle nest search surveys
We’ve just wrapped up another busy season conducting aerial nest searches for threatened Tasmanian wedge-tailed and white-bellied sea eagles. These searches are undertaken as part…
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Ptunarra brown butterfly surveys
The ptunarra brown butterfly (Oreixenica ptunarra) is endemic to Tasmania and is only found within Poa tussock grasslands and grassy habitats above 400 m. These…
Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish surveys
Tasmania’s lush northwest is home to the world’s largest freshwater crustacean, the Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish (Astacopsis gouldi) also known by the Indigenous name of…
Southern mousetails rediscovered on the eastern Central Plateau
Southern mousetail (Myosurus australis) has a very limited history of observations in Tasmania, with the first at Jericho in 1970 and the next on the…
Two fireweeds back from the dead: the rediscovery of Senecio longipilus and Senecio extensus from the Tasmanian Central Highlands
Senecio longipilus and Senecio extensus were rediscovered from the Tasmanian Central Highlands in late December 2019 and early January 2020, respectively. The rediscovery of S. longipilus…
Disa paper accepted for publication
The collecting history of Disa bracteata Sw. (South African orchid) in Tasmania (Australia), the State’s only naturalised member of the Orchidaceae family, is presented. Details of its…