Lithgow Environment

The Lithgow Environment Group seeks to preserve the balance of nature in its region.

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Flowering now - Acacia asparagoides, Erect or spreading shrub 0.3–2 m high, Inflorescences 1 in axil of phyllodes on an axis to 0.5 mm long; peduncles 1–3 mm L, 15–30-flowers, bright yellow. Pods shallowly to strongly curved, , 1.5–5 cm long, 2.5–4 mm wide,

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Keep your eyes peeled July to Sept in shady moist areas for this beautiful native Dracophyllum secundum. Procumbent or erect shrub to 1 m high. Leaves spreading, lanceolate, usually 5–14 cm L, 5–12 mm W, Flowers in narrow panicles 5–15 cm long

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Prostanthera decussata - Dense Mintbush, Compact, shrub to c. 2 m H, strongly aromatic, Leaves ovate to narrow, 4–7mm L, 1–3.5mm W, dark green, lower surface paler, white dense hairs; flowers in July sandstone outcrops most finds in Gardens of Stone SCA aka Ben Bullen SF

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Zieria cytisoides -Downy Zieria, Bushy shrub to 3 m high, Leaves elliptic or obovate, 15–40 mm L, 4–15 mm W, upper surface dark green, lower surface grey-green. Flowers winter to spring. Mostly found in rocky outcrops

[IUCN @IUCN]

Wetlands are nature's multifunctional ecosystems.

Valuing, conserving, restoring and financing wetlands is no longer optional – it is essential to securing the foundations of life on earth.

#CelebratingWetlands #Wetlands

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Just one of the thousands of caves in the Gardens of Stone SCA. National Park status long overdue.

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Astroloma humifusum - Native Cranberry - mat-forming shrub branches ascending to 50 cm h, Leaves linear, narrow-elliptic or oblanceolate, 6–18 mm L, 0.6–3 mm W; apex often recurved, Flowers ± hidden in foliage, solitary or rarely 2 or 3 together, erect, bright to dark red;

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Moffitts Trail - name after Joyce & Vern Moffitt -Gardens of Stone NP

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Banksia cunninghamii - Shrub to 5 m high, lignotuber absent, multi- or single-stemmed at base; bark smooth, Leaves alternate, scattered, linear ± oblanceolate, 2–7 cm L, 2–5 mm W, Flowers April–August. 6 years after fire in the waiting to flower given no lignotuber on by seed

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Protecting Long Swamp | NSW Government Local Land Services are working with partners to improve Long Swamp on Allers Wolgan Road Travelling Stock Reserve.

Last updated: 25 May 2026 https://t.co/JvZ7G4fLBn

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Gardens of Stone SCA above Wolgan Falls. Can you spot the 4 persons?

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Flowers in June only found on Newnes Plateau. Persoonia hindii. Sclerophyll forest/woodland, soils Narrabeen sandstone, near Lithgow. Erect to spreading shrub, leaves linear, 1.5–2.7 cm L, 1–2 mm W, , flowers mostly subtended by leaves. NSW BCA Threatened species endangered

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@simplebutgood Cheers and thank you.

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Myoporum montanum - Western Boobialla, Water Bush, flowers in June. Shrub or small tree to 8 m high with finely fissured bark. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate or rarely linear, 3.5–14 cm long, 2–38 mm wide, Flowers 1–7 in axils.

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

From the depths of the ocean to the top of the mountains, nature holds an abundance of sustainable solutions to combat the climate crisis.

Explore how nations can tap into the power of nature to build a more sustainable future: https://t.co/vhHc23tmO1

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Coopernookia barbata -Purple goodenia - Erect subshrub to 1 m high Leaves mostly linear, 1–3 cm long and 1–2 mm wide Corolla to 15 mm long, blue to mauve flowers throughout the year

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Eucalyptus crebra- Narrow-leaved red ironbark, Ironbark, Narrow-leaved ironbark to 35 m tall. Forming a lignotuber.
Ironbark. Leaf linear to lanceolate to lanceolate, 5.5–18 cm L, 0.7–2.7 cm wide. Other refs state flowered all months except February. Our records show in June

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Eucalyptus cannonii - Red Stringybark. Tree to 15 m high; bark persistent throughout, grey to red-brown, stringy. Restricted, sclerophyll woodland shallow soil ; Rylstone to upper Wolgan Valley.
Flowering time June
Threatened species: NSW BCA Vulnerable