Goal: - Clear and plant the target area of the riparian zone (around the bathing pool area of the creek) - [[https://discord.com/channels/892039023617531934/892339595948204062|Discord channel link]] - [[https://www.facebook.com/events/714664736384867|Facebook event link]] Preparation: [] Update map of target area [] @Emily: Find all the gloves around [[map/cottage]] and surrounding area, bring them down [] @Emily: Bring scissors down for further detail clearing [] Bring tiny mattocks, gloves and scissors down to the bottom [] Attach brushcutter blades to @maclean's brushcutter and the Honda Versa brushcutter [] Bring fuel down for brushcutters [] Find and bring down wheelbarrow [] Find soldering iron and use it for burning plant labels into wood [] Soak lomandra seeds and prepare other native seeds for planting [] Remove tree protectors from existing Festival Flat trees that don't need them (to reuse for new plantings) [x] Search for additional gloves and tools [x] Send GIS files to Josh [x] Find or purchase tiny mattocks [x] Make seed list [] Make plant list [x] Purchase plants (Kumbartcho) [] Make a plan for stakes? Tree labels? Weed matting? General plan: 🌱 Saturday 9th April 2022 is 'clear the riparian area of lantana and weeds' day 🌱 Sunday 10th April 2022 is 'plant all our plant babies' day (both tubestock and seeds) 🌱 Work bee attendees (please confirm attendance with members first) are welcome to set up camp Friday afternoon & leave Monday morning 🌱 Bring boots, snacks, drinks, and friends The creek surrounds just North of the Festival Flat are the target area for an ecological restoration project at Firestone Sanctuary. We have a grant from council with the Land For Wildlife programme, as well as using some of the kind donations received from visitors such as yourself, to put towards a big planting in this area. So, we are holding a work bee and big camp-over weekend, with bonfire and hangs on the Saturday night 🙂 We will be clearing (with brushcutters, machetes, scythes) the area of invasive species (e.g. lantana) on Saturday 9th, hanging out together that night, then planting all the tubestock seedlings on the Sunday 10th April. - Use lantana as stakes? - Use carpet squares with slits around each tree / birdwing vine as protectors Other consideraitons: - Food - Music - People organiser on the day Current tool list: - 2 fuel-powered brushcutters - 8 pairs of gloves + 1 pair welding gloves - 1 sledgehammer - 1 woodsplitting axe - 2 short rusty machetes - 1 longer machete - 1 scythe - 3 loppers - 2 fencing tools - 4 spades and shovels (+1 up top if needed) - 2 rakes (+1 up top if needed) - 2 post hole diggers - 2 cutting mattocks - 2 pick mattocks - 1 pick - 1 rubber mallet - 2 metal mallets - 2 hand hoe planting tools - 1 can PURPLE spray paint Jaye will bring: - 1 motored auger - 2 brushcutters The target ares is a riparian zone, waterway area, fringing woodland / vine forest. Council mapped the target area as [[https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/regional-ecosystems/details/?re=12.3.7|RE 12.3.7]] / [[https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/regional-ecosystems/details/?re=12.3.16|12.3.16]] with an 80/20 ratio between those two (RE means Regional Ecosystem code). Suggested plant list: - Macaranga (native pioneer species) - Tall canopy fast growing plants - Lomandra - Flax lily - Native ginger - Dianella (esp. edible species) - Davidson's plums - Lilly pilly - Native scrambling lily **Seed list** :~) <3 (collected legally at the seed workshop hosted by Jay at Kumbartcho (not Jaye Bransgrove) or locally on the property): - Solanum aviculare (kangaroo apple) - Brachychiton rupestris (queensland bottletree, kurrajong) - Cordyline petiolaris (flax lily) - Trematomentosa (poison peach) - Acronychia laevis (white lilly pilly) - Pipturus agenteus (native mulberry) - Alocasia brisbanensis (native lily) - Alpinia caerulea (native ginger) - Lomandra hystrix (creek mat rush) - Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (deep yellow wood) - Polythea? Polyanthia? Polyalthia? small red berry fruit we collected~ (i am not certain what this plant is) - Commonsonia bartramia (brown kurrajong tree) - Gmelina leichhardtii (white beech) Seeds from mail: - Brachychiton acerifolius (illawarra flame tree) - Brachychiton discolour (white kurrajong) - Brachychiton rupestris (bottle tree) - Agonis flexuosa (peppermint willow) - Acacia victoriae (elegant wattle) - Adansonia gregori (baobab) - Randia fitzalanii (native gardenia) - Hibsicus subdantta (rosella/queensland jam plant) - Billardiera fusiformis (australian bluebell) - Cissus hypoglauca (native grape) - Coprosma quadrfida (native current) **Plant list** Tube stock native plant species: - Alectryon subcinereus (wild quince) x1 - Guioa semiglauca (native quince) x4 - ? Labelled "Qu" (Could be quince, leaves n stem looks different from native quince babies, possibly wild quince Alectryon subcinereus, more likely to be quinine berry Petalostigma triloculare) x9 - Petalostigma triloculare (quinine berry/long leaf bitter bark) x1 - Cissus Antarctica x2- (native grape) x4 - Planchoneila eerwah (shiny leaf condoo/rare black plum/wild apple) x4 - Eupomatia laurina (bolwarra/native guava) x2 - Brachychiton acerifolius (flame tree/illawarra flame tree) x4 - Acronychia laevis (hard aspen) x2 - Glycosmis trifoliata (orange berry) x1 - Leptospermum petersonii (lemon scented tea tree) x1 - Dianella congesta (beach flax lily) x2 - Banksia integrifolia (coastal banksia/white honeysuckle) x1 - Diploglottis campbellii (yellow fruiting small leafed tamarind) x2 - Diploglottis campbellii (brown red fruiting small leafed tamarind) x2 - Commersonia bartramia (brown kurrajong/bush christmas) x2 - Ehretia acuminata (koda/silky ash) x3 - Sterculia quadrifida (peanut tree) x5 - Ficus opposita (sweet sandpaper fig) x1 - Brachychiton rupestris (bottle tree) x1 - Argyrodendron trifoliolatum (white booyong) x1 - Alpinia caerulea (native ginger/blueberry ginger) x1 - Lomandra confertifolia (dwarf mat rush) x1 - Pittosporum revolutum (yellow pittosporum) x1 - Lepironia articulata (grey rush) x2 - Aphananthe philippinensis (axehandle/native rough leaf elm) x1 - Cinnamomum oliveri (olivers sassafras) x1 - Podocarpus elatus (plum pine/illawarra plum) x2 - Lophpstemon suaveolens (swamp mahogeny) x1 - Pittosporum multiflorum (orange thorn) x1 - Pleiogynium timorense (burdekin plum) x5 - Leptospermum liversidgei (olive tea tree) x2 - Xanthorrhoea glauca (blue leaf grass tree) x2 - Clematis glycinoides (headache vine/old man's beard) x1 - (sh? bottle tree) x2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Pittosporum undulatam (native orange) x5 - Syzygium cebrinerve (purple cherry) x1 - Syzygium luehmannii (riberry/small leaf lilly pilly) x1 - Nothoalsomitra suberosa (corky cucumber) x1 - Eucalyptus robusta (swamp mahogany) x1 - Toona ciliata (red cedar) x1 - Melodorum leichhardtii (zig zag vine) x2 - Pseuderanthemum (love flower) x1 - Allocasuarina rigida (mountain she oak) x1 ~to be planted on bells rise<3 Native plant species in larger pots: - Lihospadix monostachga (walking stick palm) x1 - Pittosporum undulatam (native orange) x5 - Capparis arborea (native pomegranate) x1 - Aerychia (beach?) x1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Brachychiton acerifolius (flame tree/illawarra flame tree) x5 - Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (deep yellow wood) x2 - Pipturus argenteus (native mulberry) x1 - Syzygium (riberry) x1 - Rubus sp. (native raspberry) x1 - Araucaria cunninghamii (hoop pine) x1 - Mischarytera lautereriana (corduroy tamarind) x1 - Cappani mitchellii (wild orange) x1 Unidentified native plant descriptions: - (lomandra species, spiny/teethed edged leaf) x1 - (spider lily thing) x1 - (some native lime thing, citrus) x1 - Petalostigma triloculare (quinine berry) - Suzygium lurynanthum (sour cherry) x1 - Davidsonia pruriens (davidson plum) x4 Existing native plant species observed: - **Mark/Josh/Jaye may be able to help make a list of existing plants in that particular area** - Jagera pseudorhus (foambark) - Melia azedarach (chinaberry) - Ficus coronata(?) (sandpaper fig) - Pipturus agenteus (native mulberry) - Alchornea ilicfolia (native holly) or Aphananthe philippinensis (rough leaf elm/axehandle) Plant list from RE 12.3.7: - Eucalyptus tereticornis - Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana - Melaleuca viminalis - Melaleuca bracteata - Melaleuca trichostachya - Melaleuca linariifolia - Waterhousea floribunda - Melaleuca fluviatilis - Lomandra hystrix 12.3.16 typical canopy species include: - Aphananthe philippinensis - Argyrodendron sp. - Argyrodendron trifoliolatum - Diospyros fasciculosa - Drypetes deplanchei - Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle - Jagera pseudorhus - Mallotus discolor - Melia azedarach - Mischocarpus pyriformis subsp. pyriformis - Planchonella pohlmaniana - Toona ciliata - Vitex lignum-vitae - Grevillea robusta - Araucaria cunninghamii - Lophostemon confertus 12.3.16 typical sub-canopy species include: - Streblus brunonianus - Cryptocarya triplinervis - Gossia bidwillii - Diospyros australis - Arytera divaricata - Capparis arborea - Cleistanthus cunninghamii - Polyalthia nitidissima Note also {F46385} ### Plant list from Jaye {F58405} ### Plant list from Josh 25%: Lomandra, Dianella 50% pioneers - Commersonia bartramia (brown kurrajong) - Homalanthus populifolius (bleeding heart) - Polyscias elegans (celery wood) - Guioa semiglauca (guioa) - Solanum aviculare (kangaroo apple) - Mallotus philippinensis (kamala) - Mallotus discolor (white kamala) - Hymenosporum flavum (native frangipani) - Trema tomentosa var. viridis (native peach) - Diploglottis australis (native tamarind) - Polyscias murrayi (pencil cedar) - Misoscarpus pyriformis (yellow pear-fruit) - Alphitonia petriei (white ash) - Melia azedarach (white cedar) 25% other gallery rainforest tree species I'd recommend planting: - Waterhousia floribunda - Araucaria cunninghamii - Syzygium australe - Syzygium francisii - Castanospermum australe - Archontophoenix cunninghamiana - Ficus macrophylla - Grevillea robusta - Argyrodendron trifoliolatum - Diospyros fasciculosa - Drypetes deplanchei - Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle - Jagera pseudorhus - Mallotus discolor - Melia azedarach - Mischocarpus pyriformis subsp. pyriformis - Planchonella pohlmaniana - Toona ciliata - Vitex lignum-vitae - Casuarina cunninghamiana ### Plant list from Mark - Lomandra hystrix - Melaleuca viminalis - Melaleuca bracteata Target weeds (teach work bee collaborators about these): - Lantana - Glycine - Hamil grass

## Goal - Clear and plant the target area of the riparian zone (around the bathing pool area of the creek) - [[https://discord.com/channels/892039023617531934/892339595948204062|Discord channel link]] - [[https://www.facebook.com/events/714664736384867|Facebook event link]] ## General plan 🌱 Saturday 9th April 2022 is 'clear the riparian area of lantana and weeds' day 🌱 Sunday 10th April 2022 is 'plant all our plant babies' day (both tubestock and seeds) 🌱 Work bee attendees (please confirm attendance with members first) are welcome to set up camp Friday afternoon & leave Monday morning 🌱 Bring boots, snacks, drinks, and friends The creek surrounds just North of the Festival Flat are the target area for an ecological restoration project at Firestone Sanctuary. We have a grant from council with the Land For Wildlife programme, as well as using some of the kind donations received from visitors such as yourself, to put towards a big planting in this area. So, we are holding a work bee and big camp-over weekend, with bonfire and hangs on the Saturday night 🙂 We will be clearing (with brushcutters, machetes, scythes) the area of invasive species (e.g. lantana) on Saturday 9th, hanging out together that night, then planting all the tubestock seedlings on the Sunday 10th April. (mulch south, seed cast north) Duties on the day: - Create strakes using lantana and purple spray - @Kane: timelapse duty - @Anita and Ben photography for Saturday - Ian photography for Sunday Other considerations: - Food - Music - People organiser on the day Current tool list: - 2 fuel-powered brushcutters (one two-stroke, one four-stroke) - 8 pairs of cotton latex gloves + 5 pairs gloves + 1 pair welding gloves - 1 sledgehammer - 1 woodsplitting axe - 5 short rusty machetes - 1 longer machete - 2 scythes - 3 loppers - 2 fencing tools - 4 spades and shovels (+1 up top if needed) - 2 rakes (+1 up top if needed) - 2 post hole diggers - 2 cutting mattocks - 2 pick mattocks - 1 pick - 1 rubber mallet - 2 metal mallets - 2 hand hoe planting tools - 1 can PURPLE spray paint - 5 scissors Jaye will bring: - 1 motored auger - 2 brushcutters (one two-stroke, one four-stroke) The target ares is a riparian zone, waterway area, fringing woodland / vine forest. Council mapped the target area as [[https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/regional-ecosystems/details/?re=12.3.7|RE 12.3.7]] / [[https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/regional-ecosystems/details/?re=12.3.16|12.3.16]] with an 80/20 ratio between those two (RE means Regional Ecosystem code). ## Plant list (in pots, ready to plant) Tubestock from recent shop (~268 tubestock total): - Alpinia caerulea (native ginger/blueberry ginger) x21 - Citrus australis (Australian round lime) x6 - Crinum pendiculatum (river lily) x3 - Dianella caerulea (blue flax lily) x30 - Diploglottis australis (native tamarind) x11 - Gmelina leichhardtii (white beech) x6 - Ficus opposita (sweet sandpaper fig) x4 - Ficus coronata (creek sandpaper fig) x2 - Ficus macrophylla (Moreton Bay fig) x6 - Hymenosporum flavum (native frangipani) x6 - Jagera pseudorhus (foambark) x6 - Lomandra hystrix x4 - Lomandra hystrix (smaller than tubestock) x108 - Mallotus discolor (yellow kamala) x12 (medium pots) - Melaleuca bracteata (river tea-tree) x14 - Melaleuca salicina (willow bottlebrush, callistemon) x7 - Melaleuca viminalis (creek bottlebrush, callistemon) x7 - Pennantia cunninghamii (brown beech) x1 - Pipturus argenteus (native mulberry) x7 - Solanum aviculare (kangaroo apple) x5 - Sterculia quadrifida (peanut tree) x2 - Syzygium australe (creek satinash / brush cherry) x5ish - Syzygium francisii (giant water gum) x5ish Tubestock native plant species: - Acronychia laevis (hard aspen) x2 - Alpinia caerulea (native ginger/blueberry ginger) x1 - Alectryon subcinereus (wild quince) x1 - Aphananthe philippinensis (axehandle/native rough leaf elm) x1 - Argyrodendron trifoliolatum (white booyong) x1 - Banksia integrifolia (coastal banksia/white honeysuckle) x1 - Brachychiton acerifolius (flame tree/illawarra flame tree) x4 - Brachychiton rupestris (bottle tree) x1 - Commersonia bartramia (brown kurrajong/bush christmas) x2 - Cinnamomum oliveri (olivers sassafras) x1 - Cissus Antarctica x2- (native grape) x4 - Clematis glycinoides (headache vine/old man's beard) x1 - Dianella congesta (beach flax lily) x2 - Diploglottis campbellii (yellow fruiting small leafed tamarind) x2 - Diploglottis campbellii (brown red fruiting small leafed tamarind) x2 - Ehretia acuminata (koda/silky ash) x3 - Eupomatia laurina (bolwarra/native guava) x2 - Eucalyptus robusta (swamp mahogany) x1 - Ficus opposita (sweet sandpaper fig) x1 - Glycosmis trifoliata (orange berry) x1 - Guioa semiglauca (native quince) x4 - ?? labelled "Qu" (Could be quince, leaves n stem looks different from native quince babies, possibly wild quince Alectryon subcinereus, more likely to be quinine berry Petalostigma triloculare) x9 - Lepironia articulata (grey rush) x2 - Leptospermum petersonii (lemon scented tea tree) x1 - Leptospermum liversidgei (olive tea tree) x2 - Lomandra confertifolia (dwarf mat rush) x1 - Lophpstemon suaveolens (swamp mahogeny) x1 - Melodorum leichhardtii (zig zag vine) x2 - Nothoalsomitra suberosa (corky cucumber) x1 - Petalostigma triloculare (quinine berry/long leaf bitter bark) x1 - Pittosporum revolutum (yellow pittosporum) x1 - Pittosporum multiflorum (orange thorn) x1 - Pittosporum undulatam (native orange) x5 - Planchoneila eerwah (shiny leaf condoo/rare black plum/wild apple) x4 - Pleiogynium timorense (burdekin plum) x5 - Podocarpus elatus (plum pine/illawarra plum) x2 - Sterculia quadrifida (peanut tree) x5 - Syzygium cebrinerve (purple cherry) x1 - Syzygium luehmannii (riberry/small leaf lilly pilly) x1 - Toona ciliata (red cedar) x1 - Xanthorrhoea glauca (blue leaf grass tree) x2 - ? (sh? bottle tree) x2 Native plant species in larger pots: - ? Aerychia (beach?) x1 - Araucaria cunninghamii (hoop pine) x1 - Brachychiton acerifolius (flame tree/illawarra flame tree) x5 - Cappani mitchellii (wild orange) x1 - Capparis arborea (native pomegranate) x1 - Mischarytera lautereriana (corduroy tamarind) x1 - Lihospadix monostachga (walking stick palm) x1 - Pipturus argenteus (native mulberry) x1 - Pittosporum undulatam (native orange) x5 - Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (deep yellow wood) x2 - Rubus sp. (native raspberry) x1 - Syzygium (riberry) x1 Unidentified native plant descriptions: - (lomandra species, spiny/teethed edged leaf) x1 - (spider lily thing) x1 - (some native lime thing, citrus) x1 - Petalostigma triloculare (quinine berry) - Suzygium lurynanthum (sour cherry) x1 - Davidsonia pruriens (davidson plum) x4 Older native plants in pots on flat: - Araucaria bidwillii (bunya nut pine) x9 - Backhousia citriodora (lemon myrtle) x1 - Backhousia anisata (aniseed myrtle) x1 - Pararistolochia praevenosa (richmond birdwing butterfly vine) x21 ## Seed list (collected legally at the seed workshop hosted by Jay at Kumbartcho (not Jaye Bransgrove) or locally on the property): - Acronychia laevis (white lilly pilly) - Alocasia brisbanensis (native lily) - Alpinia caerulea (native ginger) - Brachychiton rupestris (queensland bottletree, kurrajong) - Commonsonia bartramia (brown kurrajong tree) - Cordyline petiolaris (flax lily) - Gmelina leichhardtii (white beech) - Lomandra hystrix (creek mat rush) - Pipturus agenteus (native mulberry) - Polyalthia nitidissima (canary beech) [small red berry fruit] - Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (deep yellow wood) - Solanum aviculare (kangaroo apple) - Trematomentosa (poison peach) Seeds from mail: - Agonis flexuosa (peppermint willow) - Acacia victoriae (elegant wattle) - Adansonia gregori (baobab) - Billardiera fusiformis (australian bluebell) - Brachychiton acerifolius (illawarra flame tree) - Brachychiton discolour (white kurrajong) - Brachychiton rupestris (bottle tree) - Cissus hypoglauca (native grape) - Coprosma quadrfida (native current) - Hibsicus subdantta (rosella/queensland jam plant) - Randia fitzalanii (native gardenia) ## Existing native plant species observed in situ - Jagera pseudorhus (foambark) - Melia azedarach (chinaberry) - Ficus coronata(?) (sandpaper fig) - Pipturus agenteus (native mulberry) - Alchornea ilicfolia (native holly) or Aphananthe philippinensis (rough leaf elm/axehandle) - Acacia melanoxylon - Syzigium sp. - Smilax australis - Maclura cochinchinensis (cockspur thorn) ## Suggested plant list (to acquire) @Timotheos has done the bulk of the shopping already, but more can be acquired (even after the work bee) to complete the planting. - Macaranga (native pioneer species) - Tall canopy fast growing plants - Lomandra - Flax lily - Native ginger - Dianella (esp. edible species) - Davidson's plums - Lilly pilly - Native scrambling lily ### Plant list from RE 12.3.7: - Eucalyptus tereticornis - Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana - Melaleuca viminalis - Melaleuca bracteata - Melaleuca trichostachya - Melaleuca linariifolia - Waterhousea floribunda - Melaleuca fluviatilis - Lomandra hystrix ### 12.3.16 typical canopy species include: - Aphananthe philippinensis - Argyrodendron sp. - Argyrodendron trifoliolatum - Diospyros fasciculosa - Drypetes deplanchei - Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle - Jagera pseudorhus - Mallotus discolor - Melia azedarach - Mischocarpus pyriformis subsp. pyriformis - Planchonella pohlmaniana - Toona ciliata - Vitex lignum-vitae - Grevillea robusta - Araucaria cunninghamii - Lophostemon confertus ### 12.3.16 typical sub-canopy species include: - Streblus brunonianus - Cryptocarya triplinervis - Gossia bidwillii - Diospyros australis - Arytera divaricata - Capparis arborea - Cleistanthus cunninghamii - Polyalthia nitidissima Note also {F46385} ### Plant list from Jaye {F58405} ### Plant list from Josh 25%: Lomandra, Dianella 50% pioneers - Alphitonia petriei (white ash) - Commersonia bartramia (brown kurrajong) - Diploglottis australis (native tamarind) - Guioa semiglauca (guioa) - Homalanthus populifolius (bleeding heart) - Hymenosporum flavum (native frangipani) - Mallotus discolor (white kamala) - Mallotus philippinensis (kamala) - Melia azedarach (white cedar) - Misoscarpus pyriformis (yellow pear-fruit) - Solanum aviculare (kangaroo apple) - Polyscias elegans (celery wood) - Polyscias murrayi (pencil cedar) - Trema tomentosa var. viridis (native peach) 25% other gallery rainforest tree species I'd recommend planting: - Araucaria cunninghamii - Archontophoenix cunninghamiana - Argyrodendron trifoliolatum - Casuarina cunninghamiana - Castanospermum australe - Diospyros fasciculosa - Drypetes deplanchei - Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle - Ficus macrophylla - Grevillea robusta - Jagera pseudorhus - Mallotus discolor - Melia azedarach - Mischocarpus pyriformis subsp. pyriformis - Planchonella pohlmaniana - Syzygium australe - Syzygium francisii - Toona ciliata - Vitex lignum-vitae - Waterhousia floribunda ### Plant list from Mark - Lomandra hystrix - Melaleuca viminalis - Melaleuca bracteata ## Target weeds to remove (teach work bee collaborators about these): - Lantana - Glycine - Hamil grass ## Tasks for after the work bee [] Maintenance and watering follow-up [] Download pictures from the wildlife trail camera [] Upload pictures to Dropbox [] Photograph the area after all the work bee work [] Update map of target area [] Use carpet squares with slits around each tree / birdwing vine as protectors [] Do up labels for trees using the soldering iron into the wooden labels [] Move species observations to [[ environment/ ]] # Report ## Land For Wildlife grant contribution - Native plants ($69.50 + $521) - Mulch (bought 1 cubic metre for $30) ## Landholder's contribution to costs - Native plants (acquired from Daleys Fruit - include receipt) - Native plants (self-propagated) - Native plants (obtained from LFW 50 plant voucher + 4 free plants from council voucher) - Native seeds (obtained by attending seed collection workshop as mentioned above) - Many hours of personal labour (organising, planting, shopping, picking up plants and mulch) - At least 10 hours in preparation - Work bee: 10 persons over 2-3 days, likely 120-160 hours of work in just that weekend - At least 2 hours in follow-up watering, weeding and further clearing already (this will continue to increase over time) - Mulch (several cubic metres free at Dakabin Waste Management Facility) - Hundreds of dollars of tools

## Goal: - Clear and plant the target area of the riparian zone (around the bathing pool area of the creek) - [[https://discord.com/channels/892039023617531934/892339595948204062|Discord channel link]] - [[https://www.facebook.com/events/714664736384867|Facebook event link]] Preparation: [] Update map of target area [] @Emily: Find all the gloves around [[map/cottage]] and surrounding area, bring them down [] @Emily: Bring scissors down for further detail clearing [] Bring tiny mattocks, gloves and scissors down to the bottom [] Attach brushcutter blades to @maclean's brushcutter and the Honda Versa brushcutter [] Bring fuel down for brushcutters [] Find and bring down wheelbarrow [] Find soldering iron and use it for burning plant labels into wood [] Soak lomandra seeds and prepare other native seeds for planting [] Remove tree protectors from existing Festival Flat trees that don't need them (to reuse for new plantings) [x] Search for additional gloves and tools [x] Send GIS files to Josh [x] Find or purchase tiny mattocks [x] Make seed list [] Make plant list [x] Purchase plants (Kumbartcho) [] Make a plan for stakes? Tree labels? Weed matting? ## General plan: 🌱 Saturday 9th April 2022 is 'clear the riparian area of lantana and weeds' day 🌱 Sunday 10th April 2022 is 'plant all our plant babies' day (both tubestock and seeds) 🌱 Work bee attendees (please confirm attendance with members first) are welcome to set up camp Friday afternoon & leave Monday morning 🌱 Bring boots, snacks, drinks, and friends The creek surrounds just North of the Festival Flat are the target area for an ecological restoration project at Firestone Sanctuary. We have a grant from council with the Land For Wildlife programme, as well as using some of the kind donations received from visitors such as yourself, to put towards a big planting in this area. So, we are holding a work bee and big camp-over weekend, with bonfire and hangs on the Saturday night 🙂 We will be clearing (with brushcutters, machetes, scythes) the area of invasive species (e.g. lantana) on Saturday 9th, hanging out together that night, then planting all the tubestock seedlings on the Sunday 10th April. - Use lantana as stakes? - Use carpet squares with slits around each tree / birdwing vine as protectors(mulch south, seed cast north) Duties on the day: Other considerait- Create strakes using lantana and purple spray - @Kane: timelapse duty - @Anita and Ben photography for Saturday - Ian photography for Sunday Other considerations: - Food - Music - People organiser on the day Current tool list: - 2 fuel-powered brushcutters (one two-stroke, one four-stroke) - 8 pairs of cotton latex gloves + 5 pairs gloves + 1 pair welding gloves - 1 sledgehammer - 1 woodsplitting axe - 2- 5 short rusty machetes - 1 longer machete - 1- 2 scythes - 3 loppers - 2 fencing tools - 4 spades and shovels (+1 up top if needed) - 2 rakes (+1 up top if needed) - 2 post hole diggers - 2 cutting mattocks - 2 pick mattocks - 1 pick - 1 rubber mallet - 2 metal mallets - 2 hand hoe planting tools - 1 can PURPLE spray paint - 5 scissors Jaye will bring: - 1 motored auger - 2 brushcutters (one two-stroke, one four-stroke) The target ares is a riparian zone, waterway area, fringing woodland / vine forest. Council mapped the target area as [[https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/regional-ecosystems/details/?re=12.3.7|RE 12.3.7]] / [[https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/regional-ecosystems/details/?re=12.3.16|12.3.16]] with an 80/20 ratio between those two (RE means Regional Ecosystem code). ## Plant list (in pots, ready to plant) Suggested plant list:Tubestock from recent shop (~268 tubestock total): - Macarang- Alpinia caerulea (native pioneer species)ginger/blueberry ginger) x21 - Tall canopy fast growing plants- Citrus australis (Australian round lime) x6 - Lomandra- Crinum pendiculatum (river lily) x3 - F- Dianella caerulea (blue flax lily) x30 - N- Diploglottis australis (native gingertamarind) x11 - Dianella (esp. edible species)- Gmelina leichhardtii (white beech) x6 - Davidson's plums- Ficus opposita (sweet sandpaper fig) x4 - Lilly pilly- Ficus coronata (creek sandpaper fig) x2 - Native scrambling lily **Seed list** :~) <3- Ficus macrophylla (Moreton Bay fig) x6 (collected legally at the seed workshop hosted by Jay at Kumbartcho (not Jaye Bransgrove) or locally on the property):- Hymenosporum flavum (native frangipani) x6 - Solanum aviculare (kangaroo apple)- Jagera pseudorhus (foambark) x6 - Brachychiton rupestris (queensland bottletree, kurrajong)- Lomandra hystrix x4 - Cordyline petiolaris (flax lily)- Lomandra hystrix (smaller than tubestock) x108 - Trematomentosa (poison peach- Mallotus discolor (yellow kamala) x12 (medium pots) - Acronychia laevis (white lilly pilly)- Melaleuca bracteata (river tea-tree) x14 - Pipturus agenteus (native mulberry)- Melaleuca salicina (willow bottlebrush, callistemon) x7 - Alocasia brisbanensis (native lily)- Melaleuca viminalis (creek bottlebrush, callistemon) x7 - Alpin- Pennantia caerulea (native ginger)unninghamii (brown beech) x1 - Lomandra hystrix (creek mat rush)- Pipturus argenteus (native mulberry) x7 - Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (deep yellow wood)- Solanum aviculare (kangaroo apple) x5 - Polythea? Polyanthia? Polyalthia? small red berry fruit we collected~ (i am not certain what this plant is)- Sterculia quadrifida (peanut tree) x2 - Commonsonia bartramia (brown kurrajong tree)- Syzygium australe (creek satinash / brush cherry) x5ish - Gmelina leichhardtii (white beech)- Syzygium francisii (giant water gum) x5ish Seeds from mail: - Brachychiton acerifolius (illawarra flame tree) - Brachychiton discolour (white kurrajong) - Brachychiton rupestris (bottle tree)Tubestock native plant species: - Agonis flexuosa (peppermint willow) - Acacia victoriae (elegant wattle) - Adansonia gregori (baobab) - Randia fitzalanii (native gardenia) - Hibsicus subdantta (rosella/queensland jam plant) - Billardiera fusiformis (australian bluebell) - Cissus hypoglauca (native grape) - Coprosma quadrfida (native current) **Plant list**cronychia laevis (hard aspen) x2 Tube stock - Alpinia caerulea (native plant species:ginger/blueberry ginger) x1 - Alectryon subcinereus (wild quince) x1 - Guioa semiglauca (native quince) x4 - ? Labelled "Qu" (Could be quince, leaves n stem looks different from native quince babies, possibly wild quince Alectryon subcinereus, more likely to be quinine berry Petalostigma triloculare) x9Aphananthe philippinensis (axehandle/native rough leaf elm) x1 - Petalostigma- Argyrodendron triloculare (quinine berry/long leaf bitter barkfoliolatum (white booyong) x1 - Cissus Antarctica x2- (native grap- Banksia integrifolia (coastal banksia/white honeysuckle) x41 - Planchoneila eerwah (shiny leaf condoo/rare black plum/wild appl- Brachychiton acerifolius (flame tree/illawarra flame tree) x4 - Eupomatia laurina (bolwarra/native guava) x2- Brachychiton rupestris (bottle tree) x1 - Brachychiton acerifolius (flame tree/illawarra flame tree) x4- Commersonia bartramia (brown kurrajong/bush christmas) x2 - Acronychia laevis (hard aspen) x2- Cinnamomum oliveri (olivers sassafras) x1 - Glycosmis trifoliata (orange berry) x1- Cissus Antarctica x2- (native grape) x4 - Leptospermum petersonii (lemon scented tea tree- Clematis glycinoides (headache vine/old man's beard) x1 - Dianella congesta (beach flax lily) x2 - Banksia integrifolia (coastal banksia/white honeysuckle) x1 - Diploglottis campbellii (yellow fruiting small leafed tamarind) x2 - Diploglottis campbellii (brown red fruiting small leafed tamarind) x2 - Commersonia bartramia (brown kurrajong/bush christmas) x2 - Ehretia acuminata (koda/silky ash) x3 - Sterculia quadrifida (peanut tree) x5- Eupomatia laurina (bolwarra/native guava) x2 - Eucalyptus robusta (swamp mahogany) x1 - Ficus opposita (sweet sandpaper fig) x1 - Brachychiton rupestris (bottle tree) x1 - Argyrodendron- Glycosmis trifoliolatum (white booyongata (orange berry) x1 - Alpinia caerule- Guioa semiglauca (native ginger/blueberry ginger) x1quince) x4 - Lomandra confertifolia (dwarf mat rush) x1 - Pittosporum revolutum (yellow pittosporum) x1?? labelled "Qu" (Could be quince, leaves n stem looks different from native quince babies, possibly wild quince Alectryon subcinereus, more likely to be quinine berry Petalostigma triloculare) x9 - Lepironia articulata (grey rush) x2 - Aphananthe philippinensis (axehandle/native rough leaf elm- Leptospermum petersonii (lemon scented tea tree) x1 - Cinnamo- Leptospermum oliversidgei (olivers sassafras) x1 tea tree) x2 - Podocarpus elatus (plum pine/illawarra plum) x2- Lomandra confertifolia (dwarf mat rush) x1 - Lophpstemon suaveolens (swamp mahogeny) x1 - Pittosp- Melodorum multiflorum (orange thorn) x1leichhardtii (zig zag vine) x2 - Pleiogynium timorense (burdekin plum) x5- Nothoalsomitra suberosa (corky cucumber) x1 - Petalostigma triloculare (quinine berry/long leaf bitter bark) x1 - Lep- Pittospermum liversidgei (olive tea tree) x2orum revolutum (yellow pittosporum) x1 - Xanthorrhoea glauca (blue leaf grass tree) x2- Pittosporum multiflorum (orange thorn) x1 - Clematis glycinoides (headache vine/old man's beard) x1- Pittosporum undulatam (native orange) x5 - (sh? bottle tree) x2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- Planchoneila eerwah (shiny leaf condoo/rare black plum/wild apple) x4 - Pittosporum undulatam (native orang- Pleiogynium timorense (burdekin plum) x5 - Podocarpus elatus (plum pine/illawarra plum) x2 - Sterculia quadrifida (peanut tree) x5 - Syzygium cebrinerve (purple cherry) x1 - Syzygium luehmannii (riberry/small leaf lilly pilly) x1 - Nothoalsomitra suberosa (corky cucumber) x1 - Eucalyptus robusta (swamp mahogany) x1 - Toona ciliata (red cedar) x1 - Melodorum leichhardtii (zig zag vine) x2 - Pseuderanthemum (love flower) x1- Xanthorrhoea glauca (blue leaf grass tree) x2 - Allocasuarina rigida (mountain she oak) x1 ~to be planted on bells rise<3- ? (sh? bottle tree) x2 Native plant species in larger pots: - Lihospadix monostachga (walking stick palm) x1- ? Aerychia (beach?) x1 - Araucaria cunninghamii (hoop pine) x1 - Brachychiton acerifolius (flame tree/illawarra flame tree) x5 - Pittosporum undulatam (native- Cappani mitchellii (wild orange) x51 - Capparis arborea (native pomegranate) x1 - Aerychia (beach?) x1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Brachychiton acerifolius (flame tree/illawarra flame tree) x5- Mischarytera lautereriana (corduroy tamarind) x1 - Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (deep yellow wood) x2- Lihospadix monostachga (walking stick palm) x1 - Pipturus argenteus (native mulberry) x1 - Syzygium (riberry) x1- Pittosporum undulatam (native orange) x5 - Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (deep yellow wood) x2 - Rubus sp. (native raspberry) x1 - Araucaria cunninghamii (hoop pine) x1 - Mischarytera lautereriana (corduroy tamarind) x1 - Cappani mitchellii (wild orange- Syzygium (riberry) x1 Unidentified native plant descriptions: - (lomandra species, spiny/teethed edged leaf) x1 - (spider lily thing) x1 - (some native lime thing, citrus) x1 - Petalostigma triloculare (quinine berry) - Suzygium lurynanthum (sour cherry) x1 - Davidsonia pruriens (davidson plum) x4 Older native plants in pots on flat: - Araucaria bidwillii (bunya nut pine) x9 - Backhousia citriodora (lemon myrtle) x1 Existing native plant species observed- Backhousia anisata (aniseed myrtle) x1 - Pararistolochia praevenosa (richmond birdwing butterfly vine) x21 ## Seed list (collected legally at the seed workshop hosted by Jay at Kumbartcho (not Jaye Bransgrove) or locally on the property): - **Mark/Josh/Jaye may be able to help make a list of existing plants in that particular area**- Acronychia laevis (white lilly pilly) - Alocasia brisbanensis (native lily) - Alpinia caerulea (native ginger) - Brachychiton rupestris (queensland bottletree, kurrajong) - Commonsonia bartramia (brown kurrajong tree) - Cordyline petiolaris (flax lily) - Gmelina leichhardtii (white beech) - Lomandra hystrix (creek mat rush) - Pipturus agenteus (native mulberry) - Polyalthia nitidissima (canary beech) [small red berry fruit] - Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (deep yellow wood) - Solanum aviculare (kangaroo apple) - Trematomentosa (poison peach) Seeds from mail: - Agonis flexuosa (peppermint willow) - Acacia victoriae (elegant wattle) - Adansonia gregori (baobab) - Billardiera fusiformis (australian bluebell) - Brachychiton acerifolius (illawarra flame tree) - Brachychiton discolour (white kurrajong) - Brachychiton rupestris (bottle tree) - Cissus hypoglauca (native grape) - Coprosma quadrfida (native current) - Hibsicus subdantta (rosella/queensland jam plant) - Randia fitzalanii (native gardenia) ## Existing native plant species observed in situ - Jagera pseudorhus (foambark) - Melia azedarach (chinaberry) - Ficus coronata(?) (sandpaper fig) - Pipturus agenteus (native mulberry) - Alchornea ilicfolia (native holly) or Aphananthe philippinensis (rough leaf elm/axehandle) - Acacia melanoxylon - Syzigium sp. - Smilax australis - Maclura cochinchinensis (cockspur thorn) ## Suggested plant list (to acquire) @Timotheos has done the bulk of the shopping already, but more can be acquired (even after the work bee) to complete the planting. - Macaranga (native pioneer species) - Tall canopy fast growing plants - Lomandra - Flax lily - Native ginger - Dianella (esp. edible species) - Davidson's plums - Lilly pilly - Native scrambling lily ### Plant list from RE 12.3.7: - Eucalyptus tereticornis - Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana - Melaleuca viminalis - Melaleuca bracteata - Melaleuca trichostachya - Melaleuca linariifolia - Waterhousea floribunda - Melaleuca fluviatilis - Lomandra hystrix ### 12.3.16 typical canopy species include: - Aphananthe philippinensis - Argyrodendron sp. - Argyrodendron trifoliolatum - Diospyros fasciculosa - Drypetes deplanchei - Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle - Jagera pseudorhus - Mallotus discolor - Melia azedarach - Mischocarpus pyriformis subsp. pyriformis - Planchonella pohlmaniana - Toona ciliata - Vitex lignum-vitae - Grevillea robusta - Araucaria cunninghamii - Lophostemon confertus ### 12.3.16 typical sub-canopy species include: - Streblus brunonianus - Cryptocarya triplinervis - Gossia bidwillii - Diospyros australis - Arytera divaricata - Capparis arborea - Cleistanthus cunninghamii - Polyalthia nitidissima Note also {F46385} ### Plant list from Jaye {F58405} ### Plant list from Josh 25%: Lomandra, Dianella 50% pioneers - Commers- Alphitonia bartramia (brown kurrajongpetriei (white ash) - Homalanthus populifolius (bleeding heart- Commersonia bartramia (brown kurrajong) - Polyscias elegans (celery wood- Diploglottis australis (native tamarind) - Guioa semiglauca (guioa) - Solanum aviculare (kangaroo apple- Homalanthus populifolius (bleeding heart) - Mallotus philippinensis (kamala- Hymenosporum flavum (native frangipani) - Mallotus discolor (white kamala) - Hymenosporum flavum (native frangipani- Mallotus philippinensis (kamala) - Trema tomentosa var. viridis (native peach- Melia azedarach (white cedar) - Diploglottis austral- Misoscarpus pyriformis (native tamarindyellow pear-fruit) - Polyscias murrayi (pencil cedar- Solanum aviculare (kangaroo apple) - Misoscarpus pyriformis (yellow pear-fruit- Polyscias elegans (celery wood) - Alphitonia petriei (white ash- Polyscias murrayi (pencil cedar) - Melia azedarach (white cedar- Trema tomentosa var. viridis (native peach) 25% other gallery rainforest tree species I'd recommend planting: - Waterhousia floribunda - Araucaria cunninghamii - Syzygium australe - Syzygium francisii - Castanospermum australe - Archontophoenix cunninghamiana - Ficus macrophylla - Grevillea robusta - Argyrodendron trifoliolatum - Casuarina cunninghamiana - Castanospermum australe - Diospyros fasciculosa - Drypetes deplanchei - Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle - Ficus macrophylla - Grevillea robusta - Jagera pseudorhus - Mallotus discolor - Melia azedarach - Mischocarpus pyriformis subsp. pyriformis - Planchonella pohlmaniana - Syzygium australe - Syzygium francisii - Toona ciliata - Vitex lignum-vitae - Casuarina cunninghamiana- Waterhousia floribunda ### Plant list from Mark - Lomandra hystrix - Melaleuca viminalis - Melaleuca bracteata ## Target weeds to remove (teach work bee collaborators about these): - Lantana - Glycine - Hamil grass ## Tasks for after the work bee [] Maintenance and watering follow-up [] Download pictures from the wildlife trail camera [] Upload pictures to Dropbox [] Photograph the area after all the work bee work [] Update map of target area [] Use carpet squares with slits around each tree / birdwing vine as protectors [] Do up labels for trees using the soldering iron into the wooden labels [] Move species observations to [[ environment/ ]] # Report ## Land For Wildlife grant contribution - Native plants ($69.50 + $521) - Mulch (bought 1 cubic metre for $30) ## Landholder's contribution to costs - Native plants (acquired from Daleys Fruit - include receipt) - Native plants (self-propagated) - Native plants (obtained from LFW 50 plant voucher + 4 free plants from council voucher) - Native seeds (obtained by attending seed collection workshop as mentioned above) - Many hours of personal labour (organising, planting, shopping, picking up plants and mulch) - At least 10 hours in preparation - Work bee: 10 persons over 2-3 days, likely 120-160 hours of work in just that weekend - At least 2 hours in follow-up watering, weeding and further clearing already (this will continue to increase over time) - Mulch (several cubic metres free at Dakabin Waste Management Facility) - Hundreds of dollars of tools