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).
## Seed list
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(collected legally at the seed workshop hosted by Jay at Kumbartcho (not Jaye Bransgrove) or locally on the property):
- Native scrambling lily
**Seed list**
:~) <3- Acronychia laevis (white lilly pilly)
(collected legally at the seed workshop hosted by Jay at Kumbartcho (not Jaye Bransgrove) or locally on the property):- Alocasia brisbanensis (native lily)
- Solanum aviculare (kangaroo apple- Alpinia caerulea (native ginger)
- Brachychiton rupestris (queensland bottletree, kurrajong)
- Commonsonia bartramia (brown kurrajong tree)
- Cordyline petiolaris (flax lily)
- Trematomentosa (poison peach- Gmelina leichhardtii (white beech)
- Acronychia laevis (white lilly pilly- Lomandra hystrix (creek mat rush)
- Pipturus agenteus (native mulberry)
- Alocasia brisbanensis (native lily)
- Alpinia caerulea (native ginger)
- Lomandra hystrix (creek mat rush- ?Polythea? Polyanthia? Polyalthia? small red berry fruit we collected~ (i am not certain what this plant is)
- 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 treSolanum aviculare (kangaroo apple)
- Gmelina leichhardtii (white beech- Trematomentosa (poison peach)
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- Billardiera fusiformis (australian bluebell)
- Hibsicus subdantta (rosella/queensland jam plant- Brachychiton acerifolius (illawarra flame tree)
- Billardiera fusiformis (australian bluebell- Brachychiton discolour (white kurrajong)
- Brachychiton rupestris (bottle tree)
- Cissus hypoglauca (native grape)
- Coprosma quadrfida (native current)
**Plant list**
Tube stock native plant species:- Hibsicus subdantta (rosella/queensland jam plant)
- Alectryon subcinereus (wild quince) x1- Randia fitzalanii (native gardenia)
## Plant list (in pots, ready to plant)
Tubestock native plant species:
- Guioa semiglauca (native quince) x4- Acronychia laevis (hard aspen) x2
- ? 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) x9Alpinia caerulea (native ginger/blueberry ginger) x1
- Petalostigma triloculare (quinine berry/long leaf bitter bark- Alectryon subcinereus (wild quince) x1
- Cissus Antarctica x2- (- Aphananthe philippinensis (axehandle/native grape) x4rough leaf elm) x1
- Planchoneila eerwah (shiny leaf condoo/rare black plum/wild apple) x4- Argyrodendron trifoliolatum (white booyong) x1
- Eupomatia laurina (bolwarra/native guava) x2- Banksia integrifolia (coastal banksia/white honeysuckle) x1
- Brachychiton acerifolius (flame tree/illawarra flame tree) x4
- Acron- Brachychia laevton rupestris (hard aspen) x2bottle tree) x1
- Glycosmis trifoliata (orange berry) x1- Commersonia bartramia (brown kurrajong/bush christmas) x2
- Leptospermum petersonii (lemon scented tea treeCinnamomum 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
- 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 trifoliolatum (white booyong) x1
- Alpinia caerulea (native ginger/blueberry gingerGlycosmis trifoliata (orange berry) x1
- Lomandra confertifolia (dwarf mat rush) x1- Guioa semiglauca (native quince) x4
- 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
- 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
- Pleiogynium timorense (burdekin plum- Pittosporum undulatam (native orange) x5
- Leptospermum liversidgei (olive tea tre- Planchoneila eerwah (shiny leaf condoo/rare black plum/wild apple) x24
- Xanthorrhoea glauca (blue leaf grass tree) x2- Pleiogynium timorense (burdekin plum) x5
- Clematis glycinoides (headache v- Podocarpus elatus (plum pine/old man's beard) x1illawarra plum) x2
- ? (sh? bottle tree) x2
- Pittosporum undulatam (native orang- 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 vin- Xanthorrhoea glauca (blue leaf grass tree) x2
- ? (sh? bottle tree) 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- ? 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
## Existing native plant species observed: in situ
- **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)
## Suggested plant list (to acquire)
- 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
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### 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