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Where can it be in the EEC?
One E is for Endangered
that means kind of rare.
One E for Ecological
The land, water and air.
C is for Community
Living all as one.
Our EECs are special
We landcare them for fun.
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King Edward Park has some very special plants
which together make up a the plant community
called Themeda grassland on seacliffs and
coastal headlands .
A piece of mulch .
Mulch is great for lots of reasons.
Bugs and fungi live in. it.
A thick layer of mulch can stop weeds from spreading.
Mulch slows the flow of rain , which stops soil washing into the
ocean.
A piece of Themeda grass
The reddish tufts of Themeda grass are popping up
everywhere in King Edward Park.
The grass seed has long ‘antennae’ called awns.
The seed heads are easier to find Summer.
A phyllode
When is a leaf not a leaf...when it’s a phyllode.
Wattle trees don’t have leaves. The green leafy looking part
of the tree is called a phyllode.
Along time ago the phyllode was the stem that attached the
leaf to the tree, but over time the stem became more
important than the leaf.
A bit of Bitou Bush
Bitou Bush is a Weed of National Significance (WoNS). This
means that the scientists know it is a very big problem and lots
of help is needed to get rid of it.
Bitou Bush has taken over the slopes and cliffs around King
Edward Park. One plant can make thousands of seeds so it
spreads really easily. Where it grows other plants don’t because
there isn’t enough light or water.
Landcarers spend time pulling out Bitou Bush.
Sticky beak seeds
Dandelion seeds
Sticky Beak plant
A Sticky Beak or a Dandelion
These are two weeds we are trying to get rid of from our
special plant community. They are worrisome weeds in this
EEC.
Sticky Beaks have seeds like little forks that can stick into
socks and clothes...that’s how the plant moves about.
Dandelions have very light seeds that can be blown about by
the wind.
A leaf with saw-toothed edges
This is the leaf of the Coastal Banksia, Banksia integrifolia
It is a local native plant usually found in this EEC.
Birds and insects like the flowers because they are full of
nectar.
A long Lomandra leaf
The Spikey Matt Rush, Lomandra longifolia has long tough
leaves that can be used for weaving baskets and mats.
For a very long time, the Awabakal and Worimi people have
known about many uses for this plant.
A round-shaped leaf
This is the leaf of Hydrocotyle, it is a weed that spreads
very easily through the EEC, it can even pop up from under
the mulch.
A leaf
A leaf that’s a scale
This is looks like a leaf from the Swamp Oak (Casuarina
glauca or dystylla).
The leaves aren’t really leaves, they are called cladodes and
you need really good eyes to see the little circle of scales
which are the leaves.
The Swamp Oak will not grow very tall because the salty
wind from the ocean will wind-prune it.
A Knobby Club Rush
This plant community is made up of trees, shrubs, reeds,
rushes and herbs.
This is a the Knobby Club Rush, Ficinia nodosa . A native of
the Themeda Grassland community EEC.
A runner of Kikuyu Grass
There are some grasses that you may have at home in your
garden which don’t belong in the Themeda grassland.
Kikuyu is one of them. It has very long runners that creep
through the native plants. Can you pull out a very long runner?
Coastal Rosemary
Cut-leaf Daisy
A Friendly Flower
The Coastal Rosemary is shrub that grows well in the salty sea
breeze.
The Cut-leaf Daisy is a ground-cover that creeps along the
ground.
This is something special I heard at King
Edward Park
What animals have you heard?
This is something special I saw at King
Edward Park
What animals have you seen?
This project is supported by Trees In Newcastle through funding from the
Australian Government’s National Landcare Program
www.treesinnewcastle.org.au [email protected]
P: 4969 1500
King Edward Park– Landcare longevity
and a lasting local legacy project
Project activities include
weekday landcaring every Wednesday fortnight
2nd Saturday of the month landcaring—noon till 3pm
National Tree Day planting on 26th July
Regular planting events, dates to be advised
Sponsor a plant for $5 for one of the plantings by donating though
TIN’s GiveNow program.
https://www.givenow.com.au/treesinnewcastlelandcarelongevity