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Local Provenance Plants for Sydney's Inner West

Local Provenance Plants are those that have evolved to suit a location's natural unique conditions. Lots or little rain some years, every year or throughout the year or just when it is cold or hot. Levels of sunlight and temperature variations. Alkaline or acidic, clay or sandy soil with an abundance or low levels of phosphate, iron, calcium, nitrogen, humus, rocks, underground water reserves. Plants may rely on a particular insect, bird, possum or the wind for cross polination, heat to open pods and wood ash, rain and light to germinate (propagate). Plants have adapted to live in shady gullies, or salty tidal wetlands or Sunny well drained spots.

Since 1995, the Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery has collected seeds and cuttings from the closest remnant bushland, to propagate and reintroduce Local Provenance Plants to Annandale and the Inner West of Sydney.

Fungi, Annandale NSW

Wood Fungi | Australian Fungi Website | Common Australian Fungi - a bushwalkers guide

The aseroe rubra commonly known as the anemone stinkhorn and sea anemone fungus, is recognizable for its foul odour and anemone shape. It resembles a red star-shaped structure covered in brownish slime on a white stalk attracting flies, which spread its spores. - more at Wikipedia

This page www.ramin.com.au/annandale/veg-fungi.shtml last update 16 February 2012.