Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater feeding on the nectar of Wild Tobacco on the banks of the Copley Retention Dam.
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater feeding on Native Tobacco flowers
Wild Tobacco
Introduced “Native Tobacco” colonising the waterways of the Flinders Ranges, seen here on the banks of the Copley Retention Dam.
Acacia Rivalis: Gammon Ranges
Hakea Leucoptera: Arkaroola
Stand of Hakea Leucoptera, the Pin Bush or Needle Bush, Arkaroola.
Sturt’s Desert Rose
Sturt’s Desert Rose, Gossypium sturtianum, growing in rocky soils around Copley.
Shrubby Rice-flower
Pimelea microcephala, Shrubby Rice-flower, has narrow green opposing leaves with yellow/white small flower clusters. Seen here in a sandy gully in the Northern Flinders Ranges, flowering in autumn.
Snake Skin in a Snake Plant
Native succulent Snake Plant is seen here with shed snake skin.
Ruby Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa, commonly known as Ruby Saltbush produces a colourful array of sweet edible fruits.
Nitrebush
Nitraria billardierei, commonly known as Nitrebush, is a spreading perennial seen here in the saline clays around Copley. The sour, salty fruit is a bush food, eaten raw or made into jams and sauces.
Flinders Ranges Hakea
Also known as Corkbark and Corktree, the Hakea ednieana grows on rugged shale slopes and gullies. Seen here on a rise in Glass Gorge in the Northern Flinders Ranges.
