My other October blog post ended up being hijacked by a single grass species, and I'm cognisant of grasses being a notoriously unpopular group of plants, even among most nature enthusiasts. As a wise, yellow cartoon character once chanted "you don't win friends with salad" and you don't hold an audience with grass. So to … Continue reading Riverine Rainforest of Sapling Pocket
Month: November 2023
In search of a long-lost plant
While kayaking down the Brisbane River a few years back, I came upon a small colony of a grass I didn't recognise. It was a coarse, tussocky thing growing in the cracks of rocks near the water's edge. It wasn't flowering or seeding at the time, so I had no chance of identifying it, and … Continue reading In search of a long-lost plant