Soft twig rush (Baumea rubiginosa)
Published January 5, 2019 | 
Sportsman Creek Conservation Area is engaged in growing and planting this native twig rush. Commonly called Buckie rush and used extensively by the Indigenous Bundjalung peoples for basket weaving and net string bag making. A compact slender native bog grass, thrives in standing water and around flooded soils, making it the ultimate landscape plant for wet areas in the garden or for landscape re-vegetation.
Description – Hardy native grass with
slender attractive lime green foliage and reddish-brown flower spikes.
Location – Will grow in up to 25cm of
water, in full sun or part shade. Hardy tolerating frost and low nutrient
soils.
Uses – Oxygenates and removes nutrients
from pond water and provides habitat keeping ponds cleaner and healthy. THE
STEMS ARE ALSO USED AS EXCELLENT FIBRE FOR BASKET WEAVING.
Care – Low maintenance, trim by half every
two to three years and water if the bog begins to dry out. For weaving harvest
by gently pulling out individual stems.
Riparian Zone at Sportsman Creek Conservation Area
Published July 14, 2013 | Common Silkpod Vine (Parsonsia straminea) climbing a Jackwood (Cryptocarya glaucescens) next to the Flooded Gum (Euc. grandis) in the riparian zone beside Sportsman Creek.
Nodding Greenhood Orchid (Pterostylis nutans) ORCHIDACEAE
Published March 19, 2013 | Also called the Parrot’s Beak Orchid. This terrestrial herb species is common in moist areas of dry sclerophyll forest, wet sclerophyll forest and coastal scrub. Flowering June to September from a leafless stem usually 15-20cm and sometimes found in dense colonies. A new species for the Conservation Area.
I.D. and reference courtesy of Denis Wilson.
Swamp Goodenia (Goodenia paniculata)
Published November 12, 2012 | A short lived native herb growing to 50cm. Found in protected moist areas and likes Wallum woodland. Named after 18th century bishop and vice-president of the Royal Society Dr. Goodenough. A new species for the Conservation Area.
I.D. courtesy of John Edwards . ClarenceValley Environment Centre.
Hardenbergia violacea (Fabaceae)
Published August 6, 2012 | “A species of native Australian flowering plant. Known by common names such as False Sarsaparilla, Happy Wanderer and Waraburra. It often grows as a climbing vine and has typical pea family flowers, usually violet, white or pink. The leaves are dark green hard and leathery with prominent venation.” Found growing in Open Eucalypt Woodland and a new species for the Conservation Area.
Reference courtesy of Wikipedia. 
Significant flora of the Clarence Valley
Published April 2, 2012 | A new educational resource providing details of over 300 significant species that can be found growing in the Clarence Valley is now available at the Clarence Environment Centre (CEC) for $7. each. The DVD provides a PDF fact sheet for each species with a photograph or image and provides scientific and common names, family name, protected status, a brief description, localities and range of occurence and threats faced.
Contact – Clarence Environment Centre. 31 Skinner St. South Grafton. N.S.W. 2460.
email – admin@cec.org.au
Many-flowered Mat-rush (Lomandra multiflora) Lomandracae
Published October 25, 2011 | The Lomandra genus is related to grass tree species with around 50 species found in Australia and New Guinea. They have long strap-like leaves. Many-flowered Mat-rush is a host plant for Skipper Butterflies which frequent the Conservation Area.
Lilac tasselflower (Emilia sonchifolia) Asteraceae
Published October 10, 2011 | Annual herb up to 50cm tall, sparsely hairy on stems. Juice has been used to cure inflamed eyes and is used as a Chinese medicine called xia hong. This plant has possible long term chronic toxicity. Commonly found in the grassier Open Eucalypt woodland on the Conservation Area.
Showy Guinea Flower (Hibbertia linearis)
Published September 28, 2011 | An erect or diffuse native shrub between 50-200cm in height. Widespread in heath and dry schlerophyll forest north from the Victorian border. Found in sandy sections across the Conservation Area.
Further reference; www.noosanativeplants.com.au/plants/267/hibbertia-linearis
Gorse Bitter Pea (Daviesia ulicifolia)
Published September 27, 2011 | An erect shrub growing to 2 metres on the Conservation Area and endemic to Australia.
