Fagus time in the Western Walls

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Fagus time in the Western Walls

Postby nickthetasmaniac » Mon 02 Jun, 2014 5:06 pm

Some shots from a quick post-season trip to the western end of the Walls of Jerusalem. We did the Moses Creek/Jackson Creek circuit with side-trips to Cathedral Plateau and Mt Rogoona. Around Grail Falls we were treated to one of the best shows of fagus I've seen :)

Check out my blog for more shots and a write-up: http://peopleandotherstrangecreatures.w ... t-rogoona/

All shot with my Ricoh GR and a Gitzo tripod/Sirui ball-head.

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And did anyone know that there's a mature Athrotaxis laxifolia at the southern end of Cloister Lagoon?
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Re: Fagus time in the Western Walls

Postby cams » Mon 02 Jun, 2014 5:17 pm

Beautiful shots.
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Re: Fagus time in the Western Walls

Postby tibboh » Mon 02 Jun, 2014 5:28 pm

cams wrote:Beautiful shots.

+1, really nice......love the windy shot of your companion......such a view.
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Re: Fagus time in the Western Walls

Postby north-north-west » Tue 03 Jun, 2014 8:52 am

Wonderful, as usual. Really love that fungus shot.
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Re: Fagus time in the Western Walls

Postby whynotwalk » Tue 03 Jun, 2014 10:10 am

Great photos Nick. And I really enjoyed your blog post too. Such a contrast to the summer trips I had to most of those places just a few months back. Thanks for sharing!

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Re: Fagus time in the Western Walls

Postby eggs » Tue 03 Jun, 2014 10:19 am

Nice lot of fagus.
Great photos and some good info on your blog.
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Re: Fagus time in the Western Walls

Postby DaveNoble » Tue 03 Jun, 2014 11:41 am

Nice photos Nick. I think the "hybrid" (Athrotaxis laxifolia) is fairly common? I can remember asking a botanist friend of mine about trees that I and seen - that seemed to be half way between Pencil and King Billy Pines. Similar to the hybrid you often see that is half way between scoparia and pandanni.

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Re: Fagus time in the Western Walls

Postby stepbystep » Tue 03 Jun, 2014 12:14 pm

Beautiful shots Nick thanks for the share :) I was within a hair's breathe of returning to Cathedral for the fagus but my plans were stymied. Maybe next year...
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Re: Fagus time in the Western Walls

Postby nickthetasmaniac » Tue 03 Jun, 2014 12:53 pm

DaveNoble wrote:Nice photos Nick. I think the "hybrid" (Athrotaxis laxifolia) is fairly common? I can remember asking a botanist friend of mine about trees that I and seen - that seemed to be half way between Pencil and King Billy Pines. Similar to the hybrid you often see that is half way between scoparia and pandanni.

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Similar to the Scoparia/Pandani (R. xcurtisiae if you're interested :) ) but much less common, I know of four examples on the Overland.

To be honest it's still pretty hard to get any proper info on the laxifolia, I don't think any exhaustive research has been done yet.
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Re: Fagus time in the Western Walls

Postby Strider » Tue 03 Jun, 2014 8:32 pm

There is also a A. laxifolia in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens in Hobart.
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Re: Fagus time in the Western Walls

Postby GerryDuke » Tue 03 Jun, 2014 10:52 pm

Thanks also Nick. Great coverage in the blog. Managed to get to Lake Myrtle a few years back but my knees are preventing me fro too many places now.

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Re: Fagus time in the Western Walls

Postby nickthetasmaniac » Wed 04 Jun, 2014 12:41 pm

Strider wrote:There is also a A. laxifolia in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens in Hobart.


I think there's a few scattered about from nurseries, even in Europe. According to Wikipedia, "Despite being the rarest of the three in the wild, it is the most frequently planted Athrotaxis in cultivation..."
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