High Country Plants from Tasmania

In January 2016 we embarked on the unusual challenge of climbing 7 different peaks in 7 days in Tasmania. Of course this required unusually dry conditions and our good fortune actually was a precursor of the severe bushfires that burnt huge areas of Tasmania's wilderness last summer. We also took some photos of some very cool high country plants in flower.

Cyathodes glauca - wet sclerophyll forest near Dover

Milligania densiflora - Mt King William

Drosera arcturi - on the high plateau below the summit of Adamsons Peak

Gleichenia alpina - Mt Wellington plateau

Leptospermum rupestre - on the high boggy plateau on the walk up Adamsons Peak

Stylidium graminifolium

Gaultheria hispida - Mt William 1

Bellendena montana - Mt King William 1

Boronia citriodora - Mt Hugel

Ozthamnus rodwayi

likely Leptospermum rupestre

Michrocahrys tetragona - 'Creeping Pine' 

Richea scoparia - Mt William 1

Ozothamnus ledifolius

Ozothamnus ledifolius - close up

Gentianella diemensis - Summit, Mt King William 1

Donatia novae-zelandiae - Adamsons Peak

Hibbertia procumbens - on the high plains on the walk to Mt King William 1

Lomatia polymorpha - near Lake St Clair

Callistemon (Melalleuca) pallidus - high plains on the walk to Mt King William 1

Planocarpa sulcata

Richea pandanifolia - Mt Rufus circuit

Olearia phlogopappa - Mt Rufus

Huperzia varia

 possibly Richea alpina

Banksia marginata - on the walk up Clear Hill - The Thumbs in the background

Eucalyptus vernicosa - near the summit of the Sentinals

Blandforia punicea - The Sentinels 

Pimelea - possibly Pimelea nivea

Agastachys odorata - on the walk up the Sentinals range