Pictures taken along the Larapinta trail, near the telegraph station
Buffel grass (invasive species, which is everywhere)
Woolly oat grass
Dead finish with its unforgiving rigid and thorny leaves providing protection against water loss and predators
Origin of the name: Either, when this one dies then everything else is finished, or, in a drought the desperate rabbits try to eat its leaves and die in the branchces!
Silver witchetty, the witchetty grubs (yum) feed on the sap inside the roots
Close up of a witchetty showing flowers, seed pod and leaves
Dog wood, identified through the "Central Australian Flora" brochure
Mulga, can survive in the harshest conditions (in 2019 Alice Springs had its lowest rainfall on record, 67.6 mm). The hardwood is useful for fencing and as a fuel for campfires.
Not identified
Measuring the Attack/Defense Balance
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