“Sweet Tea” Native sarsaparilla or sweet tea (Smilax glyciphylla) climber vine from Chase National Park, New South Wales. This flower makes a liquorice-flavoured tea.
“Silver Bundy” Close up of juvenile leaves of Silver bundy (Eucalyptus nortonii), a woodland tree.
“Water Fern” Central spore-bearing fronds of a hard water fern (Blechnum wattsii) from Cumberland Scenic Reserve, Victoria.
“Blackwood Pods” Seed pods of a blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), showing pink arils, fallen on a mossy log. From Central Highlands, Victoria.
“Return to Earth” Leaves and wattle flowers decomposing on the floor of a mountain ash forest in the Yarra Ranges, Victoria.
“Gymea Dream” Gymea lily (Doryanthes exelsa) close-up of a massive flower head. This is a native lily of Sydney.
“Flannel Flowers I” Flannel flowers (Actinotus helianthus) from Sydney.
“Spring Growth” Growing tips of eucalypt branches from south-eastern Australia.
“Ragged Red” Red eucalypt leaf chewed by insects from Brisbane Water National Park.
“Xantho” Fire-damaged tips of grass tree, pushed out by new growth after a bushfire, Jervis Bay, New South Wales.
“Woody Pears” Woody pears (Xylomelum angustifolium), display of cones in a vase, Western Australia.
“Fire and Smokebush” Mangles kangaroo paw (Anigozanthus maglesii) and plume smokebush (Conospermum incurvum), from Yanchep National Park, Western Australia.
“Blue Mallee” Trunks of mallee tree, Kings Park and Botanic Gardens, Western Australia.
“Flame Kangaroo Paw” Flame kangaroo paw (Anigoznathus rufus), Kings Park and Botanic Gardens, Western Australia.
“Cosmic Leaves I” Fallen rainforest leaves, Katandra Reserve, New South Wales.
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