Fagus time in the Western Walls

[nickthetasmaniac]

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.






























And did anyone know that there's a mature Athrotaxis laxifolia at the southern end of Cloister Lagoon?

[cams]

Beautiful shots.

[tibboh]

Beautiful shots.

+1, really nice......love the windy shot of your companion......such a view.

[north-north-west]

Wonderful, as usual. Really love that fungus shot.

[whynotwalk]

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!

cheers

Peter

[eggs]

Nice lot of fagus.
Great photos and some good info on your blog.
Thanks

[DaveNoble]

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.

Dave

[stepbystep]

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...

[nickthetasmaniac]

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.

Dave

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.

[Strider]

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

[GerryDuke]

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.

Gerry

[nickthetasmaniac]

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..."