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I spy with my little eye: 3 unusual Australian plant ecosystems to spot on your next roadtrip

I spy with my little eye: 3 unusual Australian plant ecosystems to spot on your next roadtrip

Australia’s environment is brutal. If you don’t already know what you’re looking for, it can be easy to miss these seemingly unremarkable species.

26.02.2025 10

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Gregory Moore

To keep your cool in a heatwave, it may help to water your trees

Trees and greenspace can drive down urban temperatures – but they must be able to draw water from the soil to achieve these massive cooling effects.

05.02.2025 70

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Gregory Moore

The red flowering gum: a perennial favourite and a summer stunner

While its large brilliant flowers attracted early horticultural attention, this summertime stunner’s path to being a successful urban tree has not...

21.01.2025 30

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Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi stink like death warmed up

Right now, people are lining up at the Geelong Botanic Gardens to see and smell the giant corpse flower, a rare plant that stinks like a dead body....

13.11.2024 6

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You can keep your ghosts and ghouls – the Cordyceps fungus creates real-life zombies

I have never really been interested in ghosts, mummies or zombies, not even at Halloween. But as October 31 approaches each year I am reminded of a...

29.10.2024 8

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Worried about your trees after the windstorms? Here are 7 signs you might be at risk

Winter has ended dramatically across Australia’s southern states, as fierce winds and storms usher in spring. Over the weekend, intense winds from...

02.09.2024 10

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Gregory Moore