A warm welcome to the many members who have registered on the web site to receive newsletters.
Most of you will have already got notice, via the Yahoo email list, of this meeting to plan BRAIN activities.
When: Wednesday, 28 March 2007 7:00 PM-9:00 PM Where: Brisbane Forest Park conference room, Mt Nebo Rd (Waterworks Rd extension)
Meeting to discuss future direction, merger with SOWN, funding and 2007 activities. Hope to see you there :)
To keep this newsletter chock full of goodies, we have selected a few treasures from the vaults for you to browse. Just click the titles to view on our web site. These articles are from 1988 and 1999.
Significance of Hoop Pine Rainforest Hoop pine rainforest has been found to be a vegetation type that was much more widespread over Australia than it is at present. Macphail (1996) using... More>>
Rainforest Remnants How do we best preserve the richness and diversity of species in these unique places?
- Paul Donatiu
For some time now, I have been pondering... More>>
Regeneration Story Graham Stephens has been working on a patch of bushland on Cubberla Creek in Chapel Hill with the Sutling Street bushcare group. He shares these bush... More>>
Dutchman's pipe vine (Aristolochia elegans) Dutchman’s pipe vine is a vigorous exotic vine that originates from Brazil in South America. This vine typically grows in protected situations with... More>>
Banksia spinulosa Varieties When you are trying to identify a plant from a small piece of foliage, and are struggling to fit your specimen into some botanical scheme, take... More>>
Butterflies and their host plants At a recent meeting, Frank Jordan ( from the Butterfly and Other Invertebrates Club) spoke about butterfly food plants. He supplied a handout giving... More>>
More of my favourite Plants It would seern that the prediction I made in BRAIN 13 has come true- another article, featuring all the species of a local rainforest plant genus.... More>>
Mt. Mee State forest species In November 1998, a group of BRAINiacs visited the Mt Mee State forest to view the coachwoods (Ceratopetalum apetalum) there.
The following is a... More>>
BRAIN's email discussion group If you are not getting Yahoo emails, please join using the link above. The elist is our main forum for event announcements, plant ID and general rainforest discussion. More>>