Where it All Began DSC_4134
This is where the two hours of lost time began (A couple of posts ago). With native Bluebells (Wahlenbergia sp.).
On the sidewalk of a suburban street, in the nature strip, there survives a tiny patch of Bluebells. They have been there as long as I can remember, year after year, on that same corner, their purple bells brightening up the patch of grass and introduced streetscape.
My suburb was once covered by the sprawling Volcanic Plains grasslands, once home to Wahlenbergia and a myriad of other grasses and flowers upon which an entire ecosystem revolved around. There is now less than 2% original volcanic plains grasslands remaining in Victoria and they are listed as critically endangered. Fortunately our suburb has a number of grassland conservation reserves, though miniscule in terms over-all area that has been lost, they are vital for the protection of these communities and the associated fauna that relies on them such as the Golden Sun Moth and legless lizard.
These Bluebells are a tiny remnant of what once was, somehow surviving in the urban jungle.
Where it All Began DSC_4134
This is where the two hours of lost time began (A couple of posts ago). With native Bluebells (Wahlenbergia sp.).
On the sidewalk of a suburban street, in the nature strip, there survives a tiny patch of Bluebells. They have been there as long as I can remember, year after year, on that same corner, their purple bells brightening up the patch of grass and introduced streetscape.
My suburb was once covered by the sprawling Volcanic Plains grasslands, once home to Wahlenbergia and a myriad of other grasses and flowers upon which an entire ecosystem revolved around. There is now less than 2% original volcanic plains grasslands remaining in Victoria and they are listed as critically endangered. Fortunately our suburb has a number of grassland conservation reserves, though miniscule in terms over-all area that has been lost, they are vital for the protection of these communities and the associated fauna that relies on them such as the Golden Sun Moth and legless lizard.
These Bluebells are a tiny remnant of what once was, somehow surviving in the urban jungle.