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RE: Soundscape

Yeah great Idea, 
what about the crack and snap of seed pods splitting open on those hot
still summer nights followed by a rain of seeds on the verandah   :-)
Numerous native legume creepers and vines come to mind but the best,
loudest, would have to be Hardenbergia comptoniana, some Kennedia's do a
reasonable job as well.
there are other species called "rattlepods", Crotalaria's of numerous
spp.

And  another "note"
The massive "thump" of an Araucaria bidwilli "Bunya Pine" fruit smacking
into the ground or heavens forbid your roof or car!   all 5-10 Kg of it!
They rope these plants off at the Zoo  and in the Kings Park Botanic
garden so fruit fall dosen't end in tragedy.

The other sound that catches me out sometimes is branch rubbing, euc's
have such hard limbs and mallees especially can produce some eerie
noises as they gently rub over each other.

Certainly the scariest and most tragic sound is  to hear a tree fall.


Cheers, Rod
Rod Randall
Weed Risk Assessment
Weed Science Group, Agriculture Western Australia
Home Page  http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/progserv/plants/weeds/Weedsci.htm

             "I weed..."

> ----------
> From: 	Mary Mackel
> Reply To: 	M.Mackel@onaustralia.com.au
> Sent: 	Thursday, December 4, 1997 1:55 PM
> To: 	medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: 	Soundscape
> 
> Dear medit planters,
> 
> I have an idea for a magazine article which my husband thinks is
> stupid, but
> I like.  It will be about noisy plants.  All I can think of at the
> moment
> are bamboo and Casuarina (wind whistling through) and Albizzia lebbek,
> known
> also in the Philippines as Woman's Tongue tree (!) because of the pods
> chattering ceaselessly in the wind.  I guess I could include plants
> which
> are homes to lots of noisy critters, or plants used to make musical
> instruments.  What do you think?
> 
> By the way if you're wondering who the hell I am - I'm another lurker
> who
> should have introduced myself ages ago.  I'm reinventing myself as a
> horticulturalist - up until now my career has been in radio.  I live
> in
> Sydney, Australia, which at the moment is literally on fire.  My house
> backs
> on to bushland, and every year about this time I think I must be mad,
> and
> consider moving somewhere safer.  Then I think about the magnificent
> Hawkesbury Sandstone flora, unique in the world, at my back door.
> Proteaceae, Epacridaceae, Myrtaceae, Rutaceae, etc. etc., all with
> wonderful
> adaptations which enable them to survive in nutrient deficient soils,
> and to
> survive fire. The trouble with us Sydneysiders is that we are not
> particularly well adapted to living in a bushland environment - our
> houses
> are often built on the ridgetops, but not designed to withstand fire,
> and
> our gardens are full of exotic plants which need plenty of water and
> fertilizer.
> 
> I think medit-plants is a marvellous group, with a wonderful
> philosophy.
> Thanks for all the enjoyment and information you have given me, and I
> will
> try to contribute more often, in shorter doses!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mary
>
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