Re: Request of help on some australian plants

Alessandra wrote:
>Hi, to everybody. I was wondering if any of the list members from Australia
{snip] 
>Of course my vocabularies can't be of help, they never refer
>to Australian English.

>To start with -what's a Billabong? Is it marsh, or dry land? What would be
>its vegetation?

Easy one to start with.....  Its a River.
>And these are the plants: 
>Snow gum -I guess this is an Eucalyptus -which one?

Eucalyptus niphophylla 

>Marsh marigold - in England this would be Caltha palustris -is it over there
>as well?

Might be, but I suspect not

>Mountain ash -this really puzzles me, because in the following page the text
>states thet it leaves contain Eucalyptol. Therefore it can't be neither
>Fraxinus sp., nor Sorbus sp.  It must be another Eucalyptus. 

Could be, but I seem to remember a gum being called this as well -
can't recall its name though.

>Sundew plants - I gather it is an epyphite palnt -it says they find their
>food in the air. No idea.

Most sundews - in fact all of the ones I know, catch insects with
their glistening, sticky, glanular leaves and slowly digest them in
order to make up for lack of nitrogen in in their natural habitat.

>Paperbark -can't be a maple, I guess. Suppose it's another Eucalyptus, isn't it?

Possibly Melaleuca quinquenervia also known as the Cajeput.

>Sweet plum - is this a real plum (Prunus dulcis) or do you have another
>plant that's called like this?

Or may be a Syzygium possibly S. jasmbos?  Also known as the malabar
Plum.
>Barramundi 

A sizeable fish found in estuarine waters.

Where's Rod Randall?

Dave Poole
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