MEMBERS of the Rosewood Rustic Yoga Group took a walk through the Masons Gully Regeneration site recently with the aim of spotting butterflies, bees and native plants in full bloom.
Group member Chris Rinehart said members agreed that it was a “place of extreme natural beauty, that the area of Rosewood is so fortunate to have”.
“The people involved in creating this space have amazing foresight and physical fortitude and they give their time freely to provide a unique and rewarding experience for the benefit of the community,” she said.
“This is a great nature trail for our young naturalists and currently one of the plants that is putting on a beautiful display is the Brush Sophora which is a small sparsely branched shrub that belongs to the pea family.
“The whole plant is covered in soft short hairs, with pale yellow flowers that have the shape of a typical pea flower, arranged in groups at the ends of branches, where they attract bees and butterflies.
“This species is classed as a vulnerable species due to clearing, grazing and competition from weeds, especially lantana and it is at risk of local extinction because populations are small.”
Opposite to the Brush Sophora is a Deep Yellowwood (Rhodosphaera rhodanthema).
“This species is also called Yellow Cedar or Tulip Satinwood because its yellow timber was well regarded as being fine grained and attractively figured,” she said.
“Panicles of small red flowers attract tiny buzzing native stingless bees.
“It is a medium sized tree with bark that is scaly dark brown and it is perfect as a park tree.”
A tawny frogmouth was spotted near dusk, on the branch of the tree on the hunt for small insects.
“The members of the yoga group had a wonderful day out at Masons Gully observing all of the native flora, fauna and wildlife, time well spent,” she said.
