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Far South Ecology

Adventures of a plant nerd south of Australia

Month: May 2015

The mysterious case of the Subantarctic Bedstraw

Posted onMay 28, 2015August 6, 2016

What is Macquarie Island’s rarest plant? One contender for the title is Subantarctic bedstraw or Antarctic bedstraw (Galium antarcticum), a small creeping herb with tiny delicate pinkish flowers. The species was first recorded in 1983, growing near Skua Lake around Read More …

CategoriesSubantarcticTagsflora, Macquarie Island, Subantarctic, threatened species

A one-way ticket to a remote island

Posted onMay 8, 2015January 13, 2018

Where did Macquarie Island’s plants come from? Being hundreds of kilometres from its nearest neighbours, all of the plants must have been transported to this tiny speck of land in the ocean since it rose from the seabed less than Read More …

CategoriesSubantarcticTagsbiogeography, dispersal, Macquarie Island, Subantarctic

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