10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORETON BAY FIG»
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Forest Trees of Australia
Moreton Bay Fig Figwood, Black Fig Ficus macrophylla Desf. ex Pers. Moreton
Bay fig may be a tall tree attaining a height of 50 m and a stem diameter of 2.4 m
or more. Crowns are typically branched heavily and consist of spreading masses
...
2
Australian Trees: Their Care and Repair
particularly Moreton Bay fig, usually in spring. Attacks the leaves of blackbutt —
mines between the leaf surfaces. Larva is destructive stage. Attacks silky oak and
the red and white Banks' grevilleas and broad-leaved grevilleas. Larvae can ...
Phillip W. Hadlington, Judith A. Johnston, 1996
3
Los Angeles's Olvera Street
Here is Olvera Street (misspelled Olivera) looking north, in 1890. The large
Moreton Bay fig tree (Ficus macrophylla), in the center to the right, was one of
four planted around 1878. The building behind the tree is the adobe of Agustin
Olvera.
It saddens him that the Moreton Bay fig is not respected in Brisbane, not
celebrated. That it is just one of the fig species populating the city's parks.That
free, nineteenth-century Brisbane-town should have uprooted its figs, the colony's
flogging ...
5
Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs: An Integrated Pest ...
Entirely avoid damage by planting other Ficus species, including creeping fig (E
pumila), Moreton Bay fig (E macrophylla), rubber plant (E elastica), and weeping
Chinese banyon (E henjamina). If planting Indian laurel, consider using Green ...
Steve H. Dreistadt, Mary Louise Flint, 2004
6
Rambles at the Antipodes: a series of sketches of
Moreton ...
The next most interesting tree is, perhaps, the Moreton Bay fig, which, like the
pine, delights in scrubs and gullies, and, under favourable circumstances, grows
to a great size. Although not the true Indian rubber tree, it is a very near relation.
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Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond
This results in western and southern areas having the highest sediment mud
content, the highest nutrient availability (Heggie et al. 1999) and the lowest water
clarity (Longstaff 2003) relative to northern and eastern areas of Moreton Bay (Fig
.
8
A Pictorial History of Balmain to Glebe
Now the bay is a picturesque area of Birchgrove, with Moreton Bay fig trees, old
boatsheds, the fashionable homes of Louisa Road with views of the harbour and
the Sydney Harbour Bridge: an area where local residents stroll, walk dogs, and
...
Joan Lawrence, Catherine Warne, 1995
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Green Bans, Red Union: Environmental Activism and the New ...
The proposed carpark would interfere with the root system of splendid and
ancient Moreton Bay fig trees and cause the loss of at least three, and pose a
danger to all the nearby vegetation and people's health from exhaust fumes.
Meredith Burgmann, Verity Burgmann, 1998
10
Quilt: A Collection of Prose
Thirty years of life on this earth separated the two women who paused together
beneath the Moreton Bay fig tree to watch a grey.feathered magpie scratch the
roots and rustle in the fallen leaves; and from the older to the younger passed the
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORETON BAY FIG»
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Moreton Bay fig is used in the context of the following news items.
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SANTA BARBARA, CA — Dozens of Santa Barbarans gathered Saturday morning at the Moreton Bay Fig Tree near the Amtrak station to ... «Santa Barbara Independent, Jul 15»
Public Opposition to Dangerous Oil Trains Highlighted in …
Where: Moreton Bay Fig Tree near the Amtrak station, 30 West Montecito St. SB. Speakers: Becca Claassen, Santa Barbara County Organizer, ... «Santa Barbara Independent, Jul 15»
NZ library up for major international award
The Devonport Library is "shaped with respect for the surroundings, integrating the Moreton Bay Fig tree and the Phoenix Palms." Photo / Brett ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
Vet suspects fruiting rainforest tree behind Hendra horse death
"Trees that were in the paddock were common ones that you would find in a lot of paddocks - Moreton Bay fig and a fig called the deciduous fig ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
The head of North Harbour was reclaimed to make a popular park
Out of the picture, on the left-hand side, is a massive moreton bay fig tree that is believed to have once grown in The Corso before being ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
How to get your balcony bursting with greenery
Plants he likes to bonsai include river red gum, Huon pine, Port Jackson fig, Moreton Bay fig, silver banksia and lilly-pilly. Yew Kong says ... «Daily Life, Jun 15»
Tiptoe through the tulipwoods: Grafton's last rainforest
NATURE'S WAY: National Parks and Wildlife Services ranger Gina Hart is dwarfed by a Moreton Bay Fig in the Susan Island Nature Reserve, ... «Clarence Valley Daily Examiner, Jun 15»
Despite Project Challenges, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital On …
Cottage also is attempting to save a landmark Moreton Bay Fig Tree on a corner of property, facing Pueblo Street. Although all of the buildings ... «Noozhawk, Jun 15»
Brisbane trees poisoned for property outlooks, councils erect signs
Two years ago, in the Brisbane inner-south suburb of West End, a prominent Moreton Bay fig on Mollison St was poisoned. A cleaner at the ... «Courier Mail, Jun 15»
Hawaii hopes to cash in on its Jurassic World star turn
“There are still people who come to the National Tropical Botanical Garden [on Kauai's south shore] to see the Moreton Bay Fig tree, where the ... «Travel Weekly, Jun 15»
