What's On In Lismore City

  • CBD Councillor Interview

    Thu, Jun 20 2013

    Interviews will be available with Councillors Battista and Ritchie The Interviews are held in the CBD Centre 55 Magellan Stre
  • LBPP meeting

    Fri, Jun 21 2013

    The Lismore Business Promotion Panel will meet in the Magellan Room at Council's CBD Office, 55 Magellan Street, Lismore.
  • Extraordinary Council Meeting

    Tue, Jun 25 2013

    Meetings commence at 6pm in the Council Chambers, 43 Oliver Ave, Goonellabah The Business Paper is available on Council's web

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Photos of Rainforest plants

Alpinia caerulea
Hollywood
Alpinia caerulea Native Ginger
flowers Summer
Auranticarpa rhombifolia - Hollywood Occurs Richmond River NSW to Proserpine Q'ld
commersonia bartramia
Crinum pedunculatum
Commersonia bartramia Brown Kurrajong flowers in Summer
Crinum pedunculatum Beach/River Lily flowers Spring
Hibiscus heterophyllus
Melicope rubra
Hibiscus heterophyllus (white) Native Hibiscus flowers most of the year
Melicope rubra
flowers Summer
Sterculia quadrifida
Desmodium
Sterculia quadrifida - Peanut tree
Flowers Summer. Black seeds edible raw or roasted. Taste like peanuts. Aborigines used leaves to treat wounds and stings
Desmodium acanthocladium Thorny Pea. This species is listed as vulnerable and occurs only in a very limited area around Lismore. It is found growing wild on the Gardens site. It flowers in Summer.

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