Tasman Island
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The Tasman Island, part of the Tasman Island Group, is an oval island with an area of 1.2 square kilometres, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is located in the
Tasman Island From Cape Pillar c. 2018
Showing lighthouse and keepers' cottages.
The island is a major breeding site for fairy prions.
The Tasman Island with the Tasman Peninsula in the background, ca. 1987.
Allocasuarina crassa
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Allocasuarina crassa, commonly known as Cape Pillar sheoak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to a small area in far south-eastern Tasmania. It is a low shrub
Tasman Island
…communities of heathy scrub, regenerating scrub, sheoak woodland, sedgeland and coastal mosaic. An important plant present is the rare Cape Pillar sheoak (Allocasuarina crassa). Tasman Island is a very important breeding site for fairy prions, with an estimated 300,000-700,000 pairs, making it the largest such colony in…
Allocasuarina crassa habit
Branchlets and male spikes
Female cones