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«.A. NAT., VOL. XTV. 
-May. 1933. 
By J. H. CJfhnid. M.D. 
(9) Fields and Grasslands 
I'he cleared and often cultivated land on the plains and on 
the undulating coimtr}’ between the South Road and the Sea. 
From Marino to Sciliek's Hill, between ihc cliffs and the 
Alain Road, the original scrub has been almost completely cleared 
and replaced by grass land and cultivated paddocks. Here and 
there are remnants of the original flora, as for instance near the 
school south of Murphett \ ale and again between Noarhinga and 
Aldinga. In the latter, a few Peppermints {Eucalyptus odorata) 
arc stil: standing. A few remnants also survive on the sides 
of the various roads. The chief plants consequently consist of 
introduced grasses and the weeds of cultivation and comprise 
many of those with an asterisk against them (indicating that they 
arc introduced) in the list of the plants of the district. Along 
the edges of tlie fields and by the sides of roads near Aldinga 
the following, mostly native, plants were noted: — Several species 
of Spear-Grasses {Stipa) and \A’alIaby Grasses (Danthonia). 
Shc-oak, Enchylaena tomentosa. Acacia armata. Kennedy a pros- 
trata, Oxaiis cornkulata, EucaJy plus odorata, Melaleuca pubes- 
cens, Oenothera odorata (Evening Primrose, introducct!). Con- 
■I'olvuhis criibescens , Salvia Verhenaca (introduced) Scaevola 
wicrocarpa, Goodenia alhijlora. Viitadinia triloba, and V. te7iuis- 
sima. \ear Hallctt's Cove, the following additional species were 
seen in grass land : — Bassia uuiflora, Pimelea curviflora and Cal- 
i U7U t ricor ne ( i nt roduced ) . 
(10) The Banks Of The Several Freshwater Creeks That 
Eimpty Themselves Into The Sea 
Under Section 4. dealing with the Reedbeds, a short descrip- 
tion is given of the plants that may be found on the banks of the 
'I’orrens ju.st before it passes into the Reedbeds. Within the 
area concerned with this survey, ilie Sturt River passes into the 
Patawalonga Creek; the waters are saltish and tide-influenced 
and so do not concern us here. 4'he same applies to the Onka- 
paringa from \Marlunga to the sea. Small fresh-water creeks, 
dry, or nearly so, in summer, are represented by the Field River 
at llallett's Cove, Pedlar's Creek representing the exit of the 
.Morphett Vale Creek and the small watercourse at Moana where 
the AfcLarcn Vale Creek emerges. 4 lie vegetation of the banks 
of these creeks has been profoundly altered by grazing and culti- 
\ ation so that few native species of plants are now to be found 
there. The few observed include the Bulrush (Typha arigusti- 
folia, Triglochin procera, the Common Reed (Phri 
munis), the sedg;e Scirpus marilimus and the 
^Knis. 7ru:Tih- 
mus var. auslraliensis . 
