Strzelecki-Nationalpark
The Strzelecki National Park (English Strzelecki National Park ) is a national park located in southwestern Iceland Flinders off the Australian island of Tasmania. The distance to Hobart is 307 km in the north. He was named after Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki, a famous Polish explorers named. This ascended in 1842 a large number of mountain peaks on Flinders Iceland.
Nature and Landscape
The landscape is characterized by spectacular coastlines and granite mountains. As in large parts of Tasmania and the vegetation is dominated in the national park by the rainfall and the intensity of the fires occurred. In addition, overlap in the area of the distribution limits of many species of flora and fauna of Australia and Tasmania, which is why it has a particular biogeographic significance. That's why the National Park is rich in endemic species and for rare animal and plant species a livelihood.
Plant and animal world
In the park's trees come from the genera Leptospermum, the Kasuarinengewächse and Acacia widely used before; depending on site conditions but are also various Eucalyptus species to be found.
The park features 13 plant species their habitats, which are classified as endangered. Among them is a series of terrestrial orchids, which are being threatened by feral pigs, however, as they can damage the plants in search of food.
- Mammal species in the Strzelecki National Park
Rotbauchfilander
Potaurus tridactylus
Rotnackenwallaby
Wombats, Rotnackenwallaby and Rotbauchfilander are frequently observed mammals in the park. More rarely one encounters the rabbit kangaroo type Potorous tridactylus. Birds have been recorded in 114 species in the park, which underlines the importance of the area as a stopover on the migration of many species. Among the rarer species include the Swift Parrot, the Tasmanpanthervogel, the gray tail water striders and the endangered plover Thinornis rubricollis.
Of the 19 reptiles occurring in Tasmania has found nine in the National Park. Among them are the species of snake Black Tiger Otter and Drysdalia coronoides that Agamenart Rankinia diemensis and six Skinkarten. Of the nine species of amphibians observed especially for the Litoria aurea complex belonging endangered tree frog Litoria raniformis is worth mentioning.
Access to the park
Flinders Iceland can be reached via the air and over water. Flights are offered from Launceston ( Tasmania ) and Moorabbin (Victoria) from. On the island, there is no public transport, but you can rent cars and bicycles in White Mark.