LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY > MACRO AND CLOSE UPS – TASMANIA > Mountain Anemone (Anemone Crassifolia) Close Up
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The Mountain Anemone (Anemone crassifolia) is Tasmania’s only species of anemone. It mainly grows in alpine areas on the mountains of western Tasmania.
I photographed this mountain anemone on Mt. Eliza near High Camp Hut on the way to Mt. Anne in Tasmania’s Southwest National Park World Heritage Area.
Southwest National Park World Heritage Area is Tasmania’s most remote wilderness and is dominated by buttongrass plains, wet eucalypt forests and jagged mountain ranges. The Southern Ocean forms the park’s southern boundary, while expansive Lake Pedder and Lake Gordon occupy its centre.
Southwest National Park is Tasmania’s largest park at 6183 square km (2387 square mi) and features many endemic species of plants and animals. The park is home to endangered orange bellied parrots (Neophema chrysogaster) and Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles (Aquila addax fleayi) as well as 1000+ year old Huon Pines. If the Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) still exists, it would likely be in Southwest National Park.