Reference Community: Coastal Swamp Mahogany Lowland Forest
Equilibrium acknowledges that these reference community sites are on Garigal Land. We pay our respects.
Site: Toongarie Reserve, Avalon Beach
Soil landscape: Warriewood - Level to gently undulating swales, depressions and infilled lagoons on Quaternary sands. Local relief <10 m.
Aspect: East, South-East, however this community is not generally limited by aspect, but by hydrology
Vegetation type: Swamp forest
Flora:
Recorded as Occurring
Canopy
Angophora costata (Smooth-barked Apple)
Eucalyptus punctata (Grey Gum)
Eucalyptus robusta (Swamp Mahogany)
Livistona australis (Cabbage Palm)
Syncarpia glomulifera (Turpentine)
Mid-storey
Acacia decurrens (Black Wattle)
Acronychia oblongifolia (White Aspen)
Allocasuarina torulosa (Forest Oak)
Breynia oblongifolia (Coffee Bush)
Callistemon citrinus (Red Bottlebrush)
Cryptocarya microneura (Murrogun)
Dodonaea viscosa (Hop Bush)
Elaeocarpus reticulatus (Blueberry Ash)
Eupomatia laurina (Bolwarra)
Ficus coronata (Sandpaper Fig)
Glochidion ferdinandi (Cheese Tree)
Hakea salicifolia (Willow-leaved Hakea)
Hibiscus heterophyllus (Native Rosella)
Homalanthus populifolius (Bleeding Heart)
Melaleuca linariifolia (Flax-leaved Paperbark)
Melaleuca styphelioides (Prickly-leaved Paperbark)
Myrsine howittiana (Muttonwood)
Myrsine variabilis (Variable Muttonwood)
Pittosporum revolutum (Hairy Pittosporum)
Syzygium oleosum (Blue Lilly Pilly)
Syzygium smithii (Lilly Pilly)
Synoum glandulosum (Scentless Rosewood)
Vines and Scramblers
Morinda jasminoides (Sweet Morinda)
Pandorea pandorana (Wonga Wonga Vine)
Parsonsia straminea (Native Silkpod)
Stephania japonica (Snake Vine)
Groundcover (Herbs, Grasses, and Sedges)
Carex appressa (Sedge)
Crinum pedunculatum (River Lily)
Dianella caerulea (Blue Flax Lily)
Gahnia clarkei (Tall Saw-sedge)
Hydrocotyle hirta (Pennywort)
Juncus usitatus (Common Rush)
Lomandra longifolia (Spiny-headed Mat-rush)
Oplismenus imbecillis (Basket Grass)
Plectranthus parviflorus (Blue Plectranthus)
Viola hederacea (Heart-leaved Violet)
Ferns, Cycads and Conifers
Asplenium australasicum (Bird's Nest Fern)
Christella dentata (Soft Fern)
Hypolepis muelleri (Soft Water Fern)
Pteridium esculentum (Bracken Fern)
Pteris tremula (Tender Brake)
Projected to Occur
Mid-storey
Acacia longifolia subsp. longifolia (Sydney Golden Wattle)
Groundcover (Herbs, Grasses, and Sedges)
Alternanthera denticulata (Lesser Joyweed)
Entolasia marginata (Bordered Panic)
Ferns, Cycads and Conifers
Blechnum camfieldii (Camfield's Water Fern)
A swampy under-storey of Tall Saw Sedge (Gahnia clarkei) with Cabbage Tree Palms (Livistona australis) emerging in the mid-storey
Bleeding Heart Tree (Homolanthus populifolius)
Brush Muttonwood (Myrsine howittiana)
Bangalay (Eucalyptus botryoides) in the foreground, with Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta) in the background
Textures across the ground
A drift of Pale Grass Lillies (Caesia parviflora) in flower
Tall Sedge (Carex appressa)
The light filters in through the canopy, illuminating a Sandpaper Fig (Ficus coronata). The fruits of these are edible, and quite lovely!
A stand of Cabbage Tree Palms (Livistona australis)
Ground Fern (Hypolepis muelleri)
Sweet Morinda (Morinda jasminoides) scrambling across the fallen leaves
Rasp Fern (Doodia aspera) has beautiful red new growth
A big sea of flowering Blue Flax Lily (Dianella caerulea)
Black Plum (Diospyros australis) budding up
Ground Fern (Hypolepis muelleri)
Bolwarra (Eupomatia laurina)
An Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) eating Hop Bush (Dodonea triquetra) seeds