Reference Community: Dry-littoral Umbra Woodland
Equilibrium acknowledges that these reference community sites are on Garigal Land. We pay our respects.
Site: Bangalley Headland, Avalon
Soil landscape: Watagan - Narrow, convex crests and ridges, steep colluvial side-slopes, occasional sandstone boulders and benches.
Aspect: West-facing
Vegetation type: Dry woodland, with mesic under-storey in less exposed sites
Flora List:
Site: Bangalley Headland Reserve, North Avalon
Recorded as Occurring
Canopy
Allocasuarina littoralis (Black She-oak)
Angophora floribunda (Rough-barked Apple)
Corymbia gummifera (Red Bloodwood)
Eucalyptus umbra (Broad-leaved White Mahogany)
Ficus rubiginosa (Port Jackson Fig)
Mid-storey
Acacia suaveolens (Sweet Wattle)
Banksia oblongifolia (Fern-leaf Banksia)
Banksia spinulosa (Hairpin Banksia)
Callistemon linearis (Netted Bottlebrush)
Elaeocarpus reticulatus (Blueberry Ash)
Grevillea sericea (Pink Spider Flower)
Hakea dactyloides (Broad-leaf Hakea)
Hakea gibbosa (Needle Bush)
Kunzea ambigua (White Kunzea)
Myrsine variabilis (Variable Muttonwood)
Notelaea longifolia (Large Mock-olive)
Notelaea ovata (Forest Mock-olive)
Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Rice Flower)
Persoonia levis (Broad-leaved Geebung)
Persoonia linearis (Narrow-leaved Geebung)
Pittosporum revolutum (Rough-fruit Pittosporum)
Pittosporum undulatum (Sweet Pittosporum)
Polyscias sambucifolia (Elderberry Panax)
Vines and Scramblers
Billardiera scandens (Apple Berry)
Cassytha glabella (Devil's Twine)
Clematis glycinoides (Headache Vine)
Geitonoplesium cymosum (Scrambling Lily)
Hardenbergia violacea (Happy Wanderer)
Pandorea jasminoides (Bower Vine)
Pandorea pandorana (Wonga Vine)
Smilax glyciphylla (Sweet Sarsaparilla)
Groundcover (Herbs, Grasses, and Sedges)
Acacia suaveolens (Sweet Wattle)
Actinotus helianthi (Flannel Flower)
Blandfordia grandiflora (Christmas Bells)
Caesia parviflora (Pale Grass-lily)
Dianella caerulea (Blue Flax-lily)
Entolasia marginata (Bordered Panic)
Entolasia stricta (Erect Panic)
Gahnia sieberana (Red-fruit Saw-sedge)
Goodenia ovata (Hop Goodenia)
Hibbertia dentata (Trailing Guinea Flower)
Hibbertia empetrifolia (Showy Guinea Flower)
Jacksonia scoparia (Jacksonia)
Lepidosperma laterale (Variable Sword-sedge)
Lepyrodia scariosa (Twisting Scale-rush)
Leucopogon juniperinus (Prickly Beard-heath)
Lomandra filiformis (Wattle Mat-rush)
Lomandra glauca (Grass Mat-rush)
Lomandra longifolia (Spiny-headed Mat-rush)
Lomandra multiflora (Many-flowered Mat-rush)
Lomatia salicifolia (Willow-leaf Lomatia)
Melaleuca thymifolia (Thyme Honey Myrtle)
Mirbelia rubra (Heathy Mirbelia)
Pimelea linifolia (Rice Flower)
Platylobium formosum (Handsome Flat-pea)
Platysace linearifolia (Carrot Seed)
Plectranthus parviflorus (Small-leaf Plectranthus)
Poa affinis (Slender Tussock-grass)
Podolobium ilicifolium (Mountain Holly-pea)
Poranthera microphylla (Small Poranthera)
Pultenaea daphnoides (Large-leaf Bush-pea)
Schelhammera undulata (Schelhammera)
Schoenus melanostachys (Black Bog-rush)
Themeda australis (Kangaroo Grass)
Xanthorrhoea media (Grass Tree species)
Xanthosia tridenata (Rock Xanthosia)
Ferns, Cycads, Orchids and Conifers
Adiantum aethiopicum (Common Maidenhair)
Calochlaena dubia (Soft Bracken)
Cryptostylis erecta (Hooded Orchid)
Lindsaea linearis (Screw Fern)
Macrozamia communis (Burrawang)
Pteridium esculentum (Bracken Fern)
Burrawangs (Macrozamia communis) are cycads that dot the floor of the woodland
A Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus) produces small, bell shaped flowers
The purple flower of a Thyme Honey Myrtle (Melaleuca thymifolia) in bloom
Slender Rice Flower (Pimelea linifolia)
A sea of Pale Mat Rush (Lomandra glauca) and Wattle Mat Rush (Lomandra filiformis)
Christmas Bells (Blandfordia nobilis) with bright flower buds
A Handsome Flat Pea (Platylobium formosum) trailing across the sandstone and leaf litter
Screw Fern (Lindsaea linearis)
A Broad Leaf Geebung (Persoonia levis) coming up amidst the grasses
Rough Guinea Flower (Hibbertia aspera)
The gnarled base of a Broad-leaved White Mahogany (Eucalyptus umbra)
The flowers of a Broad-leaved White Mahogany (Eucalyptus umbra)