Reference Community: Pittwater Spotted Gum Forest EEC, Dry, Littoral Variant

Site: South Beach Reserve, Newport

Soil landscape: Watagan - Narrow, convex crests and ridges, steep colluvial sideslopes, occasional sandstone boulders and benches.

Aspect: West-facing, though this PCT occurs across almost all aspects, excepting direct South, or South East-facing

Vegetation type: Dry, open forest

Native taxa present (non-exhaustive)

  • Acacia florifunda

  • Acacia longifolia

  • Acacia ulicifolia

  • Acrotriche divaricata

  • Adiantum aethiopicum

  • Allocasuarina torulosa

  • Backhousia myrtifolia

  • Breynia oblogifolia

  • Callistemon salignus

  • Carex breviculmis

  • Cassytha pubescens

  • Corymbia maculata

  • Cymbopogon refractus

  • Davallia solida ssp. pyxidata

  • Denhamia silvestris

  • Dianella caerulea

  • Dianella longifolia

  • Dichelacne rara

  • Elaeocarpus reticulatus

  • Entolasia stricta

  • Eucalyptus punctata

  • Eucalyptus umbra

  • Eustrephus latifolius

  • Glycine clandestina

  • Hardenbergia violacea

  • Hibbertia dentata

  • Hibbertia empetrifolia

  • Kennedia rubicinda

  • Lomandra confertifolia ssp. pallida

  • Lomandra longifolia

  • Lomandra multiflora ssp. multiflora

  • Macrozamia communis

  • Myrsine variablis

  • Notalaea longifolia

  • Pancium simile

  • Persoonia linearis

  • Podolobium ulicifolium

  • Pimelea linifolia

  • Pittosporum undulatum

  • Poa affinis

  • Pomax umbellata

  • Pomaderris ferruginea

  • Pultanea daphnoides

  • Themeda triandra

  • Vittadinia triloba

  • Xanthorrea macronema

  • Zieria smithii

Invasive taxa present (non-exhaustive)

  • Agapanthus praecox (Agapanthus)

  • Asparagus aethiopicus (Asparagus Fern)

  • Begonia cucullata (Wax Begonia)

  • Cuscuta sp. (Dodder)

  • Chlorophytum comosum (Spider plant)

  • Crassula multicava (Pitted Crassula)

  • Hypochaeris radicata (Catsear)

  • Lantana camara (Lantana)

  • Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata (African Olive)

  • Osteospermum sp. (African Daisy or Cape daisy)

  • Nephrolepis cordifolia (Fishbone Fern)

  • Solanum nigrum (Blackberry Nightshade)

  • Strelitzia nicolai (White Bird of Paradise)

  • Thunbergia alata (Black-Eyed Susan)

Burrawangs (Macrozamia communis) conceal the base of a Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculata)

Native Woodland Daisy (Brachyscome triloba)

Bottlebrush Grass-Tree (Xanthorrea macronema) in flower

Three Bottlebrush Grass-Trees (Xanthorrea Macronema) flowering in between the forest shrubs

Native Holly (Podolobium illiciflorum)

Many-Flowered Mat Rush (Lomandra multiflora)

Scrambling Lily (Geitonoplesium cymosum)

Heathy Ground Berry (Acrotriche divaricata)

Tangled Guinea Flower (Hibbertia empetrifolia)

Love Creeper (Glycine clandestina)

A few different species of Lichen covering a sandstone rock.

Prickly Moses (Acacia ulicifolia) in flower by the water

A forest scene with more Prickly Moses (Acacia ulicifolia), Forest She-Oak (Allocasuarina torulosa), Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculata), White Mahogany (Eucalyptus Umbra) and Grey Gum (Eucalyptus punctata)

A Tongue Orchis (Dockrilla linguiforme) almost in flower, shrouded by a young Burrawang (Macrozamia communis)

Rusty Pomaderris (Pomaderris ferruginea)

Resources and Further Reading

Department of Planning and Environment. (n.d.). Soil and Land Resources of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment: Watagan. In Department of Planning and Environment [Report]. https://espaderesources.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/SPADE/reports/9130wn.pdf

S, Bell., M, Stables., (2012). Floristic variability, distribution and an extension of range for the endangered Pittwater Spotted Gum Forest, Central Coast, New South Wales. Cunninghamia. 12. 143-152.

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