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.