Equilibrium acknowledges that these reference community sites are on Garigal Land. We pay our respects.

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

Historical image of the Dry, Littoral-form Spotted Gum Forest surrounding Taylors Point via Pittwater Online News

Flora:

Native taxa present (non-exhaustive):

Canopy

Allocasuarina torulosa (Forest Oak)
Corymbia maculata (Spotted Gum)
Eucalyptus punctata (Grey Gum)
Eucalyptus umbra (Broad-leaved White Mahogany)

Mid-storey

Acacia floribunda (Sally Wattle)
Acacia longifolia (Sydney Golden Wattle)
Acacia ulicifolia (Hedge Wattle)
Backhousia myrtifolia (Grey Myrtle)
Breynia oblongifolia (Coffee Bush)
Callistemon salignus (Willow Bottlebrush)
Denhamia sylvestris (Denhamia)
Elaeocarpus reticulatus (Blueberry Ash)
Notelaea longifolia (Large Mock-olive)
Persoonia linearis (Narrow-leaved Geebung)
Pittosporum undulatum (Sweet Pittosporum)
Pomaderris ferruginea (Rusty Pomaderris)
Pultenaea daphnoides (Large-leaf Bush-pea)
Zieria smithii (Sandfly Zieria)

Vines and Scramblers

Cassytha pubescens (Downy Dodder-laurel)
Eustrephus latifolius (Wombat Berry)
Glycine clandestina (Twining Glycine)
Hardenbergia violacea (Happy Wanderer)
Kennedia rubicunda (Dusky Coral Pea)

Groundcover (Herbs, Grasses, and Sedges)

Acrotriche divaricata (Spreading Ground Berry)
Carex breviculmis (Sedge)
Cymbopogon refractus (Barbed Wire Grass)
Dianella caerulea (Blue Flax-lily)
Dianella longifolia (Smooth Flax Lily)
Dichelachne rara (Pliant Plume Grass)
Entolasia stricta (Erect Panic)
Hibbertia dentata (Trailing Guinea Flower)
Hibbertia empetrifolia (Showy Guinea Flower)
Lomandra confertifolia subsp. pallida (Mat-rush)
Lomandra longifolia (Spiny-headed Mat-rush)
Lomandra multiflora subsp. multiflora (Many-flowered Mat-rush)
Myrsine variabilis (Variable Muttonwood)
Panicum simile (Two-colour Panic)
Pimelea linifolia (Rice Flower)
Poa affinis (Slender Tussock-grass)
Podolobium ulicifolium (Little Shaggy-pea)
Pomax umbellata (Pomax)
Themeda triandra (Kangaroo Grass)
Vittadinia triloba (Fuzzweed)
Xanthorrhoea macronema (Small Grass-tree)

Ferns, Cycads and Conifers

Adiantum aethiopicum (Common Maidenhair)
Davallia solida subsp. pyxidata (Hare's Foot Fern)
Macrozamia communis (Burrawang)

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*)

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.