Coastal Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest
Coastal Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest is a tall open forest with a distinctive mesic shrub and small tree layer. Typically it is situated in sandstone gullies and sheltered slopes enriched by clay.
This material is sourced from shale bands in the sandstone bedrock associated with Hawkesbury sandstone in the Lane Cove River valley. Coastal Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest occurs in areas with an average annual rainfall of 850-1250mm.
Native Species List
Common Name
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Botanical Name
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Approximate Height
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| Trees |
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| Smooth-barked Apple |
Angophora costata |
15-25m |
| Turpentine |
Syncarpia glomulifera |
30m |
| Sydney Peppermint |
Eucalyptus piperita |
15m |
| Blackbutt |
Eucalyptus pilularis |
20-30m |
| Sydney Blue Gum |
Eucalyptus saligna |
25-35m |
| Southern Mahogany |
Eucalyptus botryoides |
20-30m |
| Small Trees |
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| Blueberry Ash |
Elaeocarpus reticulatus |
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| Sweet Pittosporum |
Pittosporum undulatum |
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| Coachwood |
Ceratopetalum apetalum |
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| Forest Oak |
Allocasuarina torulosa |
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| Cheese Tree |
Glochidion ferdinandi |
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| Shrubs |
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| Coffee Bush |
Breynia oblongifolia |
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| Large-leaf Hop-bush |
Dodonaea triquetra |
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| Lance Beard Heath |
Leucopogon lanceolatus var. lanceolatus |
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| Mutton Wood |
Myrsine variabilis |
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| Large Mock-olive |
Notelaea longifolia |
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| Wild Yellow Jasmine |
Pittosporum revolutum |
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| Elderberry Ash |
Polyscias sambucifolia |
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| Ground Covers |
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| False Bracken Fern |
Calochlaena dubia |
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| Blue Flax-lily |
Dianella caerulea |
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| Bordered Panic |
Entolasia marginata |
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| Wiry Panic |
Entolasia stricta |
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| Raspwort |
Gonocarpus teucrioides |
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| Variable Sword Sedge |
Lepidosperma laterale |
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| Spiny-headed mat-rush |
Lomandra longifolia |
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| Weeping Grass |
Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides |
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| Native Tussock Grass |
Poa affinis |
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| Pastel Flower |
Pseuderanthemum variabile |
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| Bracken Fern |
Pteridium esculentum |
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| Vines and Climbers |
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| Apple Dumplings |
Billardiera scandens |
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| Water Vine |
Cissus hypoglauca |
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| Wombat Berry |
Eustrephus latifolius |
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| Trailing Guinea Flower |
Hibbertia dentata |
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| Wonga Wonga Vine |
Pandorea pandorana |
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| Sweet Sarsaparilla |
Smilax glyciphylla |
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Location in City of Ryde
