Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest
Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest is found on sheltered sandstone slopes along the foreshores of Sydney’s major waterways and coastal escarpments. It is an open forest with a moist shrub layer and a ground cover of ferns, rushes and grasses.
The flora of this community has a maritime influence given its exposure to prevailing sea breezes. A prominent layer of hardy mesic small trees and shrubs is present.
This forest is restricted to sandstone soils derived from either Hawkesbury or Narrabeen geology. Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest occurs in areas with an average rainfall of more than 1100mm per year.
Native Species List
Common Name
|
Botanical Name
|
Approximate Height
|
| Trees |
|
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| Sydney Red Gum |
Angophora costata |
15-25m |
| Coast Banksia |
Banksia integrifolia |
6-16m |
| Sydney Peppermint |
Eucalyptus piperita |
15m |
| Bangalay |
Eucalyptus botryoides |
20-30m |
| Blackbutt |
Eucalyptus pilularis |
20-30m |
| Small Trees |
|
|
| Cheese Tree |
Glochidion ferdinandi |
|
| Sweet Pittsoporum |
Pittosporum undulatum |
|
| Black She-Oak |
Allocasuarina littoralis |
|
| Shrubs |
|
|
| Sydney Golden Wattle |
Acacia longifolia |
|
| Coffee Bush |
Breynia oblongifolia |
|
| Hop Bush |
Dodonaea triquetra |
|
| Blueberry Ash |
Elaeocarpus reticulatus |
|
| Mutton Wood |
Myrsine variabilis |
|
| Mock Olive |
Notelaea longifolia |
|
| Elderberry Panax |
Polyscias sambucifolia |
|
| Ground Covers |
|
|
| Blue Flax Lily |
Dianella caerulea |
|
| Right-angle Grass |
Entolasia stricta |
|
| Blady Grass |
Imperata cylindrica var. major |
|
| Variable Sword-sedge |
Lepidosperma laterale |
|
| Spiny Headed Mat Rush |
Lomandra longifolia |
|
| Weeping Grass |
Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides |
|
| Native Tussock Grass |
Poa affinis |
|
| White Root |
Pratia purpurascens |
|
| Bracken |
Pteridium esculentum |
|
| Kangaroo Grass |
Themeda australis |
|
| Broadleaf Grass Tree |
Xanthorrhoea arborea |
|
| Vines and Climbers |
|
|
| Apple Dumplings |
Billardiera scandens |
|
| Love Creeper |
Glycine clandestina |
|
| Wonga Wonga Vine |
Pandorea pandorana |
|
| Native Sarsaparilla |
Smilax glyciphylla |
|
Location in City of Ryde
