Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest
Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest is widely distributed along the eastern extent of the Sydney sandstone plateaus. It occupies sheltered aspects on infertile Hawkesbury sandstone, in areas that receive more than 1000mm of average annual rainfall.
Native Species List
Common Name
|
Botanical Name
|
Approximate Height
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| Trees |
|
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| Sydney Red Gum |
Angophora costata |
15-25m |
| Red Bloodwood |
Corymbia gummifera |
20-30m |
| Sydney Peppermint |
Eucalyptus piperita |
15m |
| Silvertop Ash |
Eucalyptus sieberi |
6-30m |
| Small Trees |
|
|
| Old Man Banksia |
Banksia serrata |
|
| Christmas Bush |
Ceratopetalum gummiferum |
|
| Shrubs |
|
|
| Sweet-scented Wattle |
Acacia suaveolens |
|
| Sunshine Wattle |
Acacia terminalis |
|
| Heath-leaved Banksia |
Banksia ericifolia subsp. ericifolia |
|
| Variable Bossiaea |
Bossiaea heterophylla |
|
| Eggs and Bacon |
Dillwynia retorta |
|
| Fuchsia Heath |
Epacris longiflora |
|
| Mountain Devil |
Lambertia formosa |
|
| Paperbark Tea-tree |
Leptospermum trinervium |
|
| Smooth Geebung |
Persoonia levis |
|
| Pine-leaved Geebung |
Persoonia pinifolia |
|
| Conesticks |
Petrophile pulchella |
|
| Rice Flower |
Pimelea linifolia |
|
| Carrot Tops |
Platysace linearifolia |
|
| Handsome Bush-pea |
Pultenaea stipularis |
|
| Snow Wreath |
Woollsia pungens |
|
| Ground Covers |
|
|
| Curly Sedge |
Caustis flexuosa |
|
| Blue Flax Lily |
Dianella caerulea |
|
| Gymea Lily |
Doryanthes excelsa |
|
| Right-angle Grass |
Entolasia stricta |
|
| Raspwort |
Gonocarpus teucrioides |
|
| Variable Sword-sedge |
Lepidosperma laterale |
|
| Scale Rush |
Lepyrodia scariosa |
|
| Spiny Headed Mat Rush |
Lomandra longifolia |
|
| Twisted Mat Rush |
Lomandra obliqua |
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| Crinkle Bush |
Lomatia silaifolia |
|
| Bracken Fern |
Pteridium esculentum |
|
| Woolly Xanthosia |
Xanthosia pilosa |
|
| Rock Xanthosia |
Xanthosia tridentata |
|
| Vines and Climbers |
|
|
| Native Sarsaparilla |
Smilax glyciphylla |
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Location in City of Ryde
