Coastal Warm Temperate Rainforest
Coastal Warm Temperate Rainforest is a closed forest that occurs in highly shaded areas. The understory consists of palms, mesic shrubs and small trees, above a scattered ground cover of ferns. Coastal Warm Temperate Rainforests occur in warm areas that receive a high annual rainfall.
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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Native Laural |
Cryptocarya glaucescens |
15-30m |
Crab Apple |
Schizomeria ovata |
10-15m |
Small Trees |
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Lilly Pilly |
Acmena smithii |
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Guioa |
Guioa semiglauca |
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Sandpaper Fig |
Ficus coronata |
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Cabbage Tree Palm |
Livistona australis |
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Bolwarra |
Eupomatia laurina |
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Lemon Myrtle |
Backhousia myrtifolia |
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Shrubs |
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Mock-olive |
Notelaea longifolia |
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Tree Heath |
Trochocarpa laurina |
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Ground Covers |
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Prickly Rasp Fern |
Doodia aspera |
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Pastel Flower |
Pseuderanthemum variabile |
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Vines and Climbers |
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Wombat Berry |
Eustrephus latifolius |
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Sweet Morinda |
Morinda jasminoides |
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Wonga Wonga Vine |
Pandorea pandorana |
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Lawyer Vine |
Smilax australis |
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Water Vine |
Cissus antarctica |
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Scrambling Lily |
Geitonoplesium cymosum |
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Common Silkpod |
Parsonsia straminea |
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Snake Vine |
Stephania japonica var discolor |
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Location in City of Ryde