Logan RE 12.9-10.26 Flora

Common flora for 12.9-10.26 in Logan, based on the Qld Govt RE Technical Descriptions

forest sheoak

Allocasuarina torulosa, the rose she-oak or forest oak, is a tree which grows in sub-rainforest (just outside the main forest area) of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Originally described as Casuarina torulosa by William Aiton, it was moved to its current genus in 1982 by Australian botanist Lawrie Johnson. It is the type species of the genus ...more ↓

prickly broom heath

Monotoca scoparia, known as the prickly broom heath, is a plant in the heath family, found in south-eastern Australia.

smudgee

Angophora woodsiana, commonly known as smudgee, is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, white or creamy white flowers and ribbed, cup-shaped fruit.

brown bloodwood

Corymbia trachyphloia, or the brown bloodwood (also known as Eucalyptus trachyphloia), is a bloodwood native to Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Bailey's stringybark

Eucalyptus baileyana, commonly known as Bailey's stringybark, is a tree endemic to near-coastal areas of eastern Australia. It has rough, stringy bark on its trunk and main branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers with stamens in four bundles and urn-shaped to more or less spherical fruit.

soap tree

Alphitonia excelsa, commonly known as the red ash or soap tree, is a species of tree in the family Rhamnaceae. It is endemic to Australia, being found in New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and the northeastern tip of Western Australia. It is used in bush regeneration as a pioneer species and for amenity planting.

pomax

Pomax is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. Pomax umbellata, found in Australia, is the sole species of the genus. The genus was created in 1830, by the Swiss taxonomist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, published in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Pomax umbellata was described in 1834.

variable sword-sedge

Lepidosperma laterale, commonly known as the variable swordsedge, is a plant found in south-eastern Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand. It is often found on sandy soils or rocky areas in wooded areas.

black-anther flax lily

Dianella revoluta, commonly known as the Black-anther Flax-lily, Blueberry Flax-lily or Spreading Flax-Lily, is a perennial herb of the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, found across the eastern states of Australia and Tasmania.

a mat rush

Lomandra confertifolia is a species of perennial herbs in the genus Lomandra, Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. It is native to Queensland, Australia. Although it appears grass-like, it is not in the grass family.

wiry panic

Entolasia stricta, commonly known as wiry panic, is a species of right angled grass in the Poaceae family. It is found in eastern Australia on sandy or sandstone-based soils. The leaves are inrolled or curved inwards and somewhat rough to the touch. It first appeared in scientific literature in 1810 as Panicum strictum in the Prodromus Florae Novae ...more ↓

kangaroo grass

Themeda triandra is a perennial tussock-forming grass widespread in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific. In Australia it is commonly known as kangaroo grass and in East Africa and South Africa it is known as red grass and red oat grass or as rooigras in Afrikaans. It does not do well under heavy grazing pressure, but benefits from ...more ↓

forest grasstree

Xanthorrhoea latifolia is a species of grasstree of the genus Xanthorrhoea native to New South Wales and Queensland.

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