Kelcey Tier is the perfect breeding ground for a diverse range of native flora.
Whilst bush walking or cycling through the Tier be sure that your footprints allow the native plants to grow healthy and strong.
Below is a compilation of the Kelcey Tier Flora List prior to the Bioblitz (previous records of Philip Milner) and the 20-21 October 2023 Bioblitz Observations contributed by Phil Collier and Katya Bandow.
Includes;
- Observations within the Kelcey Tier Greenbelt Reserve and adjacent areas and some private properties.
Threatened Species highlighted and noted. - Significant weeds highlighted
- Plants marked “?” require confirmation
Trees
Eucalyptus amygdalina | Black Peppermint | northern greenbelt |
Eucalyptus obliqua | Stringybark | |
Eucalyptus ovata | Black Gum or Swamp Gum | |
Eucalyptus viminalis | White Gum |
Secondary Trees
Acacia melanoxylon | Blackwood |
Acacia dealbata | Silver Wattle |
Understorey Trees & Large Shrubs
Acacia mucronata | Variable Sallow Wattle | |
Acacia verticillata | Prickly Moses | |
Allocasuarina littoralis | Black or Forest Sheoak | |
Banksia marginata | Silver Banksia | |
Bedfordia salicina | Blanket Leaf | |
Bursaria spinosa | Prickly Box | |
Exocarpos cupressiformis | Native Cherry | |
Melaleuca ericifolia | Swamp Paperbark | |
Melaleuca pallida syn. Callistemon pallidus | Lemon Bottlebrush | south of the greenbelt res. |
Melaleuca squarrosa | Scented Paperbark | |
Notelaea ligustrina | Native Olive | |
Olearia argophylla | Musk | |
Ozothamnus ferrugineus | Tree Everlasting Bush | |
Pomaderris apetala | Common Dogwood |
Medium Shrubs
Acacia stricta | Hop Wattle | |
Acacia terminalis | Sunshine Wattle | |
Cassinia aculeata | Dolly Bush | |
Coprosma hirtella | Coffeeberry | |
Coprosma quadrifida | Native Currant | |
Exocarpos strictus | Pearly Native-cherry | |
Goodia lotifolia | Goldentip | |
Goodenia ovata | Hop Native-primrose | |
Leptomeria drupacea | Erect Currantbush | |
Leptospermum scoparium | Manuka Teatree | |
Monotoca glauca | Goldeywood | |
Olearia lirata | Forest Daisybush | |
Olearia phlogopappa | Dusty Daisybush | |
Persoonia juniperina | Prickly Geebung | |
Phyllanthus gunnii | Shrubby Spurge | |
Pimelea drupacea | Cherry Riceflower | |
Pimelea ligustrina | Tall Riceflower | one record, north area |
Pomaderris paniculosa? | Shining Dogwood | |
Pomaderris elliptica | Yellow Dogwood | |
Pultenaa daphnoides | Heartleaf Bushpea | |
Pultenaea juniperina | Prickly Beauty | |
Solanum laciniatum | Kangaroo Apple | |
Solanum vescum | Gunyang | |
Ziera arborescens | Stinkwood |
Small Shrubs
Acacia myrtifolia | Red-stem Wattle | |
Amperea xiphoclada | Broom Spurge | |
Astroloma humifusa syn. Styphelia humifusa | Cranberry Heath | |
Astrotriche serrulata | Ant’s Delight | |
Bossiaea cordigera | Wiry Bossia | |
Bossiaea prostrata | Creeping Bossia | |
Davesia ulicina | Spiky Bitterpea | |
Epacris impressa | Common Heath | |
Euromyrtus parviflora | Small flowered Heath-myrtle | |
Euromyrtus ramoisissima | Creeping Heath-myrtle | |
Gonocarpus tetragynus | Common Raspwort | |
Gonocarpus teucrioides | Forest Raspwort | |
Goodenia lanata | Trailing Native-primrose | |
Indigofera ausralis | Native Indigo | |
Leucopogon australis | Spike Beardheath | |
Lissanthe strigose? | Peach Heath | |
Lomatia tinctoria | Guitarplant | |
Olearia ramulosa | Twiggy Daisy-bush | |
Pimelea curviflora | Curved Riceflower | Threatened Species |
Pimelea linifolia | Slender Riceflower | |
Pimelea nivea | Bushmans Bootlace | Endemic species |
Rubus parvifolius | Native Raspberry | |
Tetratheca pilosa | Lilac Bells |
Image: 2023 Kelcey Tier Pimelea curviflora var. gracilis
Image Credit: Philip Milner
Ferns & Fern Allies
Asplenium flabellifolium | Necklace Fern | |
Blechnum minus | Soft Waterfern | |
Blechnum nudum | Fishbone Waterfern | |
Blechnum wattsii | Hard Waterfern | |
Calachlaena dubia | Rainbowfern | |
Pteridium esculentum | Bracken | |
Cyathea australis | Rough Treefern | |
Dicksonia antarctica | Soft Treefern | |
Hypolepis muelleri ? | Groundfern | |
Polystichum proliferum | Mother Shieldfern | |
Pteridium esculentum | Bracken |
Environmental Weeds
Aira cupaniona | ||
Agrostis capillaris | Browntop Bentgrass | |
Aira caryophyllea | ||
Alchemilla arvensis | Parsley Piert | |
Aponogeton distachyos | Cape Pondweed | |
Anthoxanthum odoratum | Sweet Vernalgrass | |
Arum italicum | Italian Arum | |
Acetosella vulgaris | Sorrel | |
Bellardia viscosa | Lineseed | |
Briza minor | Lesser Quaking-grass | |
Carduus cycnoceplalus | Slender Thistle | |
Centaurium erythrea | Common Centaury | |
Cerastium glomeratum | Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed | |
Cicendia filiformis | Slender Cicendia | |
Cirsium arvensis | Creeping Thistle | |
Cirsium vulgare | Spear Thistle | |
Conium maculatum | Hemlock | |
Cortaderia selloana | Pampas-grass | |
Cotoneaster sp. | A Berry Bush | |
Cytisus scoparius | English Broom | |
Dactylis glomerata | Cocksfoot | |
Digitalis purpurea | Foxglove | |
Erica lusitanica | Spanish Heath | |
Erigeron bonariensis | Fleabane | |
Euphorbia lathyrism | Caper Spurge | |
Euphorbia peplus | Petty Spurge | |
Festuca bromoides | RatsTail Fescue | |
Foeniculum vulgare | Fennel | |
Galium divaricatum | Slender Bedstraw | |
Galium murale | Small Bedstraw | |
Helleborus sp. | Winter Rose | |
Hypericum perforatum | Perforated StJohns Wort | |
Holcus lanatus | Yorkshire Fog-grass | |
Hypochaeris glabra | Smooth Catsear | |
Hypochaeris radicata | Rough Catsear | |
Ilex aquifolium | Holly | |
Juncus capitatus | Capitate Rush | |
Kunzea ericoides | Burgan | |
Lepidium latifolium | Perennial Peppercress | |
Lysmachia arvensis | Scarlet Pimpernel | |
Moenchia erecta | A Chickweed | |
Pinus radiata | Radiata Pine | |
Pittosporum undulatum | Sweet Pittosporum | |
Plantago lanceolata | Ribwort Plantain | |
Polycarpon tetraphyllum | Allseed | |
Rosa rubiginosa | Sweet Briar | |
Rubus fruticosus | Blackberry | |
Sagina maritima | Sea Pearlwort | |
Senecio jacobaea | Ragwort | |
Silybum marianum | Variegated Thistle | |
Sonchus asper | Prickly Sowthistle | |
Trifolium subterraneum | Subterranean Clover | |
Verbascum thapsus | Great Mullein | |
Veronica arvensis | Wall Speedwell | |
Ulex europaeus | Gorse | |
Vinca major | Periwinkle | |
Watsonia meriana | Watsonia | |
Zantedeschia aethiopica | Arum Lily |
Fungi
Amanita xanthocephala | Yellow-Headed Amanita | |
Austropaxillus muelleri | ||
Calocera guepinioides | ||
Cantharellus concinus | Smooth Chanterelle | |
Clavulina subrugosa | ||
Cortinarius austrovenetus | ||
Cortinarius submagellanicus | ||
Dacrymyces cf. stillatus | ||
Dictyopanus pusillus | ||
Heterotextus miltinus | ||
Hydnangium carneum | ||
Hydnum repandum | Hedgehog Mushroom | |
Hypholoma fasciculare | Sulphur Tuft | |
Laccaria sp. | ||
Macrolepiota clelandii | ||
Marasmiellus affixus | ||
Mycena albidofusca | ||
Mycena carmeliana | ||
Mycena interrupta | ||
Phellodon niger | Black Tooth | |
Scleroderma sepa | Earthball Mushroom |
Climbing Plants
Billardiera mutabilis | Green Apple-berry | |
Cassytha melantha | Large Dodder-laurel | |
Clematis aristata | Southern Clematis | |
Comesperma volubile | Blue Love Creeper | |
Thysanotus patersonii | Twining Fringe-lily |
Herbs & Herb-like Plants
Acaena echinata | Sheeps Burr | |
Acaena novae-zelandiae | Buzzy | |
Brachyscome sp. | A Daisy | |
Crassula decumbens | Spreading Stonecrop | |
Crassula sieberiana | Rock Stonecrop | |
Daucus glochidiata | Native Carrot | |
Dichondra repens | Kidneyweed | |
Drosera auriculata | Tall Sundew | |
Drosera planchonii | Climbing Sundew | |
Epilobium pallidiflorum | Showy Willowherb | |
Galium australe | Tangled Bedstraw | |
Geranium potentillioides | Mountain Cranesbill | |
Geranium solanderi | Southern Cranesbill | |
Hydrocotyle foveolata | Yellow Pennywort | |
Hydrocotyle hirta | Hairy Pennywort | |
Hypericum gramineum | Small StJohns Wort | |
Lagenophora stipitata | Bluebottle Daisy | |
Linum marginale | Native Flax | |
Oxalis perennans | Grassland Woodsorrel | |
Pelargonium australe | Southern Storksbill | |
Plantago varia | Variable Plantain | |
Poranthera microphylla | Small Poranthera | |
Ranunculus lappaceus | Woodland Buttercup | |
Ranunculus sessiliflorus?? | Rockplate Buttercup | |
Sebaea ovata | Yellow Sebaea | |
Senecio linearifolius | Fireweed | |
Senecio quadridentatus | Cotton Fireweed | |
Stackhousia monogyna | Forest Candles | |
Stellaria pungens | Prickly Starwort | |
Stylidium armeria | Coastal Triggerplant | |
Stylidium graminifolium | Narrowleaf Triggerplant | |
Veronica derwentiana | Derwent Speedwell | |
Viola hederaceae | Ivy-leafed Violet | |
Wahlenbergia gracilis | Sprawling Native Bluebell |
Orchids
Acianthus caudatus | Mayflower Orchid | |
Acianthus pusillus | Small Mosquito Orchid | |
Chiloglottis sp. | A Bird Orchid | |
Corybas aconitiflorus | Spurred Helmet Orchid | |
Corybas fimbriatus | Fringed Helmet Orchid | |
Cyrtostylis reniformis | Small Gnat-orchid | |
Dipodium roseum | Rosy Hyacinth-orchid | |
Diuris pardina | Leopard Orchid | |
Microtis arenaria? | Notched Onion-orchid | |
Microtis unifolia | Common Onion-orchid | |
Pterostylis melagramma ? | Black-lipped Greenhood | |
Pterostylis nutans | Nodding Greenhood | |
Pterostylis pedunculata | Maroonhood | |
Thelymitra sp. | A Sun Orchid |
Grasses and Graminoids
Carex breviculmis | Shortstem Sedge | |
Centrolepis strigosa | Hairy Bristlewort | |
Dianella tasmanica | Tasman Flaxlily | |
Dianella revoluta | Spreading Flaxlily | |
Dichelachne rara | Common Plumegrass | |
Diplarrena morea | White-flag | |
Drymophila cyanocarpa | Turquoise Berry | |
Gahnia grandis | Cutting Grass | |
Ficinia marginata | Little Clubsedge | |
Juncus astreptus | Rigid Rush | |
Juncus procerus | Tall Rush | |
Juncus pallidus | Pale Rush | |
Juncus pauciflorus | Gentle Rush | |
Lepidosperma concavum | Sand Swordsedge | |
Lepidosperma elatius | Tall swordsedge | |
Lepidosperma ensiforme | Arching Swordsedge | |
Lepidosperma laterale | Variable Swordsedge | |
Lomandra longifolia | Matrush | |
Luzula flaccida | Pale Woodrush | |
Microlaena stipoides | Coast Speargrass | |
Poa labillardierei | Silver Tussockgrass | |
Poa tenera | Scrambling Tussockgrass | |
Rytidospermum pilosum | Velvet Wallabygrass | |
Schoenus apogon | Common Bogsedge |
Myxomycete
Trichia botrytis |
Environmental Weeds
Aira cupaniona | ||
Agrostis capillaris | Browntop Bentgrass | |
Aira caryophyllea | ||
Alchemilla arvensis | Parsley Piert | |
Aponogeton distachyos | ||
Anthoxanthum odoratum | ||
Arum italicum | Italian Arum | |
Acetosella vulgaris | Sorrel | |
Bellardia viscosa | Lineseed | |
Briza minor | Lesser Quaking-grass | |
Carduus cycnoceplalus | ||
Centaurium erythrea | Common Centaury | |
Cerastium glomeratum | ||
Cicendia filiformis | Slender Cicendia | |
Cirsium arvensis | Creeping Thistle | |
Cirsium vulgare | Spear Thistle | |
Conium maculatum | Hemlock | |
Cortaderia selloana | Pampas-grass | |
Cotoneaster sp. | A Berry Bush | |
Cytisus scoparius | English Broom | |
Dactylis glomerata | Cocksfoot | |
Digitalis purpurea | Foxglove | |
Erica lusitanica | Spanish Heath | |
Erigeron bonariensis | Fleabane | |
Euphorbia lathyrism | Caper Spurge | |
Euphorbia peplus | Petty Spurge | |
Festuca bromoides | RatsTail Fescue | |
Foeniculum vulgare | Fennel | |
Galium divaricatum | Slender Bedstraw | |
Galium murale | Small Bedstraw | |
Helleborus sp. | Winter Rose | |
Hypericum perforatum | Perforated StJohns Wort | |
Holcus lanatus | Yorkshire Fog-grass | |
Hypochaeris glabra | Smooth Catsear | |
Hypochaeris radicata | Rough Catsear | |
Ilex aquifolium | Holly | |
Juncus capitatus | Capitate Rush | |
Kunzea ericoides | Burgan | |
Lepidium latifolium | Perennial Peppercress | |
Lysmachia arvensis | Scarlet Pimpernel | |
Moenchia erecta | A Chickweed | |
Pinus radiata | Radiata Pine | |
Pittosporum undulatum | Sweet Pittosporum | |
Plantago lanceolata | Ribwort Plantain | |
Polycarpon tetraphyllum | Allseed | |
Rosa rubiginosa | Sweet Briar | |
Rubus fruticosus | Blackberry | |
Sagina maritima | Sea Pearlwort | |
Senecio jacobaea | Ragwort | |
Silybum marianum | Variegated Thistle | |
Sonchus asper | Prickly Sowthistle | |
Trifolium subterraneum | ||
Verbascum thapsus | Great Mullein | |
Veronica arvensis | Wall Speedwell | |
Ulex europaeus | Gorse | |
Vinca major | Periwinkle | |
Watsonia meriana | Watsonia | |
Zantedeschia aethiopica | Arum Lily |