McKay Reserve, Palm Beach, New South Wales

McKay Reserve is a small tract of remnant urban bushland in Palm Beach, parts of which contain the endangered ecological community (EEC) Pittwater and Wagstaffe Spotted Gum Forest.^[1][2][3] The reserve lies on a ridge on the Barrenjoey Peninsula and overlooks western Pittwater.

McKay Reserve

Livistona australis, gums & understorey, McKay Reserve

Eucalyptus haemastoma McKay Reserve

Angophora costata McKay Reserve

Mapping by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage in 2013^[4] shows the reserve as also containing Coastal escarpment littoral rainforest, a particular subgroup of the Littoral Rainforest community, which is also an endangered ecological community.^[5]

Flora species list

The flora species list is taken from Smith & Smith (1992).^[6] Species from other lists are referenced individually. Species introduced from overseas are prefixed with an asterisk (*), non-local Australian species with #. Of the 362 plant species listed by Smith & Smith, 125 (approximately one third) are naturalised introduced species.

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  Cissus hypoglauca
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  Cayratia clematidea
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  Homalanthus populifolius
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  Platylobium formosum
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  Platylobium formosum
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  Kennedia rubicunda
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  Aotus ericoides
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  Stephania japonica
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  Polyscias sambucifolia
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  Actinotus helianthi
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  Eustrephus latifolius
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  Zieria smithii

Flora found in McKay Reserve[6]

Acacia elata Acacia floribunda Acacia linifolia Acacia longifolia Acacia myrtifolia Acacia parramattensis #Acacia saligna Acacia suaveolens Acacia terminalis Acacia ulicifolia *Acer negundo Acianthus exsertus Acianthus fornicatus Acmena smithii Acrotriche divaricata Actinotus helianthi Actinotus minor Adiantum aethiopicum Adiantum hispidulum *Agapanthus orientalis *Ageratina adenophora *Ageratum houstonianum Agrostis avenacea Allocasuarina littoralis Allocasuarina torulosa #Alocasia brisbanensis *Ammi majus *Andropogon virginicus Angophora costata Angophora floribunda Anisopogon avenaceus Anredera cordifolia Aotus ericoides *Apium leptophyllum Aristida vagans Arthropodium milleflorum *Arundo donax *Asparagus aethiopicus *Aster subulatus Astrotricha latifolia Axonopus affinis *Bambusa sp. Banksia ericifolia Banksia integrifolia Banksia oblongifolia Banksia serrata Banksia spinulosa *Bidens pilosa Billardiera scandens Blandfordia nobilis Blechnum cartilagineum Breynia oblongifolia *Briza maxima *Briza minor *Bromus catharticus Brunoniella pumilio Burchardia umbellata #Callistemon viminalis *Canna indica *Cardamine hirsuta Cassinia uncata Cassytha glabella Cassytha pubescens Casuarina cunninghamiana Cayratia clematidea Centella asiatica *Cerastium glomeratum Ceratopetalum gummiferum *Chenopodium album *Chenopodium ambrosioides *Chlorophytum comosum *Chrysanthemoides monilifera *Cinnamomum camphora Cissus antarctica Cissus hypoglauca Clematis aristata Clematis glycinoides *Clivea sp. Cloanthes stoechadis Comesperma volubile Commelina cyanea Conospermum taxifolium *Conyza albida *Conyza bilbaoana *Conyza bonariensis *Conyza canadensis *Conyza parva *Coreopsis lanceolata Correa reflexa *Cortaderia selloana Corybas sp. Corymbia gummifera Corymbia maculata *Cotoneaster glaucophyllus Cotula australis *Crassocephalum crepidioides Crassula sieberiana Cristella dentata *Crocosmia X crocosmiiflora Cryptocarya glaucescens Cryptostylis erecta Cryptostylis subulata Cyathea cooperi Cyathochaeta diandra Cymbopogon refractus *Cynodon dactylon *Cyperus brevifolius *Cyperus eragrostis Dampiera stricta Danthonia tenuior Davallia pyxidata Daviesia umbellulata Dendrobium linguiforme Dendrobium speciosum Desmodium rhytidophyllum Desmodium varians Deyeuxia quadriseta Dianella caerulea Dichondra repens Digitaria parviflora *Digitaria sanguinalis Dillwynia retorta Dodonaea triquetra Doodia aspera Drosera auriculata Echinopogon caespitosus *Ehrharta erecta Elaeocarpus reticulatus Eleusine indica Endiandra sieberi Entolasia marginata Entolasia stricta Epacris longiflora Epacris microphylla Epacris pulchella *Epidendrum Epilobium billardierianum Eragrostis brownii *Erechtites valerianifolia *Erythrina x sykesii Eucalyptus botryoides Eucalyptus haemastoma Eucalyptus paniculata Eucalyptus piperita Eucalyptus punctata Eucalyptus scias Eucalyptus umbra *Euphorbia peplus Eupomatia laurina Eustrephus latifolius Ficus rubiginosa *Fumaria sp. Gahnia clarkei *Galinsoga parviflora Geitonoplesium cymosum *Genista stenopetala Geranium homeanum Glochidion ferdinandi Glycine clandestina *Gnaphalium sp. Gompholobium latifolium Gonocarpus teucrioides Goodenia bellidifolia Goodenia heterophylla Grevillea linearifolia Grevillea sericea Hakea gibbosa Hakea salicifolia Hakea sericea Hakea teretifolia Hardenbergia violacea *Hedera helix Hibbertia aspera Hibbertia dentata Hibbertia empetrifolia Hibbertia obtusifolia Histiopteris incisa Homalanthus populifolius Hybanthus monopetalus *Hydrocotyle bonariensis Hydrocotyle peduncularis *Impatiens sultanii Imperata cylindrica *Ipomoea indica Isolepis nodosus Isopogon anemonifolius *Jasminum polyanthum *Juncus cognatus Juncus usitatus Kennedia rubicunda Kunzea ambigua *Lagenifera stipitata Lambertia formosa *Lantana camara *Lantana X hybrida Lasiopetalum ferrugineum Leichhardtia suaveolens (syn. Marsdenia suaveolens) Lepidosperma laterale Lepidosperma neesii Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum trinervium Lepyrodia scariosa Leucopogon juniperinus Leucopogon microphyllus *Ligustrum lucidum *Ligustrum sinense *Lilium formosanum Lindsaea linearis Lindsaea microphylla Livistona australis Lobelia anceps Lomandra cylindrica Lomandra glauca Lomandra gracilis Lomandra longifolia Lomandra multiflora Lomandra obliqua Lomatia silaifolia *Lonicera japonica *Lycopersicon esculentum Macrozamia communis *Medicago polymorpha Melichrus procumbens Microlaena stipoides Mirbelia rubiifolia Mitrasacme polymorpha Monotoca elliptica Morinda jasminoides Musa sp. Myrsine variabilis *Nephrolepis cordifolia Notelaea longifolia *Nothoscordum gracile *Ochna serrulata *Oenothera stricta Olearia tomentosa Opercularia aspera Oplismenus aemulus Oplismenus imbecillis *Oxalis corniculata *Oxalis latifolia *Oxalis pes-caprae Pandorea pandorana Panicum simile Pararchidendron pruinosum *Paraserianthes lophantha Parsonsia straminea *Paspalidium sp. (synonyms in Setaria) *Paspalum dilatatum *Paspalum urvillei *Passiflora edulis Patersonia glabrata Patersonia sericea Pelargonium inodorum *Pennisetum clandestinum Persoonia lanceolata Persoonia levis Persoonia pinifolia Petrophile pulchella *Petrorhagia velutina *Philodendron sp. *Phoenix canariensis Phyllanthus hirtellus *Physalis peruviana *Phytolacca octandra Pimelea linifolia Pittosporum multiflorum Pittosporum revolutum Pittosporum undulatum *Plantago lanceolata *Platanus x hybrida Platylobium formosum Platysace linearifolia Plectranthus parviflorus Poa affinis *Poa annua Podolobium ilicifolium Polyscias sambucifolia Pomaderris ferruginea Pomax umbellata Pratia purpurascens Prostanthera denticulata *Prunus cerasus *Prunus persica Pseuderanthemum variabile Pteridium esculentum Pterostylis longifolia Pterostylis nutans Ptilothrix deusta Pultenaea daphnoides Pultenaea flexilis Pultenaea tuberculata *Pyracantha angustifolia Pyrrosia rupestris *Ranunculus repens *Rhaphiolepis indica *Rhynchelytrum repens *Romulea rosea *Rubus fruticosus *Rumex crispus *Rumex sagittatus *Salix babylonica Scaevola calendulacea Scaevola ramosissima Schelhamera undulata *Schlefflera actinophylla Schoenus melanostachys Selaginella uliginosa *Senecio madagascariensis *Senna pendula *Setaria gracilis *Setaria plamifolia *Setaria pumila *Setaria verticillata *Sida rhombifolia Smilax glyciphylla *Solanum americanum *Solanum mauritianum *Solanum nigrum *Sonchus oleraceus *Sporobolus indicus *Stachys arvensis *Stellaria media Stephania japonica Stipa pubescens *Strelitzia reginae Stylidium graminifolium Syncarpia glomulerifera Synoum glandulosum *Tagetes minuta *Taraxacum officinale Tetragonia tetragonoides *Tetrapanax papyrifer Tetrarrhena juncea Tetratheca ericifolia Themeda australis Thunbergia alata Thysanotus tuberosus Todea barbara *Toxicodendron succedaneum *Tradescantia albiflora Trema aspera *Trifolium repens Tristaniopsis collina Tropaeolum majus Urtica incisa *Verbena bonariensis *Vicia sativa *Vicia tetrasperma Viola hederacea Wahlenbergia gracilis *Watsonia bulbillifera Westringia fruticosa Wilkiea huegeliana Woollsia pungens Xanthorrhoea arborea Xanthorrhoea media Xanthosia pilosa Xanthosia tridentata Xylomelum pyriforme Zieria pilosa Zieria smithii