Flora survey for Hamersley Drive recreation - Environmental ...

FRNP Improvement Project: Culham Inlet to Hamersley Inlet GF Craig– July 2010
9. Banksia speciosa (Bspe)
Unit area: 14 ha Sampling: 3 relevés (this project)
Muir classification: Dense thicket, scrub heath and low sedges
Beard Vegetation System - Unit: Fanny’s Cove – xSZc (Scrub heath with Banksia on coastal plain)
The following common species were recorded:
Tall shrubs: Banksia baxteri, Banksia speciosa, Nuytsia floribunda
Mid shrubs: Agonis baxteri, Banksia oreophila, Hakea victoria, Jacksonia furcellata, Leptospermum oligandrum
Low shrubs: Adenanthos cuneatus, Allocasuarina humilis, Baeckea ovalifolia, Calothamnus gracilis,
Conospermum teretifolium, Eutaxia neurocalyx ms, Hibbertia mucronata, Isopogon trilobus, Lysinema
ciliatum, Melaleuca striata, Oligarrhena micrantha, Petrophile teretifolia
Dwarf shrubs: Banksia baueri, Hibbertia gracilipes, Leucopogon conostephioides, Leucopogon flavescens var.
brevifolius
Sedges/sedge-like: Anarthria prolifera, Anarthria scabra, Caustis dioica, Chordifex sphacelatus, Desmocladus
fasciculatus, Hypolaena exsulca, Lepidosperma sp. U1 big heads (A.S. George 11294),
Mesomelaena stygia, Schoenus caespititius
Grasses/herbs: Conostylis vaginata, Johnsonia acaulis, Lechenaultia heteromera
Landform: Wave-cut bench
Notes: This unit is typically found on the coastal plain east of Culham Inlet. Its occurrence on the wave-cut bench at
the base of East Mt Barren is unusual and coincides with the wetter, sandy soils where run-off and seepage from
upslope creates micro-habitats. The unit is a mosaic of tall Banksia shrubs with pockets of sedge-land in the wettest
areas.
Photo no: dscn6446
Photo direction: E
Location: R31 GDA94 -33.93066 120.0152
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