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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''.NSW Scientific Committee. (1998
Pittwater spotted gum forest - endangered ecological community listing
/ref> The reserve lies on a ridge on the Barrenjoey Peninsula and overlooks western
Littoral Rainforest in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions - Determination to make a minor amendment to Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act
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File:Cissus hypoglauca DSC 4008 (23258429830).jpg, ''
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''.NSW Scientific Committee. (1998Pittwater spotted gum forest - endangered ecological community listing
/ref> The reserve lies on a ridge on the Barrenjoey Peninsula and overlooks western
Pittwater
Pittwater is a semi-mature tide dominated Ria, drowned valley estuary, located about north of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia; being one of the bodies of water that separate greater Metropolitan Sydney from th ...
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Mapping by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage in 2013NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, (2013) The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Area, Version 2.0 - VIS_ID 3817 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.NSW Scientific Committee. (2011Littoral Rainforest in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions - Determination to make a minor amendment to Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act
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Flora species list
The flora species list is taken from Smith & Smith (1992).Smith, J., Smith, P. (1992).Threatened Fauna and Flora in Pittwater. Unpublished report prepared for Pittwater Council. 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.Cissus hypoglauca
''Cissus hypoglauca'' is a common Australian vine. It is one of the better known climbing plants of the genus ''Cissus'' in the grape family. A very common climber in moist areas of eastern Australia, it often colonises large areas after fores ...
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File:Cayratia clematidea DSC 4002 (23528272276).jpg, '' Cayratia clematidea''
File:Homalanthus11424029174 5575b62e2e o.jpg, '' Homalanthus populifolius''
File:Platylobium formosum DSC 4042 (23470725931).jpg, '' Platylobium formosum''
File:McKayReservePlatylobiumformosum44372273101 a89f939df8 o.jpg, '' Platylobium formosum''
File:McKayKennediarubicunda29197115916 d9f0175f4a o.jpg, '' Kennedia rubicunda''
File:McKayAotusericoides15015927999 553667f111 o.jpg, ''Aotus ericoides
''Aotus ericoides'', also known as common aotus or golden pea, is a shrub in the family Fabaceae. It flowers in leaf axils in spring and has yellow pea flowers with splotches of red. It is endemic (ecology), endemic to eastern Australia.
Descri ...
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File:McKay Stephania japonica 32474252976 2f27eb34ce o.jpg, '' Stephania japonica''
File:Polyscias sambucifolia 2013-01-13 14.57.41 (8375107735).jpg, ''Polyscias sambucifolia
''Polyscias sambucifolia'', commonly known as elderberry panax or small basswood, is a species of plant native to eastern Australia.
Taxonomy
Elderberry panax was first described by Franz Sieber in 1830 as ''Panax sambucifolius''. It was give ...
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File:McKay Actinotus helianthi 14966742662 4ab165817a o.jpg, ''Actinotus helianthi
''Actinotus helianthi'', known as the flannel flower, is a common species of flowering plant native to the bushland around Sydney. It was named and first described by the French botanist Jacques Labillardière in his '' Novae Hollandiae Plantaru ...
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File:McKay Eustrephus latifolius 32425439151 2b0077de2b o.jpg, '' Eustrephus latifolius''
File:Zieria smithii McKay28608346044 8c0662e048 o.jpg, ''Zieria smithii
''Zieria smithii'', commonly known as sandfly zieria, lanoline bush or Smithian zieria, is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia. It is a robust shrub with its leaves composed of three leafl ...
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References
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