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Native species Introduced (exotic) species Sources, acknowledgements References

All photographs below were taken within The Pinnacle Nature Reserve by fotpin members.

For more photos, see https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Locations/Guide/63/431

Native Species        (see link above for Introduced Species)        

All 270 species are local to the area unless marked with #; plants marked with *** are considered very rare/threatened, ** rare or uncommon and * sensitive [ref: Canberra Nature Map]

printable list [ pdf 180 kB]

Scientific name Common Name hover over image to see name
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Acacia baileyana # Cootamundra wattle    
Ajuga australis [Austral bugloss]
Acacia boormanii # Snowy River wattle
Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia Box-leaved wattle
Acacia cultiformis # Knife-leaf wattle
Acacia dealbata subsp. dealbata # Silver wattle
Acacia decurrens # Green wattle
Acacia genistifolia Early wattle
Acacia gunnii Ploughshare wattle, Dogstooth wattle
Acacia implexa  Hickory wattle
Acacia mearnsii Black wattle
Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood
Acacia pravissima  Ovens wattle
Acacia rubida Red-stemmed wattle
Acacia vestita # Hairy wattle
Acaena echinata Sheep's burr
Acaena ovina Sheep's burr
Acrotriche serrulata Ground-berry
Ajuga australis Austral bugle, Australian bugloss
Allocasuarina littoralis Black she-oak
Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping she-oak
Alternanthera denticulata Lesser Joyweed
Amphibromus nervosus Common swamp wallaby grass
Amyema miquelii Box mistletoe
Anthosachne scabra Common wheatgrass Caladenia atrovespa [Green-comb Spider orchid]
Aristida ramosa Purple wire-grass
Arthropodium fimbriatum Chocolate Lily
Arthropodium milleflorum Vanilla Lily
Arthropodium minus Small Vanilla Lily
Asplenium flabellifolium Necklace fern
Asperula conferta Common woodruff
Asperula scoparia  Prickly woodruff
Astroloma humifusum Honeypots, Cranberry heath
Austrostipa bigeniculata Kneed speargrass
Austrostipa nodosa Knotty speargrass
Austrostipa scabra Corkscrew grass, Slender speargrass
   
Billardiera scandens  Common appleberry, Hairy appleberry  
Bulbine bulbosa [Bulbine lily, Golden lily]
Bossiaea buxifolia Matted Bossiaea
Bossiaea prostrata  Creeping bossiaea
Bothriochloa macra Red grass, Redleg grass
Brachychiton populneus subsp. populneus Kurrajong
Brachyloma daphnoides Daphne heath
Brachyscome rigidula Cut-leaved Daisy 
Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine lily, Golden lily
Burchardia umbellata **
Milkmaids
Bursaria spinosa Australian blackthorn
Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla Australian blackthorn

 

 

Caesia calliantha Blue Grass lily 
Caladenia atrovespa *** Green-comb Spider Orchid
Caladenia carnea *** Pink fingers
Caladenia fuscata *

Dusky fingers

Callitris endlicheri Black cypress pine
Calotis lappulacea Yellow burr daisy Caladenia carnea [Pink fingers]
Carex appressa Tall sedge
Carex breviculmis Short-Stem Sedge
Carex inversa Knob sedge
Carex aff. inversa ** Small knob sedge
Cassinia aculeata subsp. aculeata Common cassinia, Dolly bush
Cassinia longifolia Cauliflower bush
Cassinia quinquefaria Rosemary cassinia
Cassinia sifton Sifton bush
Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana River sheoak
Centipeda cunninghamii Common sneezeweed
Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia Rock fern
Cheilanthes distans  Bristle Rock fern
Cheilanthes sieberi Rock fern
Chloris truncata Windmill grass
Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common everlasting, Yellow buttons
Chrysocephalum semipapposum Clustered everlasting
Clematis leptophylla Small-leaf Clematis, Old Man's Beard  
Cryptandra speciosa subsp. speciosa [Unnamed]
Comesperma volubile Love creeper
Convolvulus angustissimus Australian bindweed, Pink bindweed
Cotula australis  Common cotula
Craspedia variabilis * Billy button
Crassula decumbens var. decumbens A stonecrop
Crassula sieberiana  Austral stonecrop
Cryptandra amara Bitter cryptandra
Cryptandra speciosa subsp. speciosa Unnamed
Cymbonotus sp. (preissianus or lawsonianus) Bear's ears
Cymbopogon refractus Barbed-wire grass
Cynoglossum australe Australian hound's-tongue
Cyperus ihotskyanus A sedge  
Cyperus sanguinolentus A sedge  
Cyperus sphaeroideus Scented sedge  
     
Daucus glochidiatus  Australian carrot  Diplodium laxum  [Antelope greenhood]
Daviesia mimosoides  Bitterpea
Desmodium brachypodum  Large tick-trefoil
Desmodium varians Slender tick-trefoil
Dianella sp. aff. longifolia (Benambra) ** Pale flax lily
Dianella revoluta Spreading flax lily
Dianella tasmanica Tasman flax lily
Dichanthium sericeum subsp. sericeum Queensland bluegrass
Dichelachne crinita Long-hair plume grass
Dichondra repens Kidney weed
Digitaria brownii Cotton panic grass
Dillwynia sericea  Showy parrotpea
Diplodium laxum * Antelope greenhood
Diplodium truncatum ** Little dumpies
Diuris chryseopsis * Golden moth
Diuris pardina * Leopard doubletail
Diuris semilunulata * Late leopard orchid
Diuris sulphurea * Tiger orchid, Hornet orchid
Dodonaea viscosa  Hopbush  
Drosera gunniana A sundew  
Drosera peltata  Pale sundew  
Dysphania pumilio Small crumbweed Dillwynia sericea [Showy parrotpea]
   
Echinopogon sp. (genus) Hedgehog grass 
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Climbing saltbush
Elatine gratioloides Waterwort
Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-rush
Eleocharis pusilla Small Spike-rush
Enneapogon nigricans Nine-awned grass
Epilobium billardiereanum Willowherb
Epilobium hirtigerum Hairy willowherb
Eragrostis brownii Brown's Lovegrass
Eragrostis leptostachya  Paddock lovegrass
Eragrostis parviflora Weeping lovegrass
Eragrostis trachycarpa  Rough-grain lovegrass
Erodium crinitum  Blue storksbill, Native crowsfoot
Eryngium ovinum  Blue devil
Euphorbia dallachyana  Mat spurge
Eucalyptus blakelyi  Blakely's red gum
Eucalyptus bridgesiana  Apple box  
Eucalyptus globulus subsp. bicostata # Southern blue gum, Eurabbie  
Eucalyptus dives Broad-leaved peppermint  
Eucalyptus cinerea subsp. cinerea Argyle apple  
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha subsp. macrorhyncha Red stringybark  
Eucalyptus mannifera subsp. mannifera Brittle gum Eryngium ovinum [Blue Devil]
Eucalyptus melliodora  Yellow box
Eucalyptus nicholii # Narrow-leaved Black Peppermint
Eucalyptus polyanthemos Red box
Eucalyptus rossii  Scribbly gum
Eucalyptus rubida subsp. rubida Candlebark
Euchiton japonicus Creeping Cudweed
Euchiton sphaericus  Star cudweed
Exocarpos cupressiformis Native cherry, Cherry ballart

 

 

Galium gaudichaudii subsp. gaudichaudii Rough bedstraw   
Geranium potentilloides Cranesbill  
Geranium retrorsum  Grassland cranesbill  
Geranium solanderi  Native geranium  
Glossodia major * Wax lip orchid  
Glycine clandestina  Twining glycine Hardenbergia violacea [False sarsaparilla]
Glycine tabacina  Variable glycine
Gonocarpus tetragynus Common raspwort
Goodenia hederacea subsp. hederacea Ivy goodenia
Grevillea alpina Mountain grevillea
Grevillea juniperina  Prickly spiderflower
Grevillea lanigera  Woolly grevillea

 

 

Hackelia suaveolens Sweet Hounds Tongue 
Hakea decurrens subsp. decurrens Bushy needlewood 
Haloragis heterophylla  Variable raspwort
Hardenbergia violacea False sarsaparilla
Hibbertia calycina  Lesser guinea-flower  
Hibbertia obtusifolia  Hoary guinea-flower  
Hibbertia riparia Erect guinea-flower Indigofera australis [Australian indigo]
Hovea heterophylla  Creeping hovea
Hydrocotyle laxiflora Stinking pennywort
Hypericum gramineum  Small St John's wort
Hypericum japonicum  Creeping St John's wort
Hypoxis hygrometrica  Golden weather-grass, Golden star

 

 

Indigofera adesmiifolia

Native tick bush or Leafless indigo

Indigofera australis subsp. australis

Australian indigo

Isotoma fluviatilis

Swamp isotome

 

 

Juncus bufonius #

Toad rush 

Juncus filicaulis

Pinrush

Juncus homalocaulis

A rush;

Juncus remotifloris

A rush

Juncus subsecundus

Finger rush

Juncus usitatus

Common rush

Juncus vaginatus

Clustered rush

   

Kunzea ericoides

Burgan

Kunzea parvifolia

Violet kunzea 

Isotoma fluviatilis [Swamp isotome]

 

 

Lachnagrostis filiformis Common Blown Grass 
Lepidosperma laterale  Variable swordsedge 
Leptorhynchus squamatus Scaly buttons
Leptospermum continentale Prickly teatree
Leucochrysum albicans subsp. tricolour ** Hoary sunray
Leucopogon fletcheri subsp. brevisepalus Twin-flowered beardheath
Linum marginale  Native flax
Lomandra bracteata Small mat-rush
Lomandra filiformis subsp. coriacea  Wattle mat-rush
Lomandra filiformis subsp. filiformis  Wattle mat-rush
Lomandra longifolia  long-leaved mat-rush
Lomandra multiflora subsp. multiflora Many-flowered mat-rush
Luzula densiflora  Dense woodrush
Luzula ovata  Woodrush  
Lythrum hyssopifolia  Hyssop loosestrife  
Lythrum salicaria Purple loosestrife  
     

Melichrus urceolatus

Urn heath 

Melichrus urceolatus [Urn heath]

Mentha diemenica

Wild mint

Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides

Weeping grass

Microseris lanceolata

Yam daisy

Microseris walteri

Yam daisy, Murnong

Microtis unifolia *

Common onion orchid

Muellerina eucalyptoides

Creeping mistletoe

   

Olearia lirata

Snowy daisybush 

Opercularia hispida

Hairy stinkweed

Ophioglossum lusitanicum

Austral adders tongue

Oreomyrrhis eriopoda

Australian caraway

Ottelia ovalifolia subsp. ovalifolia

Swamp Lily

Oxalis exilis

Slender oxalis, Shady wood sorrel

Oxalis perennans

Grassland Wood Sorrel, Native oxalis

 

 

 
Panicum effusum

Wonga wonga vine

 
  Hairy panic   
Paspalidium distans #

Shotgrass

 
Pelargonium australe

Native Stork's Bill

 
Pellaea falcata *

Sickle fern

 
Persicaria lapathifolia

Pale knotweed

 
Persicaria prostrata

Creeping knotweed

 
Phyllanthus hirtellus (TBC)

Thyme splurge

Ranunculus sessiliflorus var. sessiliflorus [Small-flowered Buttercup]
Pimelea curviflora 

Curved Rice-flower

Plantago gaudichaudii 

Narrow plantain

Plantago varia 

Variable plantain

Poa sieberiana  Snowgrass
Portulaca oleracea # Pigweed, Purslane
Potamogeton ochreatus Blunt Pondweed
Potamogeton sulcatus Pondweed
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum Jersey Cudweed
Pterostylis nutans * Nodding greenhood
Pterostylis pedunculata *

Maroonhood orchid

Pultenaea procumbens 

Healthy bushpea

 

 

Ranunculus sessiliflorus var. sessiliflorus

Small-flowered Buttercup 

Rhodanthe anthemoides

Chamomile sunray

Rubus parvifolius

Native raspberry

Rumex brownii

Swamp dock

Rytidospermacaespitosum

Ringed wallaby grass

Rytidosperma carphoides

Short wallaby grass

 

Rytidosperma duttonianum

Brown-back wallaby grass

 

Rytidosperma laeve

Bare-backed wallaby grass

Thelymitra peniculata [Trim sun orchid]

Rytidosperma pallidum

Red-anthered wallaby grass

Rytidosperma pilosum

Smooth-flowered wallaby grass

Rytidosperma racemosum var. racemosum

Striped wallaby grass

 

 

Schoenoplectus validus  River Club-rush
Schoenus apogon Common Bog Sedge
Senecio bathurstianus Rough fireweed
Senecio hispidulus Hill fireweed
Senecio linearifolius Fireweed groundsel
Senecio quadridentatus  Cotton fireweed 
Senecio phelleus Rock fireweed
Solanum cinereum Narrawa bburr
Solanum linearifolium  Mountain kangaroo apple
Solenogyne dominii  Smooth solenogyne
Sorghum leiocladum Wild sorghum 
Sporobolus creber Slender Rat's Tail Grass  
Stackhousia monogyna  Creamy candles  
Stuartina muelleri Spoon cudweed  
Swainsona sericea *** Silky Swainson-pea Tricoryne elatior [Yellow rush lily]

 

 

Thelymitra pauciflora * Slender sun orchid 
Thelymitra peniculata * Trim sun orchid
Thelymitra sp. (nuda complex) * A sun orchid
Themeda triandra Kangaroo grass
Thysanotus patersonii  Twining fringed lily
Thysanotus tuberosus subsp. tuberosus Common fringe lily
Tricoryne elatior  Yellow rush lily 
Tripogonella loliiformis  Five-minute Grass
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus  Common sunray, Annual Daisy

 

 

Utricularia dichotoma

Fairy Aprons, Purple Bladderwort 

     

Vittadinia cuneata var. cuneata

Fuzzy New Holland Daisy 

 

Vittadinia gracilis

New Holland daisy

 

Vittadinia muelleri

Narrow-leaved New Holland daisy

 

 

 

 

Wahlenbergia capillaris

Tufted bluebell 

 

Wahlenbergia gracilis

Australian bluebell

Zornia

Wahlenbergia multicaulis

Tadgell's bluebell

Wahlenbergia planiflora **

Flat bluebell

Wahlenbergia stricta subsp. stricta

Tall bluebell

Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica

Early Nancy

   

Xerochrysum viscosum

Sticky everlasting 

 
   

Zornia dyctiocarpa var. dyctiocarpa

Zornia 

     
Xerochrysum viscosum [Sticky everlasting] Wurmbea dioica [Early Nancy]

 

  

   


Sources and Acknowledgments

This list of plants identified on The Pinnacle Nature Reserve on this page had its origins in a list compiled mainly by fotpin member Rosemary Blemings based on the observations and work of many colleagues. It was augmented by the results of the extensive plant surveys carried out as part of fotpin's Native Grass Restoration Project in 2010-2011. We are also grateful to fotpin member Malcolm Fyfe for his efforts a few years ago by helping to make many of the species names in this list comply with the 2012 Australian Plant Census.

In 2019 a few species were added to the list from sightings reported on the Canberra Nature Map (CNM), but at that time the number of entries on the CNM was far fewer than on the list compiled by fotpin. Since then a large number of new species have been added by fotpin members and visitors through Canberra Nature Map.

Most of the photos that appear on this page were taken by Alison Milton and John Fitz Gerald, with a few by other fotpin members including Zornia dyctiocarpa var. dyctiocarpa by Wendy Merritt.

 

Reference Texts

Wood, Don & Betty  Flowers of the ACT and Region: A Field Guide.(2005) Canberra.

Friends of Aranda Bushland Our Patch: Field Guide to the Flora of the Australian Capital Territory as photographed in the Aranda Bushland. (1997) Canberra

Cosgrove, Meredith Photographic Guide to Native Plants of the Australian Capital Territory. (2014) Meadow Argus, Canberra

Eddy, David; Mallinson, David; Rehwinkel, Rainer; Sharp, Sarah   Grassland Flora: a field guide for the Southern Tablelands (NSW & ACT). (1998) Canberra.

Low, Tim Wild Herbs of Australia & New Zealand (1985) North Ryde

Richardson, F.J., Richardson, R.G., Shepherd, R.C.H. Weeds of the South-East: An Identification Guide for Australia (2006) Meredith, Victoria

Blood, Kate Environmental Weeds: A Field Guide for SE Australia (2001)

Mulvaney, Michael Plant species list for Red Hill Nature Reserve. Personal contribution.

Australian Native Plant Society (ANPS) Species list for Rocky Knolls October 2010

Interim ANPS Plant list for The Pinnacle Nature Reserve 1997

Ormay, Peter A Guide to Eucalypts in the ACT [ pdf 3.4 MB] Twenty eucalypt species occur commonly in the ACT.

Rose, Harry; Kidson, Jenene; Rose, Carol; Edwards, Clare Grasses of the NSW tablelands. (2013) NSW Dept. Primary Industries, Sydney

 

 

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