plants of The Pinnacle Nature Reserve

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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 267 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]

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Scientific name	Common Name	hover over image to see name click to enlarge
Acacia baileyana #	Cootamundra wattle
Acacia baileyana #	Cootamundra wattle
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
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
Billardiera scandens	Common appleberry, Hairy appleberry
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
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
Clematis leptophylla	Small-leaf Clematis, Old Man's Beard
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
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

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
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
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
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
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

Lachnagrostis filiformis	Common Blown Grass
Lepidosperma laterale	Variable swordsedge
Leptorhynchus squamatus	Scaly buttons
Leptospermum lanigerum	Woolly 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
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	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
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
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

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
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

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.

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 [ 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