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Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest
Where in Pittwater do you find it?
Saline alluvial soils on Estuarine margins at:
- Careel Bay
- Western Foreshores - Reserves of Lovett Bay South & Elvina Bay & Reserves of Lovett Bay North & Towlers Bay
- McCarrs Creek Reserve
- Winnererremy Bay
- Mackeral Beach
- Narrabeen Lagoon
What plants dominate it?
- Casuarina glauca (Swamp Oak)
- Melaleuca ericifolia (Swamp Paperbark)
- Melaleuca styphelioides (Prickly-leaved Tea Tree)
- Acmena smithii (Lilly Pilly)
Updated: 06 Dec 2011
Related Links
- Profile - Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest
NSW Department of Environment and Cimate Change - Final Determination - Endangered Ecological Community
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service