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Coastal Clay Heath
There are 2 types:
1. Open Heath
Where in Pittwater do you find it?
- Exposed sites on Narrabeen Shale at Turimetta
- North Mona Vale
- Narrabeen Headland
- South Bilgola
- South Avalon
- Attunga
- Bungan Headland
What plants dominate it?
- Lepto laevigatum (Coastal Tea Tree)
- A. smithii (Lilly Pilly)
- B. integrifolia (Coast Banksia)
- Allo. distyla (Scrub She-oak)
- Cas. glauca (Swamp She-oak)
- Westringia
- Callistemon rigidis (Stiff Bottlebrush)
- Allo. verticillata (Drooping She-oak)
2. Themeda Grassland
Where in Pittwater do you find it?
- Exposed sites on Narrabeen Shale headlands at Turimetta
- North Mona Vale
- North Narrabeen
What plants dominate it?
- Themeda australis (Kangaroo Grass)
Themeda Grassland is also an Endangered Ecological Community. Find out more about it ...