The Sassafras plant list.

 

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All the plants we have here that have been identified are listed, broken up into Trees, Grasses Herbs & Shrubs, Lianes and other Vines, Ferns.

 

If there is a link there will be photos and some notes.  I add pages when I have photos, the notes are in addition.

 

Botanical Names are as per Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (Revised Edition 2008), unless I have not noticed a revised name, though Common Names may differ at times.

 

Most of the height guides given are based on the maximum known heights as per Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (Revised Edition 2008), not the height of plants at Sassafras.

 

As time passes I will be gathering photos from seedling stages through to mature stages.  I have always found it a bit frustrating to try and identify seedlings and young plants from identification keys as they are usually based on mature foliage. Hopefully my photos may save you some time in identifying what you have at the seedling stages.  If you think you have a species occurring at the adult stage then maybe I can help you recognise where the seedlings are also occurring.

 

The notes accompanying the photos will cover anything I have to say about the plant and perhaps key points in identifying it that the photo may show.  Do not rely on these photos as necessarily being completely accurate in identifying a plant, they are intended to be used in addition to other more authoritative sources and there is most certainly some variability in species, at most ages.

 

A very significant number of Grasses, Herbs, Shrubs, Lianes, Vines and Ferns were added to this list as a result of a survey carried out by Andrew Paget from the Taree office of the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources in April 2008.

 

 

Trees

 

Storey: metres

Cover 35+

Middle 10-35

Under 1-10

Ground

Present or Missing

(or not yet found/identified)

Reintroduced

Family
  1. Abrophyllum ornans

Native Hydrangea

U

r

ROUSSEACEAE
  1. Acacia binervata

Two veined Hickory Wattle

M

p

FABACEAE
  1. Acacia irrorata

Green Wattle

M

p

FABACEAE
  1. Acacia maidenii

Maidens Wattle

M

p

FABACEAE
  1. Acacia melanoxylon

Blackwood

C

p

FABACEAE
  1. Ackama paniculata

Rose Leaf Marara

C

p

CUNONIACEAE
  1. Acronychia oblongifolia

Hard Aspen

M

p

RUTACEAE
  1. Alchornea ilicifolia

Native Holly

U

p

EUPHORBIACEAE
  1. Alectryon subcinereus

Wild Quince

M

p

SAPINDACEAE
  1. Allocasuarina torulosa

Forest Oak

M

p

CASUARINACEAE
  1. Alphitonia excelsa

Red Ash

C

p

RHAMNACEAE
  1. Anopterus macleayanus

Macleay Laurel

M

r

ESCALLONIACEAE
  1. Argyrodendron actinophyllum subsp. actinophyllum

Black Booyong

C

p

MALVACEAE
  1. Backhousia myrtifolia

Grey Mrytle

M

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Baloghia inophylla

Brush Bloodwood

M

p

EUPHORBIACEAE
  1. Brachychiton acerifolius

Flame Tree

M

p

MALVACEAE
  1. Brachychiton discolor

Lacebark Tree

M

r

MALVACEAE
  1. Callistemon salignus

Willow leaved Bottlebrush

M

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Capparis arborea

Brush Caper Berry

M

p

CAPPARACEAE
  1. Ceratopetalum apetalum

Coachwood.

M

p

CUNONIACEAE
  1. Claoxylon australe

Brittlewood

U

p

EUPHORBIACEAE
  1. Clerodendrum floribundum

Smooth Clerodendrum, Lolly Bush

M

p

LAMIACEAE
  1. Clerodendrum tomentosum

Hairy Clerodendrum

M

p

LAMIACEAE
  1. Commersonia fraseri

Brush Kurrajong

U M

p

MALVACEAE
  1. Corymbia intermedia

Pink Bloodwood

M

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Croton verreauxii

Green Native Cascarilia

M

p

EUPHORBIACEAE
  1. Cryptocarya glaucescens

Jackwood

M

p

LAURACEAE
  1. Cryptocarya meissneriana

Thick leaved Laurel

U

p

LAURACEAE
  1. Cryptocarya obovata

Pepperberry

C

p

LAURACEAE
  1. Cryptocarya rigida

Rose Maple

U

p

LAURACEAE
  1. Cupaniopsis parvifolia

Small-leaved Tuckeroo

M

p

SAPINDACEAE
  1. Daphnandra micrantha

Socketwood

C

p

ATHEROSPERMATACEAE
  1. Decaspermum humile

Silky Myrtle

M

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Dendrocnide excelsa

Giant Stinging Tree

C

p

URTICACEAE
  1. Denhamia celastroides

Orange Boxwood

M

p

CELASTRACEAE
  1. Diospyros australis

Yellow Persimmon

M

p

EBENACEAE
  1. Diospyros pentamera

Grey Persimmon.

C

p

EBENACEAE
  1. Diploglottis australis

Native Tamarind

C

p

SAPINDACEAE
  1. Doryphora sassafras

Sassafras

C

p

ATHEROSPERMATACEAE
  1. Duboisia myoporoides

Soft Corkwood

U

p

SOLANACEAE
  1. Dysoxylurn fraserianum

Rosewood

C

p

MELIACEAE
  1. Dysoxylum rufum

Rusty Mahogany

C

p

MELIACEAE
  1. Ehretia acuminata

Koda

M

p

BORAGINACEAE
  1. Emmenosperma alphitonioides

Yellow Ash

C

p

RHAMNACEAE
  1. Endiandra muelleri

Muellers Walnut

M

p

LAURACEAE
  1. Eucalyptus grandis

Flooded Gum

C

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Eucalyptus microcorys

Tallowwood

C

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Eucalyptus propinqua X biturbinata

Grey Gum

M

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Eucalyptus saligna

Sydney Blue Gum

C

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Eucalyptus siderophloia

Ironbark

C

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Ficus coronata

Creek Sandpaper Fig

M

p

MORACEAE
  1. Ficus macrophylla

Morton Bay Fig

C

r

MORACEAE
  1. Ficus rubiginosa

Port Jackson Fig

C

p

MORACEAE
  1. Glochidion ferdinandi

Cheese Tree

C

p

PHYLLANTHACEAE
  1. Gmelina leichhardtii

White Beech

C

p

LAMIACEAE
  1. Guioa semiglauca

Guioa

M

p

SAPINDACEAE
  1. Hibiscus heterophyllus

Native Rosella

M

P

MALVACEAE
  1. Hymenosporum flavum

Native Frangipani

M

p

PITTOSPORACEAE
  1. Lophostemon confertus

Brush Box

C

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Mallotus philippensis

Red Kamala

M

p

EUPHORBIACEAE
  1. Melia azedarach

White Cedar

C

p

MELIACEAE
  1. Melicope micrococca

White Euodia

C

p

RUTACEAE
  1. Myrsine howittiana

Brush Muttonwood

M

p

PRIMULACEAE
  1. Myrsine variabilis

Muttonwood

M

p

PRIMULACEAE
  1. Notelaea longifolia

Long leaved Olive (there appear to be 3 vars of this species on the property)

M

p

OLEACEAE
  1. Persoonia silvatica

Forest Geebung

M

p

PROTEACEAE
  1. Pittosporum undulatum

Native Dapne

M

p

PITTOSPORACEAE
  1. Polyscias elegans

Celery Wood

M

p

ARALIACEAE
  1. Polyscias sambucifolius

Elderberry Panax

M

p

ARALIACEAE
  1. Pouteria australis

Black Apple

M

p

SAPOTACEAE
  1. Rhodamnia rubescens

Brush Turpentine

M

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Rhodomyrtus psidioides

Native Guava

M

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Schizomeria ovata

White Birch

C

p

CUNONIACEAE
  1. Sloanea woollsii

Yellow Carabeen

C

r

ELAEOCARPACEAE
  1. Stenocarpus salignus

Red Silky Oak

M

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Streblus brunonianus

Whalebone Tree.

M

p

MORACEAE
  1. Syncarpia glomulifera

Turpentine

C

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Synoum glandulosum

Scentless Rosewood

M

p

MELIACEAE
  1. Syzygium australe

Brush Cherry

C

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Syzygium smithii

Lilly Pilly

M

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Syzygium floribundum

Weeping Lilly-Pilly

M

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Toona ciliata

Red Cedar

C

r

MELIACEAE
  1. Tristaniopsis laurina

Water Gum

C

p

MYRTACEAE
  1. Trochocarpa laurina

Tree Heath

U M

p

ERICACEAE
  1. Wilkiea huegeliana

Veiny Wilkiea

U

p

MONIMIACEAE

Grasses, Herbs

and Shrubs

 

Storey: metres

Cover 35+

Middle 10-35

Under 1-10

Ground

Present or Missing

(or not yet found/identified)

Family
  1. Abutilon oxycarpum

Abutilon

G

p

 
  1. Alocasia brisbanensis

Cunjevoi

G

p

 
  1. Alpinia caerulea

Native Ginger,  Blue Ginger

G

p

 
  1. Aneilima acuminatum

 

G

p

 
  1. Asperula asthenes

White, Trailing Woodruff

G

p

 
  1. Breynia obiongifolia

Coffee Bush

U

p

 
  1. Carex Inyx

Inverted Sedge

G

p

 
  1. Centella asiatica

Centella, Swamp Pennywort, Gotu Kola

G

p

 
  1. Commelina cyanea

Scurvy Weed

G

p

 
  1. Cordyline stricta

Slender Palm Lily

U

p

 
  1. Cyperus enervis

Sedge

G

p

 
  1. Cyperus sp.

Sedge

G

p

 
  1. Cyperus tetraphyllus

Sedge

G

p

 
  1. Desmodium gunnii

Round-leaf Tick-trefoil

G

p

 
  1. Dianelia caeruleas spp

 Flax-Lilly

G

p

 
  1. Dichondra repens

Kidney weed

G

p

 
  1. Dodonaea megazyga

Hop Bush

G

p

 
  1. Dodonaea viscosa ssp angustifolia

Narrow-leaved Hop-Bush

U

p 

 
  1. Echinopogon ovatus

Hedgehog Grass

G

p

 
  1. Entolasia marginata

Bordered Panic

G

p

 
  1. Euchiton gymnocephalus

Creeping Cudweed

G

p

 
  1. Euchiton involucratus

Cudweed

G

p

 
  1. Eupomatia laurina

Bolwarra

U

p

EUPOMATIACEAE
  1. Fimbrystylis sp

Fimbrystylis

G

p

 
  1. Gahnia apsera

Rainforest Saw-sedge

G

p

 
  1. Galium propinquum

Bedstraw

G

p

 
  1. Geitonoplesium cymosurn

Scrambling Lily

G

p

 
  1. Geranium solanderi

Native Geranium

G

p

 
  1. Gymnostachys anceps

Settler's Flax

G

p

 
  1. Hydrocotyle peduncularis

Stalked Pennywort

G

p

 
  1. Hydrocotyle sp.

Pennywort

G

p

 
  1. Hydrocotyle tripartita

Three-part Pennywort

G

p

 
  1. Hypericum japonicum

Spreading St Johns Wort

G

p

 
  1. Imperata cylindrica var. major

Blady Grass

G

p

 
  1. Isolepsis sp.

Club Rush

G

p

 
  1. Lobelia trigonocaulis

Forest Lobelia

G

p

 
  1. Lomandra longifolia ssp. longifola

Long-leaf Mat-Rush

G

p

 
  1. Lomandra spicata

Mat-Rush

G

p

 
  1. Maytenus sylvestrus

Narrow-leaved Orange Bark

U

p

CELASTRACEAE
  1. Microlaena stipoides

Weeping Grass

G

p

 
  1. Oplismenus aemulus

Pale Forest Grass

G

p

 
  1. Oplismenus imbecillus

Dark Green Forest Grass

G

p

 
  1. Oxalis chnoodes

Forest Woodsorrel

G

p

 
  1. Ozothamnus diosmofolius

Sago Flower,

 Rice Flower

U

p

 
  1. Persicaria hydropiper

Water Pepper

G

p

 
  1. Physalis minima

Small Ground Cherry

G

p

 
  1. Pimelea ligustrina  subsp. ligustrina

Tall Rice-Flower

U

p

 
  1. Pittosporum multiflorum

Native Orange

G

p

PITTOSPORACEAE
  1. Pittosporum revolutum

Rusty Pittosporum

U

p

PITTOSPORACEAE
  1. Plectranthus parviflorus

Small Plectranthus

G

p

 
  1. Pratia Purpurescens

Purple Pratia, White Root

G

p

 
  1. Pseuderanthemum variabile

Pastel Flower

G

p

 
  1. Ranunculus sessiflorus

Sessile Buttercup

G

p

 
  1. Scutellaria humilis

Dwarf Skullcap

G

p

 
  1. Sigesbeckia orientalis

Indian Weed

G

p

 
  1. Solanum prinophyllum

Prickly Nightshade

G

p

SOLANACEAE
  1. Solanum stelligerum

Star Down Nightshade

G

p

SOLANACEAE
  1. Trema aspera

Poison Peach

U

p

CANNABACEAE
  1. Urtica incisa

Scrub Nettle,

Stinging Nettle

G

p

 
  1. Vernonia cinerea

Pink Daisy

G

p

 
  1. Veronica plebeia

Trailing Speedwell

G

p

 
  1. Viola hederacea

Native Violet

G

p

 
  1. Zieria smithii

Smiths Sandfly

G

p

 

Lianes and other vines

 

Storey: metres

Cover 35+

Middle 10-35

Under 1-10

Ground

Present or Missing

(or not yet found/identified)

Family
  1. Austrosteenisia blackii

Blood Vine

U M C

p

 
  1. Billardiera scandens ssp sericata

Silky Climbing Apple Berry

U

p

 
  1. Cayratia clematidea

Native Grape

U

p

 
  1. Cissus antaractica

Water Vine

U M

p

 
  1. Cissus hypoglauca

Five‑leaf Water Vine

U M

p

 
  1. Clematis aristata

Austral Clematis

U M

p

 
  1. Clematis glycinoides ssp glycinoides

Forest clematis

U M

p

 
  1. Dioscorea transversa

Native Yam

G U

p

 
  1. Eustrephus latifolius

Wombat Berry

G U

p

 
  1. Glycine clandestina

Climbing Glycine

G U

p

 
  1. Hibbertia scandens

Twining Guinea Flower

G

p

 
  1. Maclura cochinchinensis

Cockspur Thorn

G U M

p

 
  1. Marsdenia loydii

Corky Milk Vine

U

p

 
  1. Marsdenia rostrata

Common Milk Vine

U

p

 
  1. Morinda jasminoides

Morinda

G U

p

 
  1. Pandorea jasminoides

Bower of Beauty

U M C

p

 
  1. Parsonsia brownii

Mountain Silkpod

U M C

p

 
  1. Parsonsia sp. A

Black Milk Vine

U M C

p

 
  1. Parsonsia sp.

Silkpod

U M C

p

 
  1. Parsonsia straminea

Common Silkpod, Monkey Vine

U M C

p

 
  1. Plectranthus parviflorus

Cockspur Flower

U M

p

 
  1. Ripogonum discolor

Prickly Supplelack

G U

p

 
  1. Rubus moluccanus trilobosus

Molucca Bramble

G U

p

 
  1. Rubus nebulosus

Greenleaved Bramble

G U

P

 
  1. Rubus parvifolius

Native Raspberry

 

 

 
  1. Rubus rosifolius

Rose leaf Bramble

G

p

 
  1. Sarcopetalum harveyanum

Snake Vine

U M

p

 
  1. Smilax australis

Austral Sarsaparilla

G U

p

 
  1. Stephania japonica var. discolor

Heart-leaf vine, Stephania, Snakevine

G U M

p

 
  1. Trophis scandens

Burney Vine

G U

p

 
  1. Tylophora sp.

Tylophora

G

p

 
  1. Zehneria cunninghamii

Slender Cucumber

G

p

 

Ferns

 Note with the exception of Dicksonia and Cyathea, many of  the ferns found at ground level are also often epiphytic.

Storey: metres

Cover 35+

Middle 10-35

Under 1-10

Ground

Present or Missing

(or not yet found/identified)

Family
  1. Adiantum aethiopicum

Common Maidenhair Fern

G

p

 
  1. Adiantum formosum

Giant Maidenhair Fern

G

p

 
  1. Adiantum hispidum

Rough Maidenhair Fern

G

p

 
  1. Asplenium australasicum

Birds Nest Fern

G U M

p

 
  1. Blechnum cartilagineum

Gristle Fern

G

p

 
  1. Calochaena dubia

Rainbow Fern,

False Bracken

G

p

 
  1. Christella dentata

Downy Wood Fern

G

p

 
  1. Cyathea spp

Tree Fern

G U

p

 
  1. Diplazium dilatatum

Diplazium

G

p

 
  1. Doodia aspera

Prickly Rasp Fern

G

p

 
  1. Lastreopsis acuminata

Shield Fern

G

p

 
  1. Lastreopsis decomposita

Shield Fern

G

p

 
  1. Microsorum scandens

Fragrant Kangaroo Fern

G U M

p

 
  1. Pellaea falcata var. falcata

Sickle Fern

G

p

 
  1. Platycerium bifurcatum

Elkhorn Fern

U M

p

 
  1. Pteridium esculentum

Austral Bracken

G

p

 
  1. Pteris tremula

Tender Brake

G

p

 
  1. Pyrrosia rupestris

Horseshoe Felt Fern

G

p

 

Missing Species

 

Storey: metres

Cover 35+

Middle 10-35

Under 1-10

Ground

Present or Missing

(or not yet found/identified)

Family

1.      Akania lucens

Tumipwood

M

m

 

2.      Aphananthe philippinensis

Grey Handlewood

C

m

 

3.      Austromyrtus bidwiiiii

Python Tree

M

m

 

4.      Backhousia sciadophora

Shatterwood

M

m

 

5.      Brachychiton discolor

Lace Bark Tree.

M

m

MALVACEAE

6.      Cassine australis

Red Olive Plum.

M

m

 

7.      Cryptocarya erythroxylon

Pigeonberry Ash.

M

m

 

8.      Dendrocinide photinophylla

Shiny leaved Stinging Tree

M

m

 

9.      Elaeocarpus. kirtonii

Silver Quandong

M

m

 

10.  Elaeocarpus obovatus

Hard Quandong

M

m

 

11.  Ficus superba

Deciduous Fig

C

m

 

12.  Ficus watkinsiana

Strangler Fig

C

m

 

13.  Geissois benthamfl

Red Carabeen

C

m

 

14.  Litsea reticulata

Bolly Gum

M

m

LAURACEAE

15.  Neolitsea dealbata

White Bolly Gum

M

m

LAURACEAE

16.  Olea paniculata

Native Olive

M

m

OLEACEAE

17.  Orites exceisa

Prickly Ash.

M

m

MYRTACEAE

18.  Pararchidendron pruinosurn

Snow Wood.

M

m

 

19.  Pennantia cunninghamii

Brown Beech

M

m

 

20.  Rhysotoechia bifoliolata

Twin leaved Tuckeroo

M

m

 

21.  Sarcomelicope simplicifolia

Yellow Baurelia

M

m

 

22.  Sarcopteryx stipitata

Steelwood.

C

m

 

23.  Scolopia braunii

Flintwood.

M

m

 

24.  Sloanea australis

Maiden's Blush

C

m

 

25.  Tasmannia insipida

Tasteless Pepper Bush.

M

m

WINTERACEAE