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 Some of the natural vegetation on your property may have a direct association with the locally endangered ecological community. Your land may contain fragments of the last remaining areas of forest known as Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest.
Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark forest is listed as an endangered ecological community under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. There is only 0.5% of the original extent of this forest left. Much of this remnant forest is located within the Ryde area. Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark forest is likely to become extinct unless immediate conservation strategies are implemented.
Whilst management of this rare natural resource is vital, Council appreciates that this must be done with regard to the residents living amenity. It is for this reason that it is necessary for some trees to be removed or pruned from time to time. When tree removal is necessary replanting, where appropriate, with species indigenous to the area, may be required by Council. These strategic replantings assist in the conservation of the natural environment whilst giving the residents the ability to ‘tailor’ their properties to their specific lifestyle needs. 
Whether you are undertaking a replacement planting, landscaping your property or have identified a little used area of the garden for regeneration of the native forest, the table overleaf contains trees, shrubs and ground covers indigenous to the Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest. By selecting plants from this list you will be helping to preserve and regenerate the rare and valuable ecological community that exists in your area.
Native Species List – Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest
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Common Name |
Botanical Name |
Approx. Height |
| Main Tree Species: |
| Smooth-barked Apple |
Angophora costata |
15-25 metres |
| Turpentine |
Syncarpia glomulifera |
Over 30 metres |
| Grey Ironbark |
Eucalyptus paniculata |
25-35 metres |
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| Associated Tree Species |
| White Mahogany |
Eucalyptus acmenoides |
Over 25 metres |
| Thin-leaved Stringybark |
Eucalyptus eugenioides |
15-25 metres |
| Broad-leaved ironbark |
Eucalyptus fibrosa |
15-25 metres |
| White Stringybark |
Eucalyptus globoidea |
15-25 metres |
| Wollybutt |
Eucalyptus longifolia |
20-30 metres |
| Grey Box |
Eucalyptus punctata |
30-35 metres |
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| Understorey Tree Species |
| Parramatta Green Wattle |
Acacia parramattensis |
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| Sicle Wattle |
Acacia falcata |
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| Forest Oak |
Allocasuarina torulosa |
10-25 metres |
| White Feather Honey-myrtle |
Melaleuca decora |
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| Shrub Species |
| Breynia |
Breynia oblongifolia |
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| Sydney Golden Wattle |
Acacia longifolia |
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| Myrtle Wattle |
Acacia myrtifolia |
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| Sweet Bursaria |
Bursaria spinosa |
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| Gorse Bitter-pea |
Daviesia ulicifolia |
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| Large Mock Olive |
Notelaea longifolia |
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| Common Hop Bush |
Dodenaea triquetra |
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| Cherry Ballart |
Exocarpos cupressiformis |
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| Elderberry Panax |
Rapanea variabilis |
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| Yellow Pittosporum |
Pittosporum revolutum |
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| Muttonwood |
Rapanea variabilis |
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| Maytenus |
Maytenus silvestris |
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| Groundcover Species |
| Pale Vanilla Lily |
Arthropodium milleflorum |
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| Dumplings, Apple Berry |
Billardiera scandens |
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| Blue Trumpet, Blue Yam |
Brunoniella australis |
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| Swamp Pennywort |
Centella asiatica |
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| Old Man’s Beard |
Clematis glycinoides |
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| Sedge |
Cyperus gracilis |
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| Blue Flax Lilly |
Dianella caerulea |
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| Rare Plume Grass |
Dichelachne rara |
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| Love Grass |
Eragrostis leptostachya |
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| Love Creeper |
Glycine tabacina |
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| Violet-leaved Goodenia |
Goodenia hederacea |
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| Kangaroo Grass |
Themeda australis |
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| Australian Bluebell |
Wahlenbergia gracilis |
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| Wallaby Grass |
Danthonia linkii |
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| Wallaby Grass |
Danthonia racemosa |
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| Wallaby Grass |
Danthonia tenuior |
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| False Sarsparilla |
Hardenbergia violacea |
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| Wonga Vine |
Pandorea pandorana |
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| Slender Stackhousia |
Stackhousia viminea |
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