plant list - location

Anogramma leptophylla on crater nw slope (C.Lindorf, TfN)

(Updated 19/6/2020)

Below is a plant list of indigenous plants observerd in 2013.

Weeds and introduced plants were assessed but are not noted here.

(Biodiversity Assessment - Mount Elephant by Tim D'Ombrain and Janet Leversha 17/4/2013)

(Assessor(s): Tim D'Ombrain, Janet Leversha, Ian Castle)

(Click on the blue plant name for a description and photo)

Plant list - peak to eastern saddle.

Poa labillardierei Common Tussock-grass

Austrodanthonia caespitosa Common Wallaby-grass

Austrodanthonia geniculata Kneed Wallaby-grass very low plants on summit

Austrodanthonia geniculata Kneed Wallaby-grass

Austrodanthonia racemosa var. Slender Wallaby-grass

Juncus subsecundus Finger Rush

N planted Poa labillardierei var. (Volcanic Plains) Basalt Tussock-grass ?planted

Rumex dumosus Wiry Dock

Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood-sorrel

Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum Jersey Cudweed

Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Nodding Saltbush

Crassula sieberiana s.l. Sieber Crassula Near top of hill

Kennedia prostrata Running Postman top of patch; in heavy seed

Kennedia prostrata Running Postman large patch; 10 sq m

Melicytus dentatus s.l. Tree Violet Heavily browsed

planted

Banksia marginata Silver Banksia

planted Melicytus dentatus s.l. Tree Violet

Melicytus dentatus s.l. Tree Violet

Western Circuit - south west

Austrodanthonia geniculata Kneed Wallaby-grass

N Austrodanthonia racemosa var. Slender Wallaby-grass

Austrodanthonia spp. Wallaby Grass good wallaby beneath wild oat

Austrodanthonia spp. Wallaby Grass good patch with oxalis

Austrodanthonia spp. Wallaby Grass good patch

Rumex dumosus Wiry Dock

Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood-sorrel

Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum Jersey Cudweed

Rumex brownii Slender Dock Patch

Rumex brownii Slender Dock

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Western circuit - south east.

Austrodanthonia caespitosa Common Wallaby-grass

Austrodanthonia spp. Wallaby Grass

Austrostipa eremophila Desert Spear-grass (Not in VBA) At top of knoll, most likely species

Lomandra filiformis subsp. coriacea Wattle Mat-rush

Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood-sorrel

Crassula sieberiana s.l. Sieber Crassula

Dichondra repens Kidney-weed Patch between rocks

north east knoll

Poa labillardierei Common Tussock-grass observed

Austrostipa elegantissima Feather Spear-grass observed

Austrodanthonia caespitosa Common Wallaby-grass observed

Austrodanthonia geniculata Kneed Wallaby-grass observed

Juncus subsecundus Finger Rush observed

Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass observed

Rumex dumosus Wiry Dock observed

Aphanes australiana Australian Piert observed

Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood-sorrel observed

Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum Jersey Cudweed observed

Ptilotus macrocephalus Feather Heads pers com.

Rumex brownii Slender Dock observed

Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Nodding Saltbush observed

Dichondra repens Kidney-weed observed

Kennedia prostrata Running Postman observed

Banksia marginata Silver Banksia early photograph, pers. com.

Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood early photo

Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping Sheoak early photograph, specimen nearby

northern breached knoll

Austrodanthonia caespitosa Common Wallaby-grass observed

Austrodanthonia racemosa var. racemosa Slender Wallaby-grass observed

Austrodanthonia spp. Wallaby Grass observed

Austrostipa eremophila Desert Spear-grass (Not in VBA) observed

Lomandra filiformis subsp. coriacea Wattle Mat-rush observed

Anogramma leptophylla Annual Fern observed (TFN)

Crassula decumbens var. decumbens Spreading Crassula observed (TFN)

Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood-sorrel observed

Rumex brownii Slender Dock observed

Crassula sieberiana s.l. Sieber Crassula observed

Dichondra repens Kidney-weed observed

Melicytus dentatus s.l. Tree Violet observed

In the crater

Austrodanthonia caespitosa Common Wallaby-grass

Austrodanthonia racemosa var. Slender Wallaby-grass good patch

Austrodanthonia spp. Wallaby Grass Patch

Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood-sorrel

Melicytus dentatus s.l. Tree Violet inside fenced plot

Melicytus dentatus s.l. Tree Violet

In the ballast pit

Poa labillardierei Common Tussock-grass

N Austrodanthonia racemosa var.racemosa Slender Wallaby-grass

Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass

Aphanes australiana Australian Piert

Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood-sorrel

Western wall of crater (Noted by Chris Lindorf, Trust for Nature, 2010)

Anogramma leptophylla Annual fern (very rare).