McKay Reserve, Palm Beach, New South Wales

McKay Reserve is a small tract of remnant urban bushland in Palm Beach, parts of which contain the endangered ecological community (EEC) Pittwater and Wagstaffe Spotted Gum Forest.[1][2][3] The reserve lies on a ridge on the Barrenjoey Peninsula and overlooks western Pittwater.

Livistona australis, gums & understorey, McKay Reserve
Eucalyptus haemastoma McKay Reserve
Angophora costata McKay Reserve

Mapping by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage in 2013[4] shows the reserve as also containing Coastal escarpment littoral rainforest, a particular subgroup of the Littoral Rainforest community, which is also an endangered ecological community.[5]

Flora species list

The flora species list is taken from Smith & Smith (1992).[6] Species from other lists are referenced individually. Species introduced from overseas are prefixed with an asterisk (*), non-local Australian species with #. Of the 362 plant species listed by Smith & Smith, 125 (approximately one third) are naturalised introduced species.

Flora found in McKay Reserve[6]

References
  1. "1996 - 1999 Final determinations". NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  2. "2013 - 2015 Final determinations". NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  3. NSW Scientific Committee. (1998) Pittwater spotted gum forest - endangered ecological community listing
  4. NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, (2013) The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Area, Version 2.0 - VIS_ID 3817
  5. NSW Scientific Committee. (2011) Littoral Rainforest in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions - Determination to make a minor amendment to Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act
  6. Smith, J., Smith, P. (1992).Threatened Fauna and Flora in Pittwater. Unpublished report prepared for Pittwater Council.

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