Local Plants to look for - and best times: flowering / fruiting seasonality
Starting to compile a list of local plants (mostly that I haven't seen yet) and the best time and place to go looking for them. Have also added to this checklist so I can see my progress: https://www.inaturalist.org/lists/2406304-To-find---
JANUARY
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Bauera capitata (Summer, wet heath on deep sand; Red Rock heath)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57897841 - Cynoglossum torvum
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Melaleuca thymifolia(Summer, Red Rock heath) -
Pennantia cunninghamii (Brown Beech) - (Killiekrankie Lookout, Horsehoe Road)https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/7731617 Spiranthes australis (Nov-Apr, Coramba-Lowanna, marshy or boggy places, paddocks)
FEBRUARY
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Oberonia titania (Norfolk Island Oberonia orchid) - (Jan-June; in moist rainforest gullies; Sawtell-Bundagen)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146950281 - Olearia flocktoniae (Dorrigo Daisy-bush) - (Feb-Mar at Mount Hyland, disturbed areas.) - https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10577
- Parsonsia dorrigoensis(Milky Silkpod) - https://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:https:%2F%2Fid.biodiversity.org.au%2Fnode%2Fapni%2F2906744
- Parsonsia rotata (Veinless Silkpod) - (Littoral and ST RF; corky lumps on stem, clear sap)
MARCH
- Cassinia trinerva (Summer-Autumn) - Dorrigo-Ebor
Centratherum riparium (Summer-Autumn, Roadsides/paddocks, forest; Sherwood)- Comesperma sphaerocarpum (Feb-Mar, Red Rock)
- Olearia flocktoniae (Dorrigo)
APRIL
- Euphrasia ramulosa (Robinson's Knob trail, Point Lookout) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72988762
- Microlaena stipoides (Mick's Retreat / Boambee Head)
- Senna multijuga (Start of Bowraville Rd, Bellingen; North Boambee Rd [see ALA])
MAY
Dillwynia floribunda (May, Heath; Red Rock?)-
Podocarpus elatus (Mar-July Fruit ripening, Bundageree Walk, Bundagen)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62253346 - Pterostylis hispidula (Mar-July, moist areas of dry sclerophyll /wet sclerophyll forest, coastal; poss. Coffs crk) http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pterostylis~hispidula
JUNE
Acianthus exiguus (May-June, Bundagen)- Cucumis althaeoides (Green Gully Track)
JULY
- Phebalium speciosum (Jun-Aug + Feb; Battery Hill, Wood Duck Rd, Tooloom Crk) https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/7858463
- Sprengelia incarnata (Pink Swamp Heath) (June-Oct; swampy shrubland and in heath on sand; south from Coffs Harbour; Near airport)
- Stylidium tenerum - Copmanhurst (Winter-Spring)
AUGUST
- Acianthus caudatus (Mayfly Orchid) - (Flaggy Crk NR) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89885878
Grevillea humilis subsp. maritima (Brooms Head / Bundjalung NP)-
Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia - (Valery, Nambucca)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144597118 - Jasminum singuliflorum - (Winter-Spring; Dangar Falls, Bielsdown river, Dorrigo)
- Melichrus adpressus - (Jul-Sept; Coaldale rd, Coaldale) https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2896331
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Melichrus urceolatus - (Mar-Nov; Edwell's Flat, Barcoongere)- https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2907378 - Pultenaea tarik - (Gibralter range - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89891387)
SEPTEMBER
Boronia falcifolia (Aug-Oct, Grows in heath in damp sandy sites; Red Rock)- Boronia umbellata (Aug-Nov, in `scrub' in the Coffs Harbour district; Bucca)
Goodia lotifolia- Diuris curta (Headland Donkey Orchid) - (Hat Head)
- Erythrorchis cassythoides - Black Bootlace Orchid
- Grevillea banyabba (Aug-Oct; Fortis Creek Trail, Fortis Crk NP, Banyabba)
- Olearia stilwelliae (Woopi-Coaldale)
- Phebalium nottii (Grafton - Spring)
- Prostanthera incana (Aug-Dec; Allgomera)
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Prostanthera sejuncta (Aug-Dec; along Fortis Creek, Coaldale Rd)https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2896002 - Pultenaea alea - (Sept-Oct) Sherwood Creek Rd
- Romulea rosea (Aug-Oct, A common weed of pastures, lawns and roadsides) http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Romulea~rosea
- Spyridium scortechinii (Aug-Nov; Across River and Red Rock)
- Styphelia perileuca - (Cathedral rock -https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Styphelia~perileuca)
OCTOBER
- Acacia nana (Sept-Oct) Cathedral Rock NP
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Aneilema acuminatum (Aug-Jan, rainforest or tall sclerophyll forest; Woolgoolga R/forest)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52233333 - Bulbophyllum shepherdii (Sep-Nov) - Swans Rd
Chorizandra sphaerocephala (Spring-summer flowering; Swamp, behind hiTech drive/Lot 2; Swamp Isles Dr., behind old bunnings)- Dianella longifolia - Pale Flax-Lily (Oct) - Conglomerate SF
- Diuris alba (Aug-Nov, Grows among grass in sclerophyll forest; Yaraygir NP)
- Doryanthes excelsa
- Gentiana wissmannii (Sept-Nov) Cathedral Rock
- Pultenaea alea (Oct) Sherwood NR
Triunia youngiana (Flowering Oct/Nov; Dorrigo)-
Zieria laxiflora (Aug-Nov, coastal heath / inland swamp; Arrawarra)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55384492 - Zieria prostrata (Spring - Coastal headlands) & associated endangered moth
NOVEMBER
Bauera rubioides (Spring-summer but some all year, wet and often shaded situations; Red Rock heath)- Caesia alpina (Spring-Summer flowering; Cathedral Rock NP)
- Cucumis metuliferus (Bucca Water Treatment Plant)
- Durringtonia paludosa - Hat head (Nov-Dec)
- Erythrina vespertilio - (Carnham)
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Freesia laxa (Oct-Dec, disturbed ground, along roadsides etc; Smoky Cape campground)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62104722 -
Homoranthus virgatus - Red Rock heathhttps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140862456 - Leptospermum novae-angliae (Cathedral Rock-Pt Lookout)
- Mirbelia confertiflora (Spr-Summer; Gibraltar Range)
Scaevola ramosissima (Aug-Mar, heath and sclerophyll forest usually on sandy soils; Sherwood)Thelymitra pauciflora (Aug-Jan, sclerophyll forest, woodland and heath; Arrawarra)
DECEMBER
- Acacia mitchellii (Nov-Dec) Cathedral Rock - Gibralter
Dianella congesta (Spring-summer, coastal sand dunes; Sandy Beach)-
Goodenia rotundifolia (Sept-May, sclerophyll woodland and forest; Darkum Headland)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64281700 - Leptostigma reptans - Dorrigo
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Pseudovanilla foliata (Oct-Jan, rainforest/moist sites near streams/sheltered gullies in sclerophyll forest, on trees, stumps and rotting logs; North from Kempsey)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67384245 - Stylidium ornatum - Wooli (Oct-Jan)
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Tristaniopsis collina (Dec-Jan, rainforest margins and moist situations in sclerophyll forest; Ulong)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52351113
ALL YEAR (or most of year) or ANYTIME
- Actephila lindleyi
- Angiopteris evecta - (Bellingen) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84945230
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Arytera divaricata (Coogera) - (Dolman's Point)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70719065 -
Angophora woodsiana (Smudgee_ - (Halfway Creek)- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72347341 - Asplenium harmanii - (On rocks in Border Ranges NP)
- Atriplex patula (Common Orache) - European origin (Lake Cathie) https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51270542#
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Bridelia exaltata - (Twelve Sixty Rd)- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139608357 - Cryptocarya erythroxylon - (Orara; Dome)
- Cryptocarya williwilliana - (Anderson's Sugarloaf)
- Cupaniopsis parvifolia - (Twelve Sixty Rd)
- Daphnandra melasmena
- Dodonaea serratifolia (Ebor - Gibralter)
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Excoecaria agallocha - Milky Mangrove (Bayldon Rd, near Golf Course entry; or Bundagen)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61469028 - Eucalyptus codonocarpa (Ebor)
- Eucalyptus dorrigoensis (Dorrigo White Gum) - (Megan)
- Eucalyptus nicholii (Pt Lookout turnoff)
- Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus (Ebor, Gibralter)
- Harpullia hillii - (Twelve Sixty)
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Helicia ferruginea (Rusty Helicia) (Woolgoolga Creek)https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2902148 - Helicia glabriflora (Brown Oak) - (Mt Coramba; Ulidarra)
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Heteranthera reniformis (Lyons Rd / Linden Ave Creek)- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92068139 Lepironia articulata (Grey Sedge)- Ixora beckleri - (Kangaroo Crk; Moonee)
- Macrozamia johnsonii (Old Glen Innis Road, Dalmorton) - https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2897563
- Melodinus acutiflorus - (Dingo crk; Eungai Rail)
- Ottelia ovalifolia (Swamp Lily) - Flowers during warmer months
- Samadera sp. Moonee Creek - (Moonee Creek) https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Quassia~sp.+Moonee+Creek+(King+s.n.,+Nov+1949)
- Schoenoplectus validus (Soft-stem Bulrush)
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Sporobolus virginicus- https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Sporobolus~virginicus~var.+virginicus Tricoryne elatior (Common Nov-Dec, Woolgoola headland)- Triglochin striata (Three-ribbed Arrow-Grass) - (Emerald Beach headland) - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80562149
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Trochocarpa montana (above 1000 m - Styx River, Cathedral Rock, Mt Hyland, Ebor, Barrington Tops)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81154149 - Vallisneria nana (Ribbonweed/Eelweed) - Freshwater
- Viola fuscoviolacea (Cathedral Rock NP)
- Westringia glabra (Wollomombi Gorge)
- Zieria prostrata (Coastal heaths - Coffs Harbour area) - https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Zieria~prostrata
- Zoysia macrantha -
