# 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. The reserve lies on a ridge on the Barrenjoey Peninsula and overlooks western Pittwater.
Mapping by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage in 2013 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.

## Flora species list

The flora species list is taken from Smith & Smith (1992). 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.
* Cissus hypoglauca
* Cayratia clematidea
* Homalanthus populifolius
* Platylobium formosum
* Platylobium formosum
* Kennedia rubicunda
* Aotus ericoides
* Stephania japonica
* Polyscias sambucifolia
* Actinotus helianthi
* Eustrephus latifolius
* Zieria smithii
Flora found in McKay Reserve :
Acacia elataAcacia floribundaAcacia linifoliaAcacia longifoliaAcacia myrtifoliaAcacia parramattensis#Acacia saligna
Acacia suaveolensAcacia terminalisAcacia ulicifolia*Acer negundo
Acianthus exsertusAcianthus fornicatusAcmena smithiiAcrotriche divaricataActinotus helianthiActinotus minorAdiantum aethiopicumAdiantum hispidulum*Agapanthus orientalis
*Ageratina adenophora
*Ageratum houstonianum
Agrostis avenaceaAllocasuarina littoralisAllocasuarina torulosa#Alocasia brisbanensis
*Ammi majus
*Andropogon virginicus
Angophora costataAngophora floribundaAnisopogon avenaceusAnredera cordifoliaAotus ericoides*Apium leptophyllum
Aristida vagansArthropodium milleflorum*Arundo donax
*Asparagus aethiopicus
*Aster subulatus
Astrotricha latifoliaAxonopus affinis*Bambusa sp.
Banksia ericifoliaBanksia integrifoliaBanksia oblongifoliaBanksia serrataBanksia spinulosa*Bidens pilosa
Billardiera scandensBlandfordia nobilisBlechnum cartilagineumBreynia oblongifolia*Briza maxima
*Briza minor
*Bromus catharticus
Brunoniella pumilioBurchardia umbellata#Callistemon viminalis
*Canna indica
*Cardamine hirsuta
Cassinia uncataCassytha glabellaCassytha pubescensCasuarina cunninghamianaCayratia clematideaCentella asiatica*Cerastium glomeratum
Ceratopetalum gummiferum*Chenopodium album
*Chenopodium ambrosioides
*Chlorophytum comosum
*Chrysanthemoides monilifera
*Cinnamomum camphora
Cissus antarcticaCissus hypoglaucaClematis aristataClematis glycinoides*Clivea sp.
Cloanthes stoechadisComesperma volubileCommelina cyaneaConospermum taxifolium*Conyza albida
*Conyza bilbaoana
*Conyza bonariensis
*Conyza canadensis
*Conyza parva
*Coreopsis lanceolata
Correa reflexa*Cortaderia selloana
Corybas sp.Corymbia gummiferaCorymbia maculata*Cotoneaster glaucophyllus
Cotula australis*Crassocephalum crepidioides
Crassula sieberianaCristella dentata*Crocosmia X crocosmiiflora
Cryptocarya glaucescensCryptostylis erectaCryptostylis subulataCyathea cooperiCyathochaeta diandraCymbopogon refractus*Cynodon dactylon
*Cyperus brevifolius
*Cyperus eragrostis
Dampiera strictaDanthonia tenuiorDavallia pyxidataDaviesia umbellulataDendrobium linguiformeDendrobium speciosumDesmodium rhytidophyllumDesmodium variansDeyeuxia quadrisetaDianella caeruleaDichondra repensDigitaria parviflora*Digitaria sanguinalis
Dillwynia retortaDodonaea triquetraDoodia asperaDrosera auriculataEchinopogon caespitosus*Ehrharta erecta
Elaeocarpus reticulatusEleusine indicaEndiandra sieberiEntolasia marginataEntolasia strictaEpacris longifloraEpacris microphyllaEpacris pulchella*Epidendrum
Epilobium billardierianumEragrostis brownii*Erechtites valerianifolia
*Erythrina x sykesii
Eucalyptus botryoidesEucalyptus haemastomaEucalyptus paniculataEucalyptus piperitaEucalyptus punctataEucalyptus sciasEucalyptus umbra*Euphorbia peplus
Eupomatia laurinaEustrephus latifoliusFicus rubiginosa*Fumaria sp.
Gahnia clarkei*Galinsoga parviflora
Geitonoplesium cymosum*Genista stenopetala
Geranium homeanumGlochidion ferdinandiGlycine clandestina*Gnaphalium sp.
Gompholobium latifoliumGonocarpus teucrioidesGoodenia bellidifoliaGoodenia heterophyllaGrevillea linearifoliaGrevillea sericeaHakea gibbosaHakea salicifoliaHakea sericeaHakea teretifoliaHardenbergia violacea*Hedera helix
Hibbertia asperaHibbertia dentataHibbertia empetrifoliaHibbertia obtusifoliaHistiopteris incisaHomalanthus populifoliusHybanthus monopetalus*Hydrocotyle bonariensis
Hydrocotyle peduncularis
*Impatiens sultanii
Imperata cylindrica*Ipomoea indica
Isolepis nodosusIsopogon anemonifolius*Jasminum polyanthum
*Juncus cognatus
Juncus usitatusKennedia rubicundaKunzea ambigua*Lagenifera stipitata
Lambertia formosa*Lantana camara
*Lantana X hybrida
Lasiopetalum ferrugineumLeichhardtia suaveolens (syn. Marsdenia suaveolens)Lepidosperma lateraleLepidosperma neesiiLeptospermum polygalifoliumLeptospermum trinerviumLepyrodia scariosaLeucopogon juniperinusLeucopogon microphyllus*Ligustrum lucidum
*Ligustrum sinense
*Lilium formosanum
Lindsaea linearisLindsaea microphyllaLivistona australisLobelia ancepsLomandra cylindricaLomandra glaucaLomandra gracilisLomandra longifoliaLomandra multifloraLomandra obliquaLomatia silaifolia*Lonicera japonica
*Lycopersicon esculentum
Macrozamia communis*Medicago polymorpha
Melichrus procumbensMicrolaena stipoidesMirbelia rubiifoliaMitrasacme polymorphaMonotoca ellipticaMorinda jasminoidesMusa sp.Myrsine variabilis*Nephrolepis cordifolia
Notelaea longifolia*Nothoscordum gracile
*Ochna serrulata
*Oenothera stricta
Olearia tomentosaOpercularia asperaOplismenus aemulusOplismenus imbecillis*Oxalis corniculata
*Oxalis latifolia
*Oxalis pes-caprae
Pandorea pandoranaPanicum similePararchidendron pruinosum*Paraserianthes lophantha
Parsonsia straminea*Paspalidium sp. (synonyms in Setaria)
*Paspalum dilatatum
*Paspalum urvillei
*Passiflora edulis
Patersonia glabrataPatersonia sericeaPelargonium inodorum*Pennisetum clandestinum
Persoonia lanceolataPersoonia levisPersoonia pinifoliaPetrophile pulchella*Petrorhagia velutina
*Philodendron sp.
*Phoenix canariensis
Phyllanthus hirtellus*Physalis peruviana
*Phytolacca octandra
Pimelea linifoliaPittosporum multiflorumPittosporum revolutumPittosporum undulatum*Plantago lanceolata
*Platanus x hybrida
Platylobium formosum
Platysace linearifoliaPlectranthus parviflorusPoa affinis*Poa annua
Podolobium ilicifoliumPolyscias sambucifoliaPomaderris ferrugineaPomax umbellataPratia purpurascensProstanthera denticulata*Prunus cerasus
*Prunus persica
Pseuderanthemum variabilePteridium esculentumPterostylis longifoliaPterostylis nutansPtilothrix deustaPultenaea daphnoidesPultenaea flexilisPultenaea tuberculata*Pyracantha angustifolia
Pyrrosia rupestris*Ranunculus repens
*Rhaphiolepis indica
*Rhynchelytrum repens
*Romulea rosea
*Rubus fruticosus
*Rumex crispus
*Rumex sagittatus
*Salix babylonica
Scaevola calendulaceaScaevola ramosissimaSchelhamera undulata*Schlefflera actinophylla
Schoenus melanostachysSelaginella uliginosa*Senecio madagascariensis
*Senna pendula
*Setaria gracilis
*Setaria plamifolia
*Setaria pumila
*Setaria verticillata
*Sida rhombifolia
Smilax glyciphylla*Solanum americanum
*Solanum mauritianum
*Solanum nigrum
*Sonchus oleraceus
*Sporobolus indicus
*Stachys arvensis
*Stellaria media
Stephania japonicaStipa pubescens*Strelitzia reginae
Stylidium graminifoliumSyncarpia glomuleriferaSynoum glandulosum*Tagetes minuta
*Taraxacum officinale
Tetragonia tetragonoides*Tetrapanax papyrifer
Tetrarrhena junceaTetratheca ericifoliaThemeda australisThunbergia alataThysanotus tuberosusTodea barbara*Toxicodendron succedaneum
*Tradescantia albiflora
Trema aspera*Trifolium repens
Tristaniopsis collinaTropaeolum majusUrtica incisa*Verbena bonariensis
*Vicia sativa
*Vicia tetrasperma
Viola hederaceaWahlenbergia gracilis*Watsonia bulbillifera
Westringia fruticosaWilkiea huegelianaWoollsia pungensXanthorrhoea arboreaXanthorrhoea mediaXanthosia pilosaXanthosia tridentataXylomelum pyriformeZieria pilosaZieria smithii :