Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHAROPHYTA
Class
EQUISETOPSIDA
Family
EUPHORBIACEAE
Genus
Austrobuxus
Species
swainii
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Pink Cherry
Alternate name
Is historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
ROTAP 3RCa
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
False
Qld Census
True
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Rare
Historical abundance
May have been more widespread before European settlement
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Restricted to rainforest on volcanics and sub-coastal metasediments
Known location
Springbrook, Mt Cougall NP
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Slope or hill not specified
Specific ecology
Habitat
Rainforest
Habitat comment
Occur on poor sedimentary soils
Threats
No immediate threat to this species while within a National Park. Species found on private land or forestry reserves may be under threat
Management
Species adequately reserved within National Parks. Populations of this species found outside National Parks need to be suitably reserved to maintain genetic diversity and species provenance
Community type
Rainforest, Vine scrub, Vine forest, Closed forest, notophyll vine forest, mesophyll vine forest
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Tree
Description
Tree to 37 m high; flowers April to June; fruit February to March
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations
Queensland Herbarium August 1999, Briggs and Leigh 1996, Stanley and Ross 1983-1989 1:417, Harden 1:401, Floyd p135, Jones p180