Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
Class
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
Family
LAURACEAE
Genus
Cinnamomum
Species
camphora
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Camphor Laurel
Alternate name
Is historical
False
QLD
Naturalised
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Class 3 Declared Pest (Land Protection (Pest & Stock Route Management) Act 2002 and Regulation 2003).
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
True
Qld Census
True
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Known location
City-wide
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Specific ecology
Habitat
Rainforest
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Mainly spread by birds and seed fall.
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Tree
Description
Large spreading tree to 20m. Bark greyish with prominent vertical cracks on trunk. Young leaves and stems with a reddish tinge. Mature leaves green above, dull green below, strongly scented of camphor when crushed. Small pale flowers. Fruit a 1cm berry, green, ageing to black.
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations
Queensland Herbarium August 1999