Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
PINOPHYTA
Class
PINOPSIDA
Family
PINACEAE
Genus
Pinus
Species
elliottii
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Slash Pine
Alternate name
Elliot Pine
Is historical
False
QLD
Naturalised
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
True
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Known location
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
Eucalypt Forest
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Spread by wind and from old plantations and gardens.
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Tree
Description
Evergreen, resinous and aromatic trees to 50m. Leaves 20–30cm long, needle-like in bundles. Flowers in separate male and female cones. Female cones open to release dark seeds with wings 2–3cm long.
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations