Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Site name
Flora and Fauna Survey 2013
Site date
14/06/2013
Author
Wills, Nelson et al.
Vegetation description
Vegetation code
Condition
Mapping
Common name
Genus
Species
Count
Date
Map location
Flat-stemmed Wattle
Acacia
complanata
14/06/2013
Hickory Wattle
Acacia
disparrima subsp. disparrima
14/06/2013
Brisbane Golden Wattle
Acacia
fimbriata
14/06/2013
Early Black Wattle
Acacia
leiocalyx subsp. leiocalyx
14/06/2013
Blackwood
Acacia
melanoxylon
14/06/2013
Black She-Oak
Allocasuarina
littoralis
14/06/2013
Cockatoo Grass
Alloteropsis
semialata
14/06/2013
Soap Tree
Alphitonia
excelsa
14/06/2013
Annual Ragweed
Ambrosia
artemisiifolia
14/06/2013
Rusty Gum
Angophora
leiocarpa
14/06/2013
Giant Water Vine
Apocissus
hypoglauca
14/06/2013
Midgen Berry
Austromyrtus
dulcis
14/06/2013
Coffee Bush
Breynia
oblongifolia
14/06/2013
Pennywort
Centella
asiatica
14/06/2013
Mulga Fern
Cheilanthes
sieberi subsp. sieberi
14/06/2013
Heron Bottlebrush
Chorizandra
cymbaria
14/06/2013
Yellow Buttons
Chrysocephalum
apiculatum
14/06/2013
Spotted Gum
Corymbia
citriodora
14/06/2013
Pink Bloodwood
Corymbia
intermedia
14/06/2013
Trefoil Rattlepod
Crotalaria
medicaginea var. medicaginea
14/06/2013
Tuckeroo
Cupaniopsis
anacardioides
14/06/2013
Vernonia
Cyanthillium
cinereum
14/06/2013
Barbed-wire Grass
Cymbopogon
refractus
14/06/2013
Rusty Tick-trefoil
Desmodium
rhytidophyllum
14/06/2013
Blueberry Flax Lily
Dianella
caerulea
14/06/2013
Blue Flax Lily
Dianella
longifolia
14/06/2013
Slender Hyacinth Orchid
Dipodium
variegatum
14/06/2013
Wiry Panic
Entolasia
stricta
14/06/2013
White Stringybark
Eucalyptus
acmenoides
14/06/2013
Tallowwood
Eucalyptus
microcorys
14/06/2013
Small-fruited Grey Gum
Eucalyptus
propinqua
14/06/2013
Narrow-leaved Red Gum
Eucalyptus
seeana
14/06/2013
Grey Ironbark
Eucalyptus
siderophloia
14/06/2013
Forest Red Gum
Eucalyptus
tereticornis subsp. tereticornis
14/06/2013
Wombat Berry
Eustrephus
latifolius
14/06/2013
Creek Sandpaper Fig
Ficus
coronata
14/06/2013
a fringe-rush
Fimbristylis
cinnamometorum
14/06/2013
Scrambling Lily
Geitonoplesium
cymosum
14/06/2013
Twining Glycine
Glycine
clandestina
14/06/2013
Poor Man's Gold
Gompholobium
pinnatum
14/06/2013
Wild Pansies
Goodenia
mystrophylla
14/06/2013
a perennial herb
Goodenia
rotundifolia
14/06/2013
Settler's Flax
Gymnostachys
anceps
14/06/2013
Blood Root
Haemodorum
tenuifolium
14/06/2013
Native Sarsparilla
Hardenbergia
violacea
14/06/2013
a Guinea Flower
Hibbertia
vestita
14/06/2013
Small-leaved Pennywort
Hydrocotyle
tripartita
14/06/2013
Golden Weathergrass
Hypoxis
pratensis var. pratensis
14/06/2013
Blady Grass
Imperata
cylindrica
14/06/2013
Foambark
Jagera
pseudorhus var. pseudorhus
14/06/2013
Variable Sword-sedge
Lepidosperma
laterale
14/06/2013
Grey Rush
Lepironia
articulata
14/06/2013
Tantoon
Leptospermum
polygalifolium
14/06/2013
Cabbage Tree Palm
Livistona
australis
14/06/2013
White Root
Lobelia
purpurascens
14/06/2013
a Lobelia
Lobelia
stenophylla
14/06/2013
Broad-leaved Matrush
Lomandra
laxa
14/06/2013
Many-flowered Matrush
Lomandra
multiflora subsp. multiflora
14/06/2013
Swamp Box
Lophostemon
suaveolens
14/06/2013
Cockspur Thorn
Maclura
cochinchinensis
14/06/2013
Snow-in Summer
Melaleuca
linariifolia
14/06/2013
Swamp Paperbark
Melaleuca
quinquenervia
14/06/2013
Pink Doughwood
Melicope
elleryana
14/06/2013
Murdannia
Murdannia
graminea
14/06/2013
Creeping Shade Grass
Oplismenus
aemulus
14/06/2013
Swamp Lily
Ottelia
ovalifolia subsp. ovalifolia
14/06/2013
Monkey Rope
Parsonsia
straminea
14/06/2013
Shotgrass
Paspalidium
distans
14/06/2013
Spotted Knotweed
Persicaria
strigosa
14/06/2013
a Geebung
Persoonia
media
14/06/2013
Frogsmouth
Philydrum
lanuginosum
14/06/2013
Common Reed
Phragmites
australis
14/06/2013
Spade Flower
Pigea
stellarioides
14/06/2013
Rice Flower
Pimelea
linifolia
14/06/2013
Pink Bindweed
Polymeria
calycina
14/06/2013
Pastel Flower
Pseuderanthemum
variabile
14/06/2013
Hairy Psychotria
Psychotria
loniceroides
14/06/2013
Common Bracken
Pteridium
esculentum
14/06/2013
Moluccan Raspberry
Rubus
moluccanus var. trilobus
14/06/2013
Twiggy Myrtle
Sannantha
similis
14/06/2013
Snake Vine
Stephania
japonica
14/06/2013
Grassy-leaved Trigger-flower
Stylidium
graminifolium
14/06/2013
Swamp Water Fern
Telmatoblechnum
indicum
14/06/2013
Kangaroo Grass
Themeda
triandra
14/06/2013
Common Fringed Lily
Thysanotus
tuberosus subsp. tuberosus
14/06/2013
Native Peach
Trema
tomentosa
14/06/2013
Broad-leaved Cumbungi
Typha
orientalis
14/06/2013
Ivy-leaved Violet
Viola
banksii
14/06/2013
Common name
Genus
Species
Count
Date
Map location
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Caligavis
chrysops
14/06/2013
Grey Shrike-thrush
Colluricincla
harmonica
14/06/2013
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina
novaehollandiae
14/06/2013
Beeping Froglet
Crinia
parinsignifera
14/06/2013
Clicking Froglet
Crinia
signifera
14/06/2013
Striped Snake-eyed Skink
Cryptoblepharus
virgatus
14/06/2013
Laughing Kookaburra
Dacelo
novaeguineae
14/06/2013
Green Tree Snake
Dendrelaphis
punctulatus
14/06/2013
Spangled Drongo
Dicrurus
bracteatus
14/06/2013
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eopsaltria
australis
14/06/2013
Bar-shouldered Dove
Geopelia
humeralis
14/06/2013
Magpie-lark
Grallina
cyanoleuca
14/06/2013
Whistling Kite
Haliastur
sphenurus
14/06/2013
Eastern Water Dragon
Intellagama
lesueurii
14/06/2013
Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink
Lampropholis
delicata
14/06/2013
European Brown Hare
Lepus
europaeus
14/06/2013
Striped Marshfrog
Limnodynastes
peronii
14/06/2013
Graceful Treefrog
Litoria
gracilenta
14/06/2013
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Macropus
giganteus
14/06/2013
Variegated Fairy-wren
Malurus
lamberti
14/06/2013
Lewin's Honeyeater
Meliphaga
lewinii
14/06/2013
Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops
ornatus
14/06/2013
Red-browed Finch
Neochmia
temporalis
14/06/2013
Red-necked Wallaby
Notamacropus
rufogriseus
14/06/2013
Little Lorikeet
Parvipsitta
pusilla
14/06/2013
Koala
Phascolarctos
cinereus
14/06/2013
Grey Fantail
Rhipidura
albiscapa
14/06/2013
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Scythrops
novaehollandiae
14/06/2013
White-browed Scrubwren
Sericornis
frontalis
14/06/2013
Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis
molucca
14/06/2013
Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus
moluccanus
14/06/2013
Common Brushtail Possum
Trichosurus
vulpecula
14/06/2013
Lace Monitor
Varanus
varius
14/06/2013
Swamp Wallaby
Wallabia
bicolor
14/06/2013
Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo
Zanda
funerea
14/06/2013